Talk to me about staging

[Lester Perry]

I would have done the same if space were not a problem. If I can find the money and ability I would like to add on to my layout which would require adding to my building and if I do what I would like I could add a toilet, which would be nice since it is about 400 feet from my house. oops I am now getting off topic, sorry. I like the hidden yard be under the layout or at same level. Maybe I should call it staging yard although it is an off layout destination for me with no fiddling in it. By thew way it works rather well except for access tracks being hard to get to if there is trouble. Here is a train prepareing to depart from hidden yard

if you look overhead you will see the track going up to the layout or coming down from depending which way you are going.