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I keep thinking I should just go ahead and do this, but something holds me back. Must be my already-enormous commitment towards my northern Virginia layout. As I am deeply into mythology and fantasy, along the lines of "The Lord Of The Rings", I have thought about doing a totally-freelanced Dwarven Railroad (you just know it'd be mineral-loving dwarves that would invent a railroad), which could start out in a big underground city (a whole engine terminal and yard inside the belly of a volcano!) and then venture out across vivid and exotic fantasy settings. Maybe even have a spur that switchbacks up to a blad mountain face, where a lot of rigging and nets are emplaced for the purpose of capturing dragons. Show off a few wyverns held in "cattle pens" - more like cattle pens on viagra! Snowsheds through the frigid mountain passes would be meant to keep the frost giants away. A layout like this would require extensive kitbashing and scratchbuilding; ever last car and engine would be a unique design. I would suppose that ever car would have its own doghouse-style sentry shack, where a pair of bowmen ride along to protect the cargo. The engines would all be based on the fantastic gilded victorian steamers that prevailed in the 1800's, but they would need their own particular aesthetic. I'm convinced that it could be done well, and that it would be a totally unique concept for a model railroad, but I'm willing to bet that as I post this there is someone who has attempted something similar.
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