Or you can model nearly nothing at all. We’ve all had a ride on the Plywood and Western but some have moved far beyond. To roads and trees and city streets. Belching factories and busy ports encroaching on the tracks and mountains towering over head with only limited access by tunnel and bridge.

Of course there’s really not ‘nothing’ here. You can build a truly great layout with very little of what is considered traditional scenery. Those GMD1’s are approaching Baildon Saskatchewan. There’s little need to slow down and even less need of a crossing signal. For Baildon is now a ghost town that supports a single tool shed and a fenced field of hay. Note that the trackside grass has been burned away rather than controlled with chemicals.

Well, you just wanted to show off your trains didn’t you?