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Hey Guys, Thanks for the input. I've decided to put in the staging track as you've suggested now that I have a better handle on it's purpose. Before I tore out the small layout that I used to have, there were no staging areas. When a few friends would come over for operations, I would park the train outside of the yard to simulate an incoming train. Towards the end of the night, the out going train would be parked outside of the yard to simulate travel to the next town. I can see, understand now how much more convenient it would be to have a staging yard/track, one place for everything. While I have read about these staging yards, I just failed to understand their use and purpose. I've decided since I am going to have a helix at one end, that I can add a few loops to go down below the tracks and hide trains there till called upon later.
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