Talk to me about staging

[Lester Perry]

Galen you lost me some where but thats ok. I Model an imaginary section of the C&O. My main part is Clifton Forge Va., everything leaves or comes to there. I run east and west locals, east and west through trains. All through trains stop at Clifton Forge. East bound get taken apart for one of two destinations which are the hidden yard east bound. the west bound drops local cars and picks up west bound cars. The work in Clifton forge is non stop during an operating session. the locals / through trains are relitively new addition. As the local used to be taken care of by through train . But I wanted to try to add a new twist to things. Oh yeah the west bound changes power and continues on to Russell KY, which is stageing. I dont fiddle cars in staging. the entire train will be brought back onto the layout in the opposite direction later.