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Changed track arrangement yet again

Changes as follows: Altered location of West Yard lead and mainline crossover farther west (foreground), altered yard orientation slightly to better approximate prototype relationship to main. West Yard capacity appears to be an easy 16 cars which should give it a "busy" look when full.

But the main changes are that I've altered how the spurs into the plant go, more visible on following slides. Each inside-plant siding pairs will hold four cars each, although I'd have preferred six. But to do that would have reached too deeply into the peninsula. The siding for "stock prep" is achieved by a double crossing that makes me nervous! But it does the job. I'll want comments and sleep on this naturally. The chemical unloading area and sludge track are in the extreme rear. I'd like to have the tracks be a bit longer for one more additional spot per track, but that may not be possible. The prototype has five tracks where I have two, so it's not excessive. Maybe the solution is to put another track and keep them short.


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