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[[/quote] Just wondering, then, how all those cars from the "other" railroads got on to yours. [/quote] On my layout where I am the only operator and do it for my own enjoyment & relaxation I just use a interchange track that dead ends at the end of the bench work. This branchline is about 6' long directly in the front with the mainline running behind it so that I can get the cars on & off. As this is a sub-dvision point with interchange between the same road I also move my motive power out here for servicing, repairs, or required inspection through the roads major shops hundreds of miles away. On the interchange track I have one line for inbound - one for out. The bottom line is I like to rotate rolling stock & have far too much for it all to be on my L shaped 3' x 12' - 4' x 10' N-scale layout. After all if you have no rolling stock you have no revenue there is really no reason for a freight road to exsist. To each there own, and what works for me may not work for others. I agree in the points of staging if you want the effect of moving trains off even a small layout. I have done this and most likely will in the future. But why can't you also stage complete trains in view on a smaller layout? To me all of the waybill , card systems, looks too much like real work in which I don't want to have for a hobby. [:)] Take Care, Mike
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