New track plan # 2

[ocalicreek]

Looking again at the plan, you know, you could just make the track between the wall and the river into two stub-end sidings. Well, one would be a stub end, the other 'main line' or interchange track. No need for a runaround since the distance is so short. That way you can run the switcher out of the yard, pull the interchange cars back to the yard then begin sorting. When you've got a block of cars ready to ship out, you shove them down to the interchange siding and run light back to the yard. Put an uncoupling magnet on the siding and it's hands free. Well, of course until you use your hands to lift cars off the track onto the shelf (or into a drawer, however it is set up) and put others back in place.

You could still leave a few of the short sidings close to the yard for industries, and use the 'interchange main' as the switching lead for those.

Nice to see the construction thread, btw.

Galen