Re: Making up trains at Cumbres (Loco conjecture & diagram)

Chris Walker Wrote:
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> Well if I was doing that I'd pull up the Blue cut
> to Cumbres, lift the Green cut from the siding
> through the cross-over and push it back onto the
> Blue cut, drop down to the East-end switch to lift
> the 3rd cut(Red) out of the siding, push it all
> back together and do the Air-test.


Exactly, Chris -

Just as JBWX described it, except that the first turn's cars are east of the crossover, and the second turn's cars to the west.

I have edited the post with the tri-color diagram (above), and added your explanation (or John's?) to it.

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