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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by MP173 So, there is no way the WB TC from Detroit can make the turn on the Piqua Y? Do the trains have to back into the yard? [/quote] I dunno, I don't work for the RR. But what I can tell you from experiances is , that they claim to be able to bring in trains via the union belt through Drake, and in the back door, but I personally have never seen then do so... And I've seen them in some pretty "clogged up" conditions where I would suspect that if they had any better alternative they would use it. The Union belt has some pretty squirreley curves, perhaps the TC cars don't play well with the track in that section? They probably could drive the west bounds in through the wye, if they wanted to, but .....at least in the cases i've witnessed, for what ever reason...they don't want to. When they are bringing a string of TC cars into the yard, it's not uncommon to see the newly arrived train broken down onto multiple tracks, I guess presorting them by destination. But I'll see the same road power that brought them in,.. backing the string into the yard, dropping several cars on one track, then pulling back out, realigning with a new track, shoving a few onto the second track, sometimes even a 3rd and 4th... And I guess it's easier to do that shoving the cars as opposed to pulling them...
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