Reply to "The Evolution of the Plywood Empire Route"

Meanwhile the East End evolved as well, the product of experience gained.

It started like this:

And then with the first track-plan change room was made for an industry:

Then two more industries were added:

And then this tweak was tested:

Then a big change came to the PER: a Lionel 282 Gantry Crane! Real Estate was developed so this wonderful Post War operating accessory would have a home front&center:

This mock-up shows where a stub siding was added for the Gantry Crane:

The Crane worked beautifully in this spot but after testing with operating sessions I decided to re-design the East End so that everything would fit and all East End traffic would come off the Mainline on a branch track. After moving Oil Creek Northward I added the necessary decking and laid track:

Thus the East End became an Operator's delight with switching there taking up to 40 minutes.