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There was a yard created and a article written in this year's MR some months ago that is like.. a perfect yard. The only issues to be determined is the length (Based on average trains departing) and how many storage tracks and where to put the main/engine areas. For example if Falls Valley dispatched a train from Last Chance Mine to the yard I can expect at least 10 coal cars on that turn inbound. That in addition to an engine and caboose will make a rather long model train that will need a good arrival track to accomodate it when it arrives. Of those ten coal cars I know 2 will go to the coal tower at the yard, 4 to Cold Harbor Port and 3 to Falls Valley and 3 for interchange to the rest of the world. That means the yard will need one storage track for each area and one track to hold "Throughs" or trains going off to the outside world. So I already am up to three yard storage tracks. When these fill up I can call a crew and send a train out. I already know that Falls Valley will be the biggest user of cars so it will get the longest track. LastChance Mine will probably get it's own storage track to collect empties going to the mine but am not sure yet. That Coal Train schedule is then automatically determined on how soon the next coal empties return which should occur on the "Next Ops session" If a train showed up toting a large number of cars I might have to use two arrivals to stuff it all in before sorting it. Just hope to get it sorted and cleared before the next one arrives =) With that in mind (Perfect or flawed -your choice) I see the yard as a "Organizer" for the railroad instead of a resource black hole.   Considering that I am running 5 feet of workbench track and planning construction I think that I might be ahead of the game of wondering what to do and how to do it.
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