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After reading all of the recent topics on operations and and staging I decided I needed to rework my layout into a point to point with some staging. My layout is (will be) made up of 2 foot deep sections of various lengths set back to back with the ends connecting them into a large loop. I decided to put the end points back to back on the short leg of the L. <br /> <br />I decided I did not have any place to hide staging and that my foam on hallow doors was to thick to go under for staging. Removable staging is out of the question because I would never remove it. I thought about removable "cassettes" where I could move trains onto and off of the layout but they seemed to be to disruptive to operations. <br /> <br />I tried to design back to back yards for visible staging but after a few days of trying to design one realistic yard in a 2 X 5 1/2 foot area. After getting so frustrated I almost gave up on the whole thing I put this together for just staging. <br /> <br />It is not a realistic yard I know but would it be useful as staging? I made it a little deeper, 30 inches, to increase the capacity on the staging tracks. It is N scale and one day I hope to have some mid sized or large steam locomotives. Since I am designing my layout on the fly I am not really sure how much staging I will need. <br /> <br />[IMG]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b372/bukwrm/Staging.jpg[/IMG] <br /> <br />Any suggestions or comments? <br />
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