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Staging makes it possible to run your layout like a real railroad. Doesn't matter if you "operate" or not. Look at it this way: without staging, every single car in your 'world" has to fit on the layout and they can never leave to go to another city or town you haven't modelled. That means you have to have an industry that serves every kind of car on the layout or there's no reason for 'em to be there. <br /> <br /> I have attached a small staging yard to a 4'x8' with great success--the idea is, the trains arrive, the cars are set out, and then the rest of the train leaves. Another train may enter, pick up cars, drop some off, and then also leave. <br /> <br />Don't discount the impact of a staging yard.
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