A Hybrid Two-Level

I have finally settled on the design, and it will be a hybrid two-level layout. I had mentioned some time ago about realizing that I did not (could not!) want to work under a lower level only 36" - 40" off the floor. But I couldn't bring myself to give up the advantage of a hidden storage yard and extended running a second level would provide. Thus, a compromise. There will be a lower level, just 12" below the upper level. It will provide the hidden storage and the extended running. But, it will not be scenicked, and everything -- switch motors, wiring, etc, -- will be above the roadbed, keeping this old man off the floor. Sue did not want to have to call a neighbor to help me up each time I got down there to work on the railroad.