Having spent a number of enjoyable (and relaxing) evenings building turnouts, I became a little more confident about my fabrication skills. As such I started standing over my baseboard and staring at the track plan. I realized that I wasn’t entirely happy with my design, especially the small industry spur. I decided to add a run-around track and reorient the spur to serve a small industry. Using curved turnouts on either end of the run-around track ensured that it remained a serviceable length, even with the addition of the industry spur. As well, the crossover was originally conceived as an interchange, but there was no interchange track! I added a connection between the mainline and the branch line in attempts to create a more prototypical arrangement. I’m undecided if I want to make the interchange a working interchange, or simply build it using dummy turnouts.
