"Minimum radius" of an M class

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Data No.I booklet dated 8-21-51 states "maximum curvature for operating at 
low speed in road service" is17 degrees for the K1, K2, K2a and J classes; 
20 degrees for all other classes.

Do not have information for what they were designed for.

Bud Jeffries

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> Does anyone know offhand the minimum degree of curvature a 4-8-0 was 

> designed to negotiate?

> Thanks

> Joe Giannovario

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