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In lugnet.trains, James Powell writes:
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James makes a number of excellent suggestions. Here's what I feel the most
important is (and it's one that non RR's don't know to do), if you plan to do
actual switching, that is, this yard is more than just a staging yard for made
up trains to be off the main line for a while...
> Have a lead track if you can manage, if you have the space, bring it around • one
> of the ends, so that the yard has 2-4 feet of track before the switch to the
> mainline.
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> James
Personally I would find 5-8 feet of length for the lead if I could. You need to
be able to make up a whole train on it without fouling the main.
++Lar
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| Thanks for the ideas, I should be able to incorporate a lead of at least five feet into the layout plan without two much difficulty. -chris (...) (25 years ago, 28-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| Oh, and here's something I DON'T quite agree with (...) A lead track often runs down parallel to the main. It is usually connected to the main by a crossover that faces the opposite way you'd expect and is at the opposite end you'd expect Something (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| (...) Near the roundhouse. Not in the yard (...) Usually yes, there would be. (...) No, make it single ended, you don't have enough lenght to make it double ended (...) As many as you can cram into the space you have, + a few more :) Need more info. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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