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But the yard is too small for a unit coal train... Okay... so bring your SDs into the yard (either ahead of the unit train or from the other direction). Tie them down. then roll the big boy into the main, tie down and cut off the ACs. You might send them straight away or into the yard (they could refuel there from road tankers or work to a loco facility later). Then bring out the SD's, hook up and roll the unit train away. Again, local facilities at the power plant might mean that the unit train gets split (so you need less length/ fewer cars). In that case the front end appears with the ACs, you pull the front off with an SD or couple of GPs. Let's say that an SD and eight cars depart. Then a couple of GPs pull out of the yard and work onto either one or two cars remaining in sight on the main (the head end of the rest of the train) or run off scene to pick up the back end. The thing is that if you don't mind a quick bit of cheating behind the scenes the second half of the train can either be the first half whizzed round or a complete second cut that has been waiting on a seperate road. Either way you need less length, the first way you get away with fewer cars as well. The really clever bit comes with bringing back the empties and making them look like one long train... I'll let you work that out! Playing Trains is FUN! [:P][:P][:P][:P]
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