Yard as a Layout

[Brakie]

plenty of stub-ended terminuses (termini?) had a wye in place for the entire train to turn before backing in, so I am good with that.
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I can picture backing a 8,000- 12,000' train around a wye and into a yard-that would be a high risk move.

I am pretty sure that the model trains that will be using this yard will probably be significantly shorter than 8000 scale feet (i.e. about 200 40-foot cars or about 90 89' cars) - the A/D tracks are good for about nine 40-foot cars, a caboose and an engine ...

Smile,
Stein

That was prototype not model.
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the A/D tracks are good for about nine 40-foot cars, a caboose and an engine ...

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That's around 396' plus locomotive -a very short train for such a big old yard.