Question about yard tracks

[doctorwayne]

Yeah, it will depend on the era which you're trying to replicate. The prototype varies over time, too, even within an era, as shown below.

I'm not sure when this was taken, probably in the '80s:


Here's the same location, taken last year - the two tracks on the right are the same ones shown in the first photo:


And here's the same spot (almost), but looking in the opposite direction, taken a year prior to the second photo. The new track, seen here on the right, had just recently been completed:


Despite the weeds, the new track and the centre one are the main lines, and are among the busiest in Canada (except when I'm there, hoping to photograph a train).

Wayne