Brian, I had thought of extending the yard lead closer to the loop as you drew in. It occurred to me this arrangement would foul the main, but Dave said he was going to work on it some more, so I didn't say anything about that. Also, I thought of extending the yard around the corner too, but I thought the curves on the yard tracks would be too tight for good coupling.
The small roll around is a good idea, and like you say, it would be built later, so I could put in the track on the main table and in the meantime it would just look like a spur.
CTR, good comment. I have thought of staging underneath, and like you say, "if you can stand it" Some folks love it, and others find it a pain. We had discussed it on the plan for the little room and threw it out. However, anything is up for thought again.
On a slightly similar note, I had rejected the idea, but was thinking last night I need to ask John C. if he has any videos of his drawers for extra cars on his layout. Maybe even a roll out cart. However, like I said yesterday, I don't like handling my detailed cars much. That arrangement would only work for me with less detailed cars, which I do have.
