04-28-2011, 11:59 AM
jonte Wrote:Finally, If I might be so bold to suggest, Reinhard, and it's only my humble opinion (bearing in mind I still don't really know what I'm talking about) that the 'kick back' siding #10 could be considered unprototypical again due to the extra time involved in switching it. Perhaps it should face in the same directions as either groups 7 - 9 or 11 - 13 inclusive? Having said that, there's a prototype for everything.....................
Jonte
Reinhard, don't worry about possible "unprototypical" track arrangements. L.A. is so congested at some of the industrial areas that any track layout is prototypical. I don't have access to the pics, but a friend of mine was showing me pics of some of the LAJ trackwork, like three way switch going right to a two way switch to a switchback crossing one of the legs of the three way!
Furthermore, with the advent of not needing a caboose (if they ever were required for LAJ's switching operations I'm not sure), local switching locomotives often leave the yard in the middle of the train to allow switching both leading and trailing point spurs without needing difficult moves. If you doubt odd track arrangements, just look at "the patch."