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<p>Troy, </p><p>I can see where you are headed but you need to rethink this a bit. How would you get a string of cars from your A/D track to a classification track? You would need to leave a classification track half empty just to be able to get past your yard lead switch before you could back the string into the yard lead. You would also be blocking the main while trying to get the string from the A/D track into the classification area.</p><p>In our compressed modeling world this is when a good double slip switch would really come in handy even if it would not be used in the prototype. With a double slip you could back directly from the A/D track into your yard lead and then be ready to sort the cut.</p><p>If your yard lead tied back into the main on the right edge of your drawing at least you could move the whole cut into the yard lead and then sort from there. You would still be blocking the main for a little while but at least you could fill up the class yard.</p><p>The above assumes that you are going to use the yard lead as a classification lead. Since you show servicing facilities (diesel/sand) there I am not sure. If you are going to do class work from the main then ignore what I said.</p><p>Good luck,<br />-John</p><p> </p>
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