Staging yard is the bottom Deck of the bench work.  Stage Yard "A" is shown on the left and Stage Yard "B" is on the wall in the back of the photo.  Stage yard "C" is not built yet.

Another blog post... this one on Tortoise installs, panel graphics, and aisle design as it relates to operation:

http://rgsrr.blogspot.com/2011/12/tortoises-again.html

The January 2012 issue of Model Railroader magazine is out now and the project railroad featured is once again a 4X8 foot layout.

Hello,

two weeks ago some friends of mine and I attended the modelrailway exhibition at Frankfurt Griesheim. Here are some pictures and a short movie from our modular arrangement.

Chemie Anlagen Bau (chemical apparatures works)

I've been working on a free lanced UP layout set in the NorCal Oregon area. 

More can be found at http://adventuresinmodeling.blogspot.com/

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Here is a link to a metafilter posting about miniatur wunderland and others::

http://www.metafilter.com/109942/Planes-trains-and-hackers

go and explore!.

Well here it goes!  I'm going to try and explain how I used a "Selector Plate" instead of using switches in my staging yard.  I found this technique works well to save money, time and space.  Lets face it....turnouts are expensive!  One benefit is that all staging tracks are of the same length and you can space the tracks any way you want.

On the East End of my layout I have a 5 track staging yard.

Closer, but no cigar yet when it comes to being finished with Buck & Loretta's place in the back corner of the alcove. 

This area will look much better once the area in the foreground is finished.  I had to do the rear corners first in order to be able to reach them.