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Staging yards are one of the new "must haves" that have come up in modern layout design in the past few years. IF you are planning to operate, staging adds an enormous amount of flexability to any layout design. The axiom for effiicient switch yard usage is to run the yard about half full. Most of us don't have the space to have huge yards and when you follow the half full axiom, they don't hold as many cars as most of us would like. I added a third level to my double decked railroad just to get some staging area. The other thing to keep in mind is that as you continue to be in the hobby, your roster will grow. Eventually you will out grow all of the available siding space on your layout and will be looking for storage just to keep things manageable. Staging can help here as well. Think 10 cars per year over 30 years, thats 300 cars taking up at least 150' of siding space in HO. The formula Tony Koester came up for dealing with staging is if N equals the amount of staging you think you need, the amount you actually need is 2N +1. All I can say is I hope he is wrong.... Guy
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