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Gary S Wrote:...Edit: I don't envision these yards as being used for classification, hence no need for yard leads and all the rest. The class 1 drops off cars there, and the shortline picks them up and takes them to the industries.

Both yards occupy a remarkable space. I am thinking to get the most out of them.
Do the class 1 pre-sort the cars to be in a useful sequence for delivery by the local? I do guess the big class 1 will not care for sequence and direction of the industry spurs. That is the point where the local railroad needs to sort/classify the inbound cuts in the interchange yard to optimize the delivery or is that the purpose of the middle yard? But I do not see a track at the middle yard that might be a lead track, can access the yard tracks and does not block the main.

Other question about the same topic. How dense traffic do you imagine on the main line? If there are only two locals per day the main will serve fine as a lead track.
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