Mark, I completely agree with John. 
I think we discussed something like that cassette idea way back when, though it was more like a sliding tray underneath the upper loop at the time. I don't like large yards unless someone is into "working" it and I don't think you are. I added the max I could fit, but I think it overpowers the layout way too much. If it were me, I'd just have a spur for a couple of extra engines and maybe 2 for rolling stock. One or both could be for a cassette. It'd be easy enough to indent that area by simply making it a removable section. If you use some kind of pins and sockets for power, you won't even need to connect wires, just drop in the cassettes. To make them easier to lift, you could make it so 2 smaller cassettes would fit back to back. You could have a roll-out cart with drawers for the cassettes.
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