Having recently modified one end of my staging yard to better suit US operation, I've now tackled the other end. 'Before' is on the left of the photo, 'after' is on the right.
Basically I've scaled things down from a 4 track UK scenario to something better able to feed trains onto a US layout. All traffic now exits through one fan, courtesy of the new turnout added bottom right, as opposed to the two discrete fast and slow halves I had before. At the moment the line to the return loop (on the right) still follows it's original curve, but will eventually be slewed over to join the other new turnout - just as soon as I finish testing the wiring.
Trains will enter the staging yard via the rightmost track, before curving around the return loop, running through the staging and coming to rest where the locos are visible in the photo. The track-circuiting and software for automation are going to need substantial revision to support these modifications.
This is very definitely a US layout now, with UK trains only having running rights when I'm not having a 'serious' operating session. Walsall Victoria, as such, no longer exists as I've started recovering track from the old station area. Ironically the layout is returning to it's original format, after a few years wasted chasing the UK impossible dream.
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