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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Texas Zepher In this little amout of space, seldom is a train going to be short enough for the road engine to cut off without help from the yard engine. Ideally it should be able to just leave the train their, return to the loco facilities and not worry about the train it just left behind. On a 4x8 there isn't enough space to do that with trains any longer than 3 cars. A final coment. I did really want to point out how close this is to your original design of a yard that we picked appart. Basically we came full circle back to your original with the exception of the curved lead on the right. So you see, you weren't that far off. Looks like the 2nd-try of a yard picture overlaid the first try. [/quote] Do you think I will have space to put a right handed turnout on the A/D track? I know I can put one on there, but I don't have room on the mainline to connect back. I think I am going to be forced to just use the escape track ide by putting the left handed turnouts on the A/D track and the 2nd track i the yard. After the road loco cuts off of the train it can go back to the TT by slipping up to track #2 and then up the ladder to the yard lead and back. I know it is a bit of a haul, but it is all I can think of (UNLESS someone can come up with a better design) Thanks for the explanation of the yard operation. The yard goat can sit on the ladder track and wait until the train is completely inside the first turnout. The while the road loco cuts off the yard goat can break the rear of the train off and start pushing cars into the spurs. That might be my only alternative in order to make room for the road engine to get back out. If the yard goat is on the ladder it will be in the road engine's way, so either it has to tuck in to track 3 or 4 or go to the back of the train until the road engine leaves. TZ, is the comment about going full circle back to what I had a bad thing? I don't know how to take that comment. You said we picked apart my original plan and we have gone back to that plan, so is that bad?
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