Consider the following, poorly made, diagram.
The horizontal short line begins and ends its day at the wye.
Outbound is easy, drive to customer, snag cars, take them to interchange and drop off. How about the return trip with empties?
(Not shown is a Wye at the interchange.)
Push them 5 miles? Or take them to the wye, turn the loco, and drag them back down to the customer?
Would the short line put in a run around near the customer?
Its my own route, and I'm trying to decide how I should handle this according to prototype, which is why I'm asking here.
The horizontal short line begins and ends its day at the wye.
Outbound is easy, drive to customer, snag cars, take them to interchange and drop off. How about the return trip with empties?
(Not shown is a Wye at the interchange.)
Push them 5 miles? Or take them to the wye, turn the loco, and drag them back down to the customer?
Would the short line put in a run around near the customer?
Its my own route, and I'm trying to decide how I should handle this according to prototype, which is why I'm asking here.