05-24-2009, 11:38 AM
foulrift Wrote:Stein-your revisions using my plan looks real good.The only thing that concerns me is the upper right track serving the brewery and the other two industries.Aren't you creating a fouling point there? It looks like one of those tracks would have to be empty before moving cars on the other track.
It is a pretty tight fit up there. There is just enough room for a short switcher and a 40' freight car between the switch and the loading dock for the brewery, as long as there is no more than two cars at the brewery loading dock track. No problems as long as there is just one car at the innermost end of the brewery loading dock.
Mainly, I decided to do it that way because the guy the design is for really liked the published design "Federal Street Yard" - which has this style industries (except it has two industries on the switchback and and three on the end that could only be reached after a switchback move). 1 + 2 seemed better than 2 + 3 :-)
Smile,
Stein