> As to straight ladders vs compound . . . this might indicate > the limitations of my mind, but I find a straight ladder much > easier to switch than a compound. You have to pay a lot more > attention to where you have pulled back to in order to be > sure you are heading into the next track you intend to go to. > I've attached a photo of the Club yard where I operate every > month. I love to switch yards. What's with the very wide spacing on the mains? > BTW, Paul, your sketch isn't really a compound ladder. It's > a useful illustration, but not a compound ladder. True, it was more of a straight ladder with a switch tossed into one of the yard tracks, but the point was to show the skewing of the 89' cars. It was a lot faster to draw than a true compound ladder ;) - Paul The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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