Sunday: end of the day

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[OT from cottage renovations]

a wye track is so named because it looks somewhat like the letter Y.  it's nothing more than a triangle of tracks on which trains can do the railroading equivalent of a three point turn. 

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Sierra control point,
Roseville, CA

the Roseville locomotive service shop has a turntable but the maintainers seem to prefer to use the adjacent wye track, defined by three control points (Washington, Yosemite and Sierra) named for nearby streets.  the north leg of the wye is the Sierra control point, serving also as the junction of the Valley Subdivision with the East-West main line. 

an overpass carries Sierra Boulevard across the tracks, affording the chance to look down on the turning movements and through freights. 

the day ends and the light fades but the railroad keeps up its pace of activity around the clock.  Roseville is a railroad town and as long as the trains are running, all's well with its world.