06-25-2010, 07:55 PM
Russ, thanks for the concise explanation. That is exactly what I was envisioning.
Reinhard, there won't be much traffic on the branchline - so as you mention, no need for leads used to keep the "main" clear. Maybe if I had three operators with a train each, there would be some congestion, but that may not be a bad thing!
You mention the size of the yards. In retrospect, I may have made them too big. I probably could have made them much shorter. I was envisioning something like two of the yard tracks filled with maybe a dozen cars each, and the other two tracks open for drop-offs to the class 1.
Reinhard, there won't be much traffic on the branchline - so as you mention, no need for leads used to keep the "main" clear. Maybe if I had three operators with a train each, there would be some congestion, but that may not be a bad thing!
You mention the size of the yards. In retrospect, I may have made them too big. I probably could have made them much shorter. I was envisioning something like two of the yard tracks filled with maybe a dozen cars each, and the other two tracks open for drop-offs to the class 1.
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