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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by CBQ_Guy With the short distances we can model between locations on our layouts, most if not all of the exchange from one layout business to the next would be via truck. [/quote] The distances are only constrained to be short if you model a continuous linear slice. If, as we're doing, you don't make a continuous line, but hop to different points down the line, there can be as much distance between them as you like. If the track passes through some type of a scene-divide, there's no reason for the two scenes to be the scale distance apart that they are on the model. As long as they appear visually separated, you can mentally provide as much distance as you like. We have two places where the track literally goes through a scene divide on the backdrop, and three others where the track enters a tunnel, then does a loop on a helix before emerging again. This means that the distance between the two tunnel portals is pretty close together, but the train dissappears completely into the tunnel without the caboose hanging out side while the engine is emerging from the other. And there is also a passage of time before the train emerges in the next scene. For dramatic effect, the train can be paused in the tunnel to lengthen the time of passage. Cheers, Maureen
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