Third time is a charm?

After an abortive effort to build a layout in a shared playroom space I’m excited to say I’m going to have a dedicated layout space to build something that's here to stay

As with versions 1.0 and 2.0, my layout is a freelanced car float served terminal switching layout inspired by the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal Railroad (link to BEDT site). The railroad serves waterfront team tracks and a freight house, but has a single large customer in a can factory which has it’s own switcher.

This design is basically a tweaking of my very first design based on lessons learned operating on that layout and taking my wraparound layout and stretching it out into a shelf-based “L”. Here is the track plan as it stands currently:

The Greenpoint Dock & Transfer Company is designed for two operating teams. The division of labor will be as follows.

Operator One - GDT DockYard Switcher:

• Load/Unload the car float (there is a specific process to this that I will get into in another post)
• Switch the Transload Facility
• Switch the Bulk Flour Terminal
• Switch the Team Tracks
• Run cars to/from the second operator on the South Runaround Track

Operator Two Aluminum Can Factory Switcher:

• Exchange cars on the South Runaround with the GDT Yard Switcher
• Switch the Power Plant
• Switch the Sheet Unloading/Chemical Track
• Switch the Slug Loading Track
• Switch the Coil Tracks
• Switch the Scrap/Storage Tracks

As it stands I could likely add one more industry along the wall if I wanted but I’m more concerned with ensuring the two operating positions are balanced in terms of workload vs adding another switching location. Aside from going out and actually building the layout, any decent rules of thumb on figuring that out?

As it stands the GDT dock job has four spotting locations plus the car float to switch out plus the transfer runs to the south runaround. The plant switcher has six locations.

Any thoughts, questions, or comments are appreciated.