@mike g. posted:Hi John. just to give you a little insight the wondering weather to have more track or more scenery is the sole reason I took down my old layout. I had a bunch of track but no room for building or towns really and I came to the conclusion after getting to the point where it was time to add people, autos, and buildings I found out in my opinion I did not have enough scenery .
My new layout also uses a raised town and my staging yard will be under the layout with a ramp up to the main line.
Love your town for sure! Now I will investigate the layout height to see if a raised town or a lower yard is the best approach. Either way it sounds like some woodworking will be needed, hopefully not a total rework of that area.