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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> But we're not doing really big yards. Really big yards are usually mirrored
> onto both sides of the main, have two complete sets of tracks and are double
> ended. Tracks on one side of the main are used to classify westbound and the
> other side eastbound (or northbound/southbound, depending, although most roads
> use westbound/eastbound as timetable direction no matter what the actual
> orientation)
In Britain all railway lines are designated up or down - then fast or slow.
All lines go 'up' to London - how they work out lines parallel to London I
don't know.
Is a goat a shunter, a bit like 7760?
Carbon 60
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| (...) No, it is a smallish animal, somewhat larger than a dog that eats grass...but, in a railway context, it would be about eq. to a 08 or such like (if not a 2x class engine in the UK, american ones tend to be 1500 HP and up. James (25 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.org.us.wamalug)
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| (...) roads (...) In the US the yard goat is whatever power has yard duty. Yardmaster's whim, to a certain extent. Sometimes it's a relatively small engine, like a SW (which I modeled). Almost never would it be a rigid frame like, you only see those (...) (25 years ago, 29-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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