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CN - I see your points about the prototype Putnam - I agree that the track arrangement seems odd but I didn't want just a point-to-point RR. I needed a continuous loop for my kids to run the trains and I have beaten my brain trying to figure out how to try and represent it as the one-track mainline it was and yet still have stations to operate commuter trains. You are right, the purpose of Yorktown Heights (which IS out of order) was to have an extra passenger station and because it's the station where I live. I am trying to figure out a way to perhaps crossover from Mahopac to Yorktown and back to Eastview - but don't hold your breath (easier said than done and may look worse). Here was my ops thinking: The real Put took coal from Brewster yard (brought by New Haven trains from Maybrook Line - Poughkeepsie railraid bridge) to Beer Bros. Coal in Yonkers (my stats show 11-14 cars a day). There was also Alexander Smith Carpet in Yonkers (represented by Lakeside Shipping) which was on the Nepperhan Industrial Spur (about a mile long - represented by spur in Yonkers). I do not know what loads they took but I assume chemicals from Brewster or NYC for carpet making and freight cars to bring out finished carpet). The Put also had milk operations although I do not know exactly how it worked. I know there was a Borden Milk Condensery and of course the Dellwood Dairy was in Yonkers (although I don't think they had rail service). I may switch these industries location. I do not know about grain on the Put. I do know however, that the Brewster area is a staple for grain and if I am not mistaken, there is or was an elevator in Brewster. So I thought it would be fun to include the grain elevator to take grain to Flour Mill and Brewery in Yonkers. I do know that the Put also carried ice but again I do now know the particulars and thought ice might be boring to model. The Put's bread and butter, however, was commuter service - but even that was not big volume. I believe the Put carried about 2600 passenger a day prior to WWII and only around 600 a day after WWII. In fact, it is for this reason that the Put ceased passenger ops in 1958. It is partly for this reason I chose the Put. I am a lone operator at this point and did not want an overly complicated layout since I will most likely be running it alone. However, I suppose multi-operator sessions could be in the future and wanted to be prepared for it since I have no experience at this except for one small layout built 12 years ago. I am rethinking and revamping my plan as we speak. I have an adjacent room to the bottom of the layout (Bronx) where I may be able to put a rather large staging yard to represent trains to and from New York City (specifically some freight from the Put ended up on the West Side Freight Line in Manhattan - particularly odd-sized loads). I really appreciate everyone's help and comments. I will post the next re-design ASAP.
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