10-15-2014, 03:34 PM
To be honest, neither design looks necessarily promising in my opinion.
The first one is good in that its nice and open, but that Green region is a mess. The first major problem is that your yard is WAY too small, and it won't really be useful for any kind of switching or operations. A yard in which 50% of the tracks are occupied is considered full. Estimating from the lengths of your industrial spurs, you've got way more industrial capacity than yard capacity. This will almost certainly result in frustrated operations to say the least.
Instead, You should really plan out what sort of industries you want, how many cars and of what type they are, and how much space all those cars will take up. Then build your yard accordingly.
The second one is a little cramped. There would not be any room for any kind of meaningful scenery between all those tracks. Less is potentially more in the end. I would also re-examine the yard and indstrial spur configuration of this plan. There is probably a better way.
The first one is good in that its nice and open, but that Green region is a mess. The first major problem is that your yard is WAY too small, and it won't really be useful for any kind of switching or operations. A yard in which 50% of the tracks are occupied is considered full. Estimating from the lengths of your industrial spurs, you've got way more industrial capacity than yard capacity. This will almost certainly result in frustrated operations to say the least.
Instead, You should really plan out what sort of industries you want, how many cars and of what type they are, and how much space all those cars will take up. Then build your yard accordingly.
The second one is a little cramped. There would not be any room for any kind of meaningful scenery between all those tracks. Less is potentially more in the end. I would also re-examine the yard and indstrial spur configuration of this plan. There is probably a better way.
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