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I am working the drill track problem. The A/D is already at 15 feet which is dictated by the lengths of my trains minus engines.The situation is complicated somewhat by the need to have a drill track. Im thinking of using about 6 feet worth so that the switcher can just start chomping on the train to be broken down. The storage tracks will not be too long, hopefully just long enough to meet the towns industrial siding capacity.I am thinking about adding a second track. I already know that there will be a staging area also of the same length feeding the yard by a helix. There will be a backdrop between the two of somewhat medium height.I have not yet decided if I want to use a helix or a loop with a roundhouse/TT area inside it.I plan to start the railroad at this point when construction begins so I can get operations up and running right away even if it is only making/breaking trains. I could do this with what track I have right now in one area of the house although it might drive the spouse crazy after an hour of steam and desiel activity.It's small. But imagine if I did not have heavyweights and modern stock like 62' tank cars I could probably change the era to 1930 or so and do the same thing in 8 feet and a 4-4-0
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