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Well in the march 1998 (i think - i'll check) there was an N scale fine scale layout (2mm:ft) in the Railway Modeller magazine in the UK. It featured a branchline terminus where the gantry crane lifted freight from the open wagons and put it on either a farm tractor and trailer, a lorry or an articulated 'donkey' lorry ( small, three whelled tractor with trailers used around yards and towns). these drove off throught the town and disappeared through the backdrop. they were powered by a magnet on the bottom that was drawn along the road by a magnet under it that was mover by a home made monorail that was slung from the bottom of the road (the road base was PCB). The advantage was that the lorry could be controlled properly but the disadvantage was that there was only one route and it wasn't automatic. it was like another train really. This worked great in this setting but if you want loads of moving cars then it would not work as well. I like the concept though. If i was modelling a little railway like this then i think i would try something similar except in OO or HO. so basically it has been done with the realism that you are after but it might no be easliy scaled up to cope with the traffic levels you want. Neil
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