01-06-2014, 07:45 AM
And I'll add, that given the space available, a 2-track engine shop is likely a waste of space. Remove the engine house and add a third spur for the car shop. Then designate it as a contract car shop and you can then move any type of car to and from it. Move the engine "service" to the shortest yard track closest to the main line.
Also at the top of the plan, extend the passing siding around the top along the main line as a switching lead. That way you can switch in the yard and pull the longest yard track without interfering with main line movements. It should come off the siding just below the word "engine" and extend as a stub track almost to the little blue building at the top.
Ditto that short little siding in front of the station, which would likely hold only a single car train. Make it a longer stub track to hold a commuter train off the main in front of the station. Any longer passenger trains can just stop on the main line.
In the yard, right to left, you'll have the short engine service track; three long classification tracks, a shorter utility track for cabooses, MoW equipment, or overflow freight; and industry tracks.
And after all that, every yard track has a use and you will have one less turnout to buy.
Also at the top of the plan, extend the passing siding around the top along the main line as a switching lead. That way you can switch in the yard and pull the longest yard track without interfering with main line movements. It should come off the siding just below the word "engine" and extend as a stub track almost to the little blue building at the top.
Ditto that short little siding in front of the station, which would likely hold only a single car train. Make it a longer stub track to hold a commuter train off the main in front of the station. Any longer passenger trains can just stop on the main line.
In the yard, right to left, you'll have the short engine service track; three long classification tracks, a shorter utility track for cabooses, MoW equipment, or overflow freight; and industry tracks.
And after all that, every yard track has a use and you will have one less turnout to buy.