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  [quote user="cascadenorthernrr"]Hi, I am considering adding a hump yard (nothing big like UP's North Platte Bailey Yard) to my model railroad (still in the planning stages) what would be the implications of building such a thing.[/quote] This is discussed in Track Planning for Realistic Operation by John Armstrong.  <a href="https://kalmbachhobbystore.com/product/book/12148">https://kalmbachhobbystore.com/product/book/12148</a> [quote user="cascadenorthernrr"]I have read that some have used air jets in place of retarders[/quote] I read about that somewhere, dont remember where, or how well it worked [quote user="cascadenorthernrr"]I also read that a guy actually built a retarder system that worked like the prototype.[/quote] Where? [quote user="cascadenorthernrr"]Would powerful magnets work too or just do nothing?[/quote] They would do something, but that something is nothing that you want to happen.
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