01-31-2013, 07:24 PM
Hi Mike - I really like this little switcher you have drawn for us! The track layout reminds me of a really beat up handful of spurs in North Chicago, IL that was served by the EJ&E Waukegan local. The track at the right-front would need to connect to a short cassette, though. The nearest runaround was a short siding on the main line roughly a quarter-mile away, and there was very little room to work the spurs. The locomotive would leave cars to be spotted on the siding then go in and pull all the cars on the facing-point spurs to make working room for the trailing-point spur. After parking those cars on the main, the locomotive would return with cars and work the trailing-point spur, shoving the empties back to the siding. Then the locomotive would return with loads and any respots and work the facing-point spurs. It usually took the local crew around forty-five minutes to do this work which typically involved pulling and placing three or four cars!
That's a very nice 1' x 6' plan. Ric
That's a very nice 1' x 6' plan. Ric