Hey wkLang,
Indeed any kind of yard - however small - require a sizable investment of space in order to fit in the various facilities to keep your fleet of trains running nice and smooth. I had intended the first section of the guide to act as proverbial 'kiddie pool' to get people's feet wet in Surveyor before they take the plunge into the deep end. I'll actually have an entire section itself devoted solely to railyard construction an operation, which is why I did not go too much into detail with it so far.
Additionally, at some point it will be necessary to expand the route beyond the original 2x3 grid. The reason the guide advises you to work small at first is that you can eventually expand your route gradually as needed or see fit without the downside of just dropping 20 baseboards into the route off the bat and then find oneself scratching their head trying to figure out how they can fill in 10,000 sq. Kilometers of empty area with interesting stuff between places of interest.
If you're really hurting for some sorting yard action, you're more than welcome to place an engine house and a small yard ladder somewhere until I get the next few sections of the guide in place. Don't be bound to my guide by the letter, feel free to experiment and see what works and what doesn't, rename your route's towns or what have you. To paraphrase a line from a certain movie,
' "I thought you were supposed to keep to the code."
"We figured they were more actual guidelines." '
Indeed any kind of yard - however small - require a sizable investment of space in order to fit in the various facilities to keep your fleet of trains running nice and smooth. I had intended the first section of the guide to act as proverbial 'kiddie pool' to get people's feet wet in Surveyor before they take the plunge into the deep end. I'll actually have an entire section itself devoted solely to railyard construction an operation, which is why I did not go too much into detail with it so far.
Additionally, at some point it will be necessary to expand the route beyond the original 2x3 grid. The reason the guide advises you to work small at first is that you can eventually expand your route gradually as needed or see fit without the downside of just dropping 20 baseboards into the route off the bat and then find oneself scratching their head trying to figure out how they can fill in 10,000 sq. Kilometers of empty area with interesting stuff between places of interest.
If you're really hurting for some sorting yard action, you're more than welcome to place an engine house and a small yard ladder somewhere until I get the next few sections of the guide in place. Don't be bound to my guide by the letter, feel free to experiment and see what works and what doesn't, rename your route's towns or what have you. To paraphrase a line from a certain movie,
' "I thought you were supposed to keep to the code."
"We figured they were more actual guidelines." '