Yard design for the M&E was recently completed, at least regarding the general layout of the tracks. The yard area will be dominated by the major industry, the 'anchor' customer for the short line: the Doelger Brewery. Named after the real Peter Doelger Brewery, which was one of the largest breweries in New York City in the 1800's, my version will recieve barley and grains via rail, and will ship bottled beer.
I figure that's a great industry to have on a model railroad!
Here's a little diagram of the current plan for the track layout at Euclid. The brewery, located on the north side of the yard, will have another turnout and two longer sidings; one will accept loaded hoppers, the other will load insulated and refrigerated boxcars.
Designing a stub-end yard like this is challenging, due to the fact that as a train arrives, the engines will be at a dead-end and must run around the train before switching. Therefore, you must maximize the length of the runaround - in this case, the first switch is part of the runaround, as is the last one. This should allow two 4-axle units to run around a train of the maximum length - for me, I have just under 8 feet, with equates to about two engines and 12 cars. I think that's longer than almost any train I will run on the steep grades of the M&E.
Tracklaying is under way, photos of the new yard coming soon!
~RGDave
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