Woo-hoo! I finally got all the turnout motors working, and ran a train through every part of the layout.
This is the Norwottuck RR, an L shaped switching layout, a creative interpretation of the Central New England in Mass. The panorama view flattens everything, the blue cross-hatch in the middle is actually a right-angle turn.
Morning pickups start in Hadley, to the far right. (you might have to scroll over). The train proceeds to Amherst (on the right) for morning passengers and milk. It goes forward to South Hadley (on the left), then backs up the grade all the way to Palmer (prototype backing maneuver) From Palmer, it goes forward to Springfield, where it drops morning commuters, milk at the dairy, and anything else in the consist.
The longest train can be 7 cars x 40 ft, or 5 cars x 40 ft with an 85 ft combine. All the switching can take over an hour from Hadley to Springfield. Repeat to simulate traffic throughout the day.
-- Doug -- Modeling the Norwottuck Railroad, returning trails to rails.
