Talk to me about staging

[doctorwayne]

In conjunction with what Lynn and Jack noted, staging and en-route switching can keep your railroading operations interesting and ever-changing. Most of my trains arriving at their destinations will look very different from when they left their original staging yard, having picked-up and dropped-off cars along the way, either at industries or interchanges. Even passenger trains will set-out cars to be picked-up by other trains.
And while some freight will move between modelled industries, the bulk of it will either arrive from or be shipped to "elsewhere", with some just "passing through".

Wayne