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I can think of a couple ways to deal with this. A) Think of the interchange track as a "industry" in-and-of itself. Cars are routed there, and once there become empties, able to be returned or routed elsewhere. B) Truly "think beyond the layout" For every industry, create a "shipper" and "Consignee". Let's say, a coal mine in Colorado (shipper), and a electric co-op in Kansas (consignee). Each day, the shipper (modeled on your layout) loads and sends 10-cars of coal (loads) to the interchange track, to be delivered to the co-op (consignee) that is not modeled on your layout. The cars are routed to the interchange track, where they are placed in a sliding drawer (picked-up by the interchange road). In the next session, the empties are pulled from the drawer, and replaced on the interchange track (dropped off by the interchange road), ready to be picked-up and delivered to the coal mine as empties. For every product you ship on your road, make-up a shipper and consignee. Be creative, as sometimes a industry can be both. A grain milling industry can receive hopper cars of grain (wheat or corn), and ship out pressure hoppers of ground flour. Hope this helps... MOPAC 1
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