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Take away the outside siding closest to the Pier warehouse and move the pier warehouse closer to the remaining two sidings. Green X's marks the track to scrap:<a href="http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/9636/piersidingremovalxc6.png">[img]http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/9636/piersidingremovalxc6.png[/img]</a>Use the extra space to increase the width of the truck dock to about 80 scale feet if you can, those big trucks need a minimum of 55 feet radius to clear a turn to back into the buiding dock. You can then allow this truck space to be part of a road along the track that serves fireproof towards tool and die.There is going to be a vicious S curve problem if you try to enter the middle Pier warehouse siding from the right side of the runaround. You need a little more truck dock space to be credible.You can run a road along the "top track" siding next to Fireproof all the way to tool and die and exit into the back drop around the corner. Then somewhere in there you can create an intersection and build a road towards Ternimal across the siding tracks which should end in a little bit of open paved space on the left side of Ternimal. But none of that cute parking lot stuff.Now. Instead of the current plan B runaround configuration on the "Right" side, try this:Switch marked with Green X is to be removed: <a href="http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2306/removeswitchonenj0.png">[img]http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2306/removeswitchonenj0.png[/img]</a> Look to the right of that switch on the track towards staging just before the curve.See that blank section? Is it long enough to fit a switch that will create the NEW run around (Longer one too) and remove YET ANOTHER S curve problem?[img]http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8268/newroadwy9.png[/img]Now on this last diagram, you see that there is a brown color line marking the position of the new switch and the extended runaround.The road in grey can be further extended towards the pier cranes area by a intersection or extension of the Tool and die corner. Trucks routinely go to cranes to remove thier loads to go on the ship or vice versa.Note that the Pier warehouse has been moved closer towards the two remaining sidings and increased truck dock area.[img]http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/1480/cranepadsuggestionxc4.png[/img]Occasionally vehicles to go to other docks down past the ternimal on a small paved access. This would suggest more port.Your railroad, your choices.
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