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Mine would fall in the "old Walmart" category, fer sure! My grandfather worked at Rossford Yard for the B and O in Toledo, Ohio. I would model that unique track pattern in N, at about two thirds the length and width. Thus, the 56 yard bowl would reduce to about 37 tracks, and the three mile length would be only two scale miles (well, maybe length could be half, no 67%) or 1.5 X 33, or about 50 feet long. (That is several yards, the inbound-outbound is only about a mile long, so it would be about 17-22 feet, still enough to run 42-63 car trains). Rossford was located near Toledo, and I would model an entire city district for switching and transfer runs. However, to allow more roads, I would shamelessy transfer Rossford to Chicgo as Barr Yard (or possibly St. Louis Cone Yard?) so as to have other RR interchange trains show up. I might also extend the useful life of Rossford Yard (closed in 1985) well into the 90's or even current. On second thought, while I could stomach Seaboard diesels invading B and O territory, I would probably cut it off around 1990, or so. As you can tell, I haven't really spend any time thinking about this!
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