02-26-2010, 10:23 AM
If the yards are meant to be part of operations, I would leave them in the open, and separated. If they are intended for staging only, you might want to consider the "surround staging" option as illustrated by Mike Hamer:
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With your 24" deep shelves, you can easily hide one or two tracks and still maintain your minimum desired radius.
Although originally designed as staging only, the portion of Mike's layout that is visible from the doorway (outside the train room) is now operated as a yard to break and make trains in order to involve another operating crew.
Andrew
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With your 24" deep shelves, you can easily hide one or two tracks and still maintain your minimum desired radius.
Although originally designed as staging only, the portion of Mike's layout that is visible from the doorway (outside the train room) is now operated as a yard to break and make trains in order to involve another operating crew.
Andrew