RW&C
N Scale with Stone Tools
I've been kicking ideas around for a while for my Red Wing and Canton RRy Co layout. It's going to have a connection to the BN mainline, and it's set in, eh, maybe the sixties. The BN mainline tunnels into the hills on both ends, where it descends to the hidden staging beneath the main level. This is the best I've come up with so far for the visible level.
The lower left peninsula is tentative, as I don't have the buildings yet. The bit at the lower right is my operating (maybe) coal mine. I intend to hide the BN main where it goes off the map, and try to make it look like it's just going between two hills, rather than have obvious tunnels. The top right area is mostly town, with the long spur feeding a brewery, and the side spur going to the scrapyard. The bit with the long passing siding is a passenger station; the small building beside it is a truck terminal. All around the outside edges is the wall, with a Masonite backdrop already up and (badly) painted.
Part of me wants to work a timesaver or something into this, but I don't want it to get too busy (plus, switches are expensive). On the other hand, I don't want to get bored with its operation once everything's in. What do you guys think?
The lower left peninsula is tentative, as I don't have the buildings yet. The bit at the lower right is my operating (maybe) coal mine. I intend to hide the BN main where it goes off the map, and try to make it look like it's just going between two hills, rather than have obvious tunnels. The top right area is mostly town, with the long spur feeding a brewery, and the side spur going to the scrapyard. The bit with the long passing siding is a passenger station; the small building beside it is a truck terminal. All around the outside edges is the wall, with a Masonite backdrop already up and (badly) painted.
Part of me wants to work a timesaver or something into this, but I don't want it to get too busy (plus, switches are expensive). On the other hand, I don't want to get bored with its operation once everything's in. What do you guys think?