11-06-2011, 12:37 PM
Hi Justin or better Jack,
one spur is facing the other direction.
This why the passing and storage track are handy, the cars can be parked here temporarily, while switching the Lumber CO.
BTW without the additions you could not use that track for off-spot cars at all, since the engine is always at the wrong side of the cars.
The most easy way to switch my version would start with the engine on the long leg, picking up cars from the fiddle track. Switching the industry adjacent to the fiddle track first, then run around the consist and switch the other industries. The passing siding add some extra parking space. Before pushing outgoing cars on the fiddle track a second runaround move has to be made.
I like the idea by Stein to have the train going around the Lumber Co; it is adding visual distance between the two legs. The curve is almost 6 feet long, so the lead has a rather adequate length.
Smile
Paul
one spur is facing the other direction.
This why the passing and storage track are handy, the cars can be parked here temporarily, while switching the Lumber CO.
BTW without the additions you could not use that track for off-spot cars at all, since the engine is always at the wrong side of the cars.
The most easy way to switch my version would start with the engine on the long leg, picking up cars from the fiddle track. Switching the industry adjacent to the fiddle track first, then run around the consist and switch the other industries. The passing siding add some extra parking space. Before pushing outgoing cars on the fiddle track a second runaround move has to be made.
I like the idea by Stein to have the train going around the Lumber Co; it is adding visual distance between the two legs. The curve is almost 6 feet long, so the lead has a rather adequate length.
Smile
Paul