Another Track-Plan Tweak

This was the most recent West End configuration. I determined that I wanted less benchwork encroachment into the room in the Southwest corner. To that end I reduced the length of the runaround/passing siding/engine escape, allowing the curve to move Southwest by about seven inches, in turn permitting the removal of that much benchwork.

How it was:

How it is now:

A better view of the Paint Factory:

Notice Paint Factory

sidings from both directions.

The runaround-siding now:

The siding no longer holds and entire train so if the locomotive needs to be at the other end of the train a saw-by operation must be performed, something the prototype did for the same reason: siding to short for the train. Not usually a problem on the Plywood Empire Route because I have reverted to the operating scenario wherein trains moving toward Interchange do so as shove moves. An old   ex-Conrail Hack is hung on the rear-end to provide a safe riding platform so the Conductor is able to be lookout during shove-moves.