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Hawks05- <br /> <br />I LIKE the name "Loneview"! It is such a melancholy cowboy-west name, you could concoct all kinds of tall tales around a place like that. It does suggest, however, that you'll be concentrating on scenery, to create a sample of the magical vista that inspired such a name. Imagine that the town is somehow perched on a prairie-grass rise overlooking a lot of wilderness, maybe with mountains in the distance, and where the railroad passes through town it has to be in a deep cut because of this topography. The little depot might straddle the side of this cut, being a two or three-story structure with a lot of steps down to the platform. Industries might be set in amongst a lot of stone retaining walls, where the loading area has to get down to track level. Why is the town perched on a hill? Maybe it began life as a remote military outpost, with a historic wooden fort that is now a preserved landmark (and also a rather unique model to include on your layout)... <br /> <br />All this from a rather evocative town name. Excellent choice.
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