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Beginner topic: What is a yard lead?
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Beg to differ with you NS2591 but there is a signigicant difference between a drill track and a yard lead. A yard lead is a track that branches from the main track and gives access to a yard; a yard lead is the alternative to a <b> runaround</b> track which I addressed in a previous topic; a drill track, on the other hand, is a track, almost always stub ended upon which a switcher works while sorting the yard. Note: a yard lead can be used as a drill track but, if being utilized as such, will require a train wishing to enter the yard to stop and (and this depends on the length of the yard lead) foul the mainline. Some yards had yard leads miles long - others only a couple of hundred yards. <br /> <br />I remember Bill Schopp (the RMC "Layout Doctor" of many years past used to address this issue in almost every issue of RMC in which he had a published trackplan). Because of space limitations on model pikes we very frequently use yard leads as drill tracks but, on the prototype, they are two definite entities.
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