@PRR1950 posted:Two comments:
1. Your lower level / interior mainline now runs through the curve portion of two switches to cross the river and avoid entering the yard. Since it's a lot easier for long trains to go through the straight leg of switches, try moving the same mainline closer to the other mainline at the river crossing, but leave your yard lead entrance "north" of the river. Will require another bridge, but provide a nice long yard lead and a straighter mainline.
Sounds like it would be a good improvement, plus I do have another bridge😀
2. You've had this problem for a while and I'm not too sure how to fix it. Trains leaving the yard with the engine in the lead can only run counter-clockwise. That means: a) to run a train clockwise, it must be backed out of the yard and on to the mainline, and b) to bring a counter-clockwise running train into the yard, it must be backed into the yard a long distance. A train able to enter / depart the yard from both directions at least allows multi-direction travel, even if no reversing is possible.
This issue was the initial rework Of the yard and putting rh/th at other end hoping I would see a solution. I obviously did not come up with anything. Thanks for bringing this up as I was wondering what real operational effect this has on layout. Again thanks! 😃
Of course, #2 might be moot because your mainlines have no passing sidings away from the yards. So maybe two trains running counter-clockwise is all you plan to do.
Chuck
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