The Peninsula

The Peninsula would probably work a little easier if you re-orient the industry inside the end of the turnback curve to something like this. Also I added an extra storage track for off spots and such.

The peninsula

In addition to the excellent points in the above post I would also recommend access to the peninsula be from the top and not the bottom. it would be easy to do if the grace full turn at the top was moved a few inches to the right, which would allow access from the beginning of the yard lead. Also the tail end could actually become a reversing loop if you desired. One other thing that could be done is to have a bypass track between the bottom industry at the top of the layout and the edge of the layout that connects to the peninsula branch. That way a train could work its way around the room from the yard go down the peninsula branch work those industries and return on the main in the same direction it departed. The out and back. I hope that makes sense, I have no way to illustrate it as do so many of the posters on here.

The nice thing about your track plan is the fact you did not try and turn it into a bowl of spaghetti. 

Rotate 90 degrees

The plan doesn't indicate if there are any other room layout restrictions, so here goes a bold idea.  A quick survey of the prototype shows lots of spurs and branches weaving between buildings (33rd & Sable St.), so i'd suggest narrowing the outside benchwork enough to make room for two narrow finger like pennisulas in the center coming off of the longer wall.  These fingers themselves can be narrow as you'd just model the tracks between building flats representing the warehouses.   Lots of doors to spot and multiple industries on the same track would make for some interesting operations.  Otherwise noN-descripr single story manufacturing buildings can have almost any car type spotted outside -- tanks, boxes, hoppers are all OK.

I'd keep one outside benchwork run (preferrably on the other long wall) for the yard tracks, perhaps even dead ending one or two to save on turnout ladder space.  The remaining space can provide for a little open run plus the lumber reload and aggRgate plaNt by Picadilly Rd. to round out the traffic mix.

The current plan doesn't  show any off-layout connection...this could perhaps be added with the mainline wrapping around the back of thE yard on the long wall and separating them with a low-relief backdrop.   This doesn't force a point to point desigN; a continuous run connection would still be possible

--Rich

Milwaukee, WI

A cautious beginning with your help

Gentlemen I thank you for your excellent ideas and will incorporate all-revised plan in the works. Please forgive this very delayed response, personal circumstances took me away, again thank you.