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Gary B, you said "...Neenah Wi. (nothing like the real place)". You are right, it looks more like Menasha.:rolleyes:
 
JazzDad said:
Gary B, you said "...Neenah Wi. (nothing like the real place)". You are right, it looks more like Menasha.:rolleyes:
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I'm not familar with Menasha. I had already chosen Wisconsin as my location and when I discovered there was a Neenah Wi. I decided to use it since I live on Neenah Ave.

Guys some very nice work here.

Jim love the smalltown feel of yours.

WV - So where's that station?
 
Nice work, everyone, even when the towns are still in the planning stages. :) Thanks for the kind words about Hillside.

George, I'm not that good a model railroader, but I have spent a lot of time looking at and taking picures of small towns. Except in large cities, like Gary's and Larry's, smaller towns have lots of trees, even in the downtown area. From an aerial view, trees should actually be the dominant thing, with the buildings kind of looking like they were built in a forest. This is even more true in a Southern town, which I'm trying to model. Trees and awnings were almost required, because we have so many hot months. There was always a courthouse square, with lots of trees and lawns, that folks would use to lounge around on during those hot summer afternoons. The funny thing is that natives who have come over to see the layout will say, "Oh, you've made a model of (X) town". It's actually not a model of any particular town but an almagamation of about seven different towns I visited for inspiration. It seems if you get enough elements of different towns together, your town will just look familiar to lots of people.
 
UP2CSX said:
It seems if you get enough elements of different towns together, your town will just look familiar to lots of people.
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Jim - Traveling in the Midwest (by Zephyr) as a kid, it impressed me that from trackside all the towns had the same elements that made them look alike. From the highway side, that's true too. It's that Midwestern look I tried to capture in my smaller town of Fox Valley. Right now the business district is missing since it's on an access hole that I need open.

PS. Jim - I'm a lousy railroader too. If my trains ran half as good as my skyline looks it would be a miracle!:)

More pics to come tonight.;)
 


I dont really have a city full of people but I do have a small industrail aera
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Trent that is awesome. I love the feel of your pictures. Great modeling and great photography!

After that I can hardly bring myself to post pictures of my smaller town, Fox River. The big hole is where the business district should be.
 
thanks for the kind words Gary. yours pics are just as nice as mine are. I really enjoy looking at everyones work as it shows diffrent perspectives and details that people focus on.
 
havent sceen a Coal mine in a industry aera but I wanted to move coal and have industry on the table. I had little room to put them in this small dog bone layout and thats where it ended up fitting...:o
 
Seeing these layouts makes me wish I was still in Chicago.

I have a friend whose house backs up to Fox River. Near Elgin/Dundee right?
 


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