Uhm...yes. That's an 18" radius.
Strange thing is, I have set up a simple circle and the Big Boy can't handle it! 18" radius again.
Oh, the Empire Builder arrived yesterday. I took it to my local train shop and ran it on their layout; it looks absolutely stunning even without a dome car or diner. I also bought a set of eight UP IHC Pullman's and ran those with the Big Boy; beautiful! Then, just to get a feel for the total size of the shortest prototypical Empire Builder, I slapped the UP cars on the back of the EB cars (minus the EB observation). Ran like a dream!
I have one of each car in UP and six out of eight kinds of cars in EB.
I found another DD40 on Ebay; this time it looks more like Deano's DD40 than the other one I already bought.
However, if I decide to bid on this one it will be my last for a while; I need to save my money!
Yeah, whoever said I'm a "UP collector" is half right. I collect UP and Empire Builder stuff.
Edit:
Oh, Deano, just noticed in your sig that you're a member of the UP Historical Society...how does one go about joining?
lol