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At PSX 2004, there was a clinic on planning the car loading for smoother operations. I don;t have the info with me but could provide it if needed. Basic premise was to keep the yards fluid by only loading them to about 50% capacity. Use the same 50% for industry sidings and also group them into areas for different locals to switch. That also helps determine the length of the local trains. For example, a group of industries with 12 car spots should average 6 full and 6 empty so the local train would, on the average, consist of 6 cars to be spotted and the 6 there would be pulled. That leaves room for manuvering. Staging tracks can be up to 100% loaded at the start and end of an operating session as long as there are no trains 'en route' at the start of the next session.
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