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Jetrock & others, you mentioned the basic principle of a switching layout is a runaround track and a bunch of spurs. Is this a true statement?: all of the spurs should be accessible by a switcher on the runaround track. Now, if the switcher has to "back into" a turnout that belongs to a particular industry, is that considered "ok"? Or should you realisitcally have enough room before any turnout for the switcher, so it's not tresspassing on industry A's turnout while running around to grab some cars for industry C? I'm getting a lot of pressure to avoid the timesaver. Maybe I'll make it in addition to my layout. It may be perfect for practicing handlaying turnouts before starting my layout.
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