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            Rob:
          
        
        
          I use the ShipIt! program to generate switchlists. It's a bit
        
        
          painful to set up but it does a good job for me.
        
        
          
            MRH:
          
        
        
          Did you consider a single deck layout?
        
        
          
            Rob:
          
        
        
          I did. My previous layouts were single deck, and I wanted
        
        
          a longer mainline to improve the operation potential, and
        
        
          the only way I could get there with the space I had was to go
        
        
          double-deck.
        
        
          With this layout, when an engineer picks up a train at one end
        
        
          of the railroad, he's looking at a significant run to get to the
        
        
          other end.
        
        
          12: D&RGW 5359 comes off the bridge over the
        
        
          Arkansas River with the Ideal Cement plant towering in
        
        
          the background.