03-22-2010, 09:17 PM
Hey David, thanks for the info!! 
So, I took the crossover out of the 3 right tracks (closet to the machine shop) and left the 3 tracks on the left side (closest to the car shop) with the crossovers. I like your thinking of having arrival and departure tracks. And to answer your question, I will probably only be running one train at a time, at least one the mainline. I can have smaller trains working in the yard while i let the mainline train run around, but thats all I plan to do....
There is a few ways for cars to get into the yard, I have highlighted them in black. I see what your saying about having to push small cuts of cars into the yard though, so I flipped the arrival and departure tracks and moved the crossovers so the arrival tracks are on the right side and the departure track are on the left side of the yard. This way the locomotives can back into the assembled train and pull straight out of the yard and onto the mainline.
So, I took the crossover out of the 3 right tracks (closet to the machine shop) and left the 3 tracks on the left side (closest to the car shop) with the crossovers. I like your thinking of having arrival and departure tracks. And to answer your question, I will probably only be running one train at a time, at least one the mainline. I can have smaller trains working in the yard while i let the mainline train run around, but thats all I plan to do....
There is a few ways for cars to get into the yard, I have highlighted them in black. I see what your saying about having to push small cuts of cars into the yard though, so I flipped the arrival and departure tracks and moved the crossovers so the arrival tracks are on the right side and the departure track are on the left side of the yard. This way the locomotives can back into the assembled train and pull straight out of the yard and onto the mainline.