06-29-2010, 02:09 PM
Sorry about the delayed response. :cry:
I have been thinking alot about the Gulf branch. I am leaning towards Reinhard's suggestion of putting it behind Industrial Area 3 as in the drawing below. The idea is to have the train dissappear behind the buildings representing the trip off the layout. This would give another place for cars to leave the layout - instead of just the two yards at the end. Now, since this is just a branch that doesn't connect to any other railroads, any cars leaving on this route would also be returning on this route. In my head, this justifies some classification at middle yard - making up a train to go to the Gulf, then breaking down the train that returns.
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I have been thinking alot about the Gulf branch. I am leaning towards Reinhard's suggestion of putting it behind Industrial Area 3 as in the drawing below. The idea is to have the train dissappear behind the buildings representing the trip off the layout. This would give another place for cars to leave the layout - instead of just the two yards at the end. Now, since this is just a branch that doesn't connect to any other railroads, any cars leaving on this route would also be returning on this route. In my head, this justifies some classification at middle yard - making up a train to go to the Gulf, then breaking down the train that returns.
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