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That plan looks pretty durn good!What radius are those curves? 50 foot passenger cars maxed out at 18" and 60 footers around 22" for me. I run 31" myself.I like your second plan much better, but please. Dont let me influence your final plan. Do it for you... make it what you want.Dont get hung up on the team track issue. Some years ago I witnessed a owner operator with a flat bed pick up lumber from a centerbeam flat car and shuttle back and forth from a paved siding in town to the 84 lumber on the outskirts. It took him about 6 trips that day but that one car was empty and ready for move by the Maryland Midland the next day and it was gone on the third day.Dont tell anyone that the 84 Lumber had it's own siding just down the track LOL. Maybe it was full up of cars being unloaded that day or something we never will know.Now.. for the North End runaround.... bear with me carefully.1- Eliminate the left side switch at the North End Runaround.it will turn into a single track siding with a switch on the right side correct?2- Move your two North Yard switches... "One track section" to the left.That will make the north yard a little bit shorter. (See how we are using a name to describe every little item more precisely?)3- Tie in your North run around at it's left side to the yard. I dont have the words to describe it precisely. Basically you will have to do something with the middle north yard track and additional switch orientation or whatever it takes.Goal: a train on that north run around has the option of going into the middle yard track if he or she chooses.You also have a oppertunity for a wye at the North End Runarounds... but let's hear from the others before we start shuffling things too much and confuse everyone.
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