03-31-2011, 11:20 AM
I would put a cross over track for an escape slightly farther from the end of the layout than your longest consist. You pull the train in and cross over and uncouple the road consist from the train. Your switch crew just pulls the rest of train back to clear the cross over, the switches are thrown, and the consist moves to the engine terminal tracks. Once the consist is clear of the cross over, the cross over is ignored and the yard is used as though there is no cross over.