@gunrunnerjohn posted:I wonder if you could figure out a way to build a hidden yard under the main platform. There's no such thing as too much yard space. I know I'd like more, even though I just added a good sized yard in addition to my smaller yard tracks. I had space over in that corner to just expand on the main level, but if you didn't, you could go to the lower level.
I agree - I would dearly love to have a large yard space - simply for storage... Over the last 3 years I've bought all the "good deals" I could find and now have about 15 engines and 20 or so cars... and no place to store them. My office shelves are all small display areas with loco's strewn about. 
We had hoped to move by now and find a place with a full basement instead of the half basement we currently have. But although the housing market is excellent for sellers - it also has priced us out of all the homes we would want.. Houses we were looking at 3-4 years ago for $250k are nearly $350-400k now.... so that dream (and the dream of an acre of land with a pole barn) are again on hold. My parents also both passed away and I inherited their vacation properties in northern lower MI so the taxes and upkeep are a bit of a drain on the finances as well... Long story... but we knew all this was coming and have been preparing for it. Life changes! Now you see why the hobby has been on pause for a bit...
