06-25-2010, 06:54 PM
Russ Bellinis Wrote:Josh, I would switch out Air Gas and the industries beyond it directly from the yard. Put an engine escape on a couple of the yard tracks and bring the train out of the yard with the engine behind. any pick ups can be pulled back into the yard and the engine use the escape to get back out. Switch the other branch where you have run arounds with a different train. Your area is so compact that you are really talking about switching runs that only go a few blocks on your model. I'm not sure but I think you are showing an area that would be covered by a square 1-2 miles by 1-2 miles, so pushing the train from the yard in either direction would not be unreasonable.
Hmmm thanks for the idea Russ. The only thing im not going to like is that its going to take up quite a bit of track at the end to put some crossovers in there. I could use the top 2 yellow tracks for the Airgas and industries behind it, and then the rest of the yard tracks for the other industries...
I know this isnt prototypical, but what about putting a transfer table in at the end of the yard?
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I would probably have to put one GP60M on the table at a time because I dont think both would fit on the table, but this would be a good way to save some valuable yard space... Your opinions welcome