Congratulations on building your new layout! Have you considered moving your your switch to the yard further back on the straight and making small adjustments to the length of your mainlines (moving them in) to help with the sharp curve of the yard approach? This could also help you make the yard transition sooner, move the 4-way forward/extending the yard, and with wider radius curves(possibly). Your yard can never be big enough.....
If you are min O-72 on the mainlines, for further planning/prevention it would be a good idea to keep the yard at a O-72 min...
Either way, keep up the good work!
