I have purchased this engine to run coal unit trains for my transition era (yet to be built) layout. What is the recommended turn radius for this engine in N scale?
Thats a slinky little loco, and i dont think you will have any problems with it on any reasonable curves (like 10 inch or better radius) though bigger certainly looks nicer. A large engine always looks (and tracks) nicest through larger curves. Ive heard the spectrum 2-6-6-2s had pretty poor pulling power though, hopefully you can confirm or deny that for us (MR did a review of the same loco in HO and its pulling power was…umm, bad.)
Tim