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    Should it have its own runaround track?

    I’m planning a model railroad with an SP mainline and an industrial railroad serving a chemical plant. For more about the plan: http://www.the-gauge.com/showthread.php?t=25108 What I’m thinking about now is whether the industrial railroad should have its own runaround track, or if it could use...
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    Handling hazmat cars

    I’ve read that if you have hazmat cars in a train, you should put them a few cars away from the engines and the caboose. I’m wondering if the same rule applies when you switch hazmat cars in a yard, or when you’re setting them out or picking them up at an industry? If the rule applies all the...
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    SP in Texas track plan and operating plan, what do you think?

    What do you think about this track plan? It’s supposed to represent SP running through the outskirts of a big city in southeast Texas in the 90:ies. The plan is for an N scale layout. The black track is SP and the red track is an industrial railroad for the chemical plant. The...
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