Left Rail Yard Detach R40

With this part you can make a railyard switch out of a regular Trixbrix R40 Switch.

The ending straight part has a custom length to accomodate for a perfect 8 studs in between the tracks on a railyard. This is perfect for platforms, signals or other railroad accesories and to keep a safe distance between trains. It also makes sure you're railroad maintains absolute geometry so railroads are easy to connect and fun to build!

How to add any nymber of branches to the R40 Rail Yard

Follow these rules:

1. Start with a 3-Track Rail Yard R40 in Left or Right variant.
2. For every additional branch add a R40 Railyard Switch in opposite direction to the base direction of the 3-Track Rail Yard (i.e Left Rail Yard Switches for 3-Track Right Rail Yard and vice versa).
3. For every additional odd branch add a Half Straight Track

Examples:

5-Track Left Rail Yard

- 1x 3-Track Left Rail Yard

- 2x Right Railyard Switch

- 1x Straight Track Half

6-Track Left Rail Yard

- 1x 3-Track Left Rail Yard

- 3x Right Railyard Switch

- 1x Straight Track Half

7-Track Left Rail Yard

- 1x 3-Track Left Rail Yard

- 4x Right Railyard Switch

- 2x Straight Track Half

8-Track Left Rail Yard

- 1x 3-Track Left Rail Yard

- 5x Right Railyard Switch

- 2x Straight Track Half

9-Track Left Rail Yard

- 1x 3-Track Left Rail Yard

- 6x Right Railyard Switch

- 3x Straight Track Half

Dedicated ballast plate: Ballast Plate for Left Detach R40 for Right Rail Yard R40