I would go at least 6" wide and wider with curves. Eight inches tall is fine as long as you do not plan on running 1:20.3 shays with a big onion stack in the future. When I was was measuring for my tunnels recently I found my tallest cars were my cabooses.
-Brian
-Brian
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