10-21-2010, 10:59 AM
Richard,
Because you have "inverted" the yard tracks (or at least the single/stub-ended ones) there is no need to have a yard lead at the bottom right any more.
A yard lead is meant to provide track for the yard to be switched that does not interfere with the mainline. It should be as long as your longest track in the yard (or at the very least as long as the longest cut of cars you'd ever move at once).
Since you cannot (by design) pull a cut of cars out of those single-ended sidings towards the town, there is no need for a lead at that point.
One other thing that occurred to me is that you might want to provide a run-around or engine escape at the Furniture Factory so you don't have to run the whole branchline in reverse.
Andrew
Because you have "inverted" the yard tracks (or at least the single/stub-ended ones) there is no need to have a yard lead at the bottom right any more.
A yard lead is meant to provide track for the yard to be switched that does not interfere with the mainline. It should be as long as your longest track in the yard (or at the very least as long as the longest cut of cars you'd ever move at once).
Since you cannot (by design) pull a cut of cars out of those single-ended sidings towards the town, there is no need for a lead at that point.
One other thing that occurred to me is that you might want to provide a run-around or engine escape at the Furniture Factory so you don't have to run the whole branchline in reverse.
Andrew