Plotting and Execution

 I love it when a plan comes together!

Last night I fastened down two 8’ sheets of plywood cut down to 30” width. This morning, I plotted out the track plan from the XTrackCAD plan and made a couple of minor adjustments.

view of Watt St Yard at Charleston looking North. Cars are drilled from the south end, but all tracks are accessible from the north end. Potential “escape route” if the A/D tracks get full.

North end looking back. The N&W boxcar is spotted at East Side Printing. To the left, at the front of the layout, is the. Caboose track, off of the thoroughfare/ overflow track, will be accessed mostly from the other end.

View of the north end of the yard.

The curve to the right goes to the RIP tracks over the work bench. The two stub tracks at center-right are MoW/storage tracks. The track left of the storage tracks will go through the wall to a chemical plant on the Hillsdale Spur. The main track in red also goes through the wall to a helix up to the upper level.

City Bakery to the left where the covered hopper is spotted.