CN Blackwater division

[cnrglen]

I did some seat of the pants engineering and came up with some ideas for my passing sidings:
   

This is the smaller town siding end with the turnout for the sawmill spur. I separated the two turnouts with a length of straight track by at least the length of an 85' passenger car. Keep in mind that I'm using peco medium turnouts on the main and passing sidings (approximately #5's) I think this should fix any problem that an 's' curve using turnouts could cause.

Now I've turned my attention to the passing siding on the other side of the layout:

   

The main line through here is a straight line so I used a string to mark the center line for roadbed laying. I had initially thought that I could put my station on the outside of the main and run the passing siding on the inside. Turns out there wasn't enough room for the station but there was room for the passing track so I'm going to swap the two around:

   

this will give me something similar to the other side.

   

This will also give my the exit from the passing siding to the stamp mill/logging branchline.