Here are a few pictures to help understand what I have to deal with. Understand my land here is sloping. I have to divert a lot of water away from the RR. It has already survived one 12 inch rain, which prompted me to install some drainage systems. Which, of course, get in the way. The area just to the right of the upper switch in the Wye, between the end of the red paint line and the wood “fence”, is a water collection basin.
(http://www.lscdata.com/users/cabby/_forumfiles/S1030993Medium.JPG)
The water runs under the track into this drainage ditch here. The wooden “fence” itself is there to divert water from uphill around the RR.
(http://www.lscdata.com/users/cabby/_forumfiles/S1030996Medium.JPG)
Now if I move the yard approach along the straight, I have to cross the collection basin. As well as use a lot more track. I’m going to see how it works. But it will leave me very little track left for the yard.
(http://www.lscdata.com/users/cabby/_forumfiles/S1030994Medium.JPG)
BTW- Do appreciate the help. That is exactly why I posted…before I started building.