Staging Yard Update - Part II

This week I added the 5 track south end staging yard (on cork roadbed). This is a double ended yard to allow run-arounds to match the prototype's out and back "Turn" pattern.

The 4 track north end staging held 4 trains.

• The Coal drag with 30+ loaded hoppers.
• The Sand Hog with empty gondolas and covered hoppers. (15-20 cars)
• The Tank Sweeper (20-25 tankers)
• The Philadelphia transfer run (10-20) which contains inbound loads and needed empty cars for the days industry requests.

The south end yard contains:

• Loaded gons for the Sand Hog
• Empty hoppers for the coal drag
• A new Salem local that will run between south end staging and Woodbury and back to staging.
• Storage for all cars delivered to the branches at Millville, Deepwater, and Salem.

It will always have 2 tracks open for an arriving freight and the run around track. When the departing "Turn" leaves it then again contains 2 open tracks.