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Thank you for your Staging ideas Mr. n2mopac, I have a friend who is running a rather good layout that has a 16 foot edge. His yard takes about maybe half of that. I think by inserting a switch and sneaking off the other side of the table, he may be able to loop down into a staging yard that "Hangs" below his main yard and have like room for 6 8-10 foot trains. dknelson and clinchvalley, you have offered one of the greatest dangers of carrying a platmorm with cars (Barge, ferry etc) I think a wheeled conveyence with "Edges" that can connect without the risk of dropping a few valued cars may be the best. Last night I spent a few minutes with the BLI's PRR 4-8-2 learning the analong sound and very very lightly breaking it in. I had a thought that as much as I like the idea of portable platforms for staging, I think I would best use the British "Cassete" type of staging for engines. It would be very painful to have an engine hit the floor as you try to move it between the work bench and layout. I like the foam car cradles, but may make one up of two of these to accomodate really large engines. And one more idea for staging, there has been Ads taken into MR for a "Ladder" type stage racks that hold entire trains (Up to 6-8 feet anyways) that mounts on a wall and will rise and lower until the desired train is ready to roll off onto your layout. I love this concept, however my walls would never stand this load. Perhaps others may have found ways to transfer the load safely to the structure without the threat of it failing. I am sorry to hear about the switch on the barge failing, is there a alternate method one can use to keep it from happening? Perhaps a sort of a metal Pawl that looks like a plastic pawl used on the spin the number wheel of a "Life" game from the toy store? My two cents for the day.
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