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I have seen it, too, in person, and yes it is impressive. The photographs don't do it justice, because any photo tends to accentuate the lack of detail while failing to convey the sensation of enormity, of being in the scene. This layout fills your peripheral vision, in the midst of a museum that has all sorts of other displays clamoring for attention. So what if each little vignette isn't "hyper-modelled" the way our ten-square-foot versions are? <br /> <br />I expected to go there and see a layout that compromised operational integrity because it is a show layout, but I was surprised to see that the sidings are all accorded functional turnouts, rather than the more-reliable dummies I expected to see. I don't know if there is any group that does operate this as a layout, but it appears to be possibe to do so. There are some definite compromises, such as a mountain line that crosses an enormous steel span, which is only a very short loop of track, but then there are many features that score points in my book. The wealth of scratchbuilt accurate downtown buildings for both Chi-town and Seattle are nothing to sneeze at (although I bet there are people that do just that... never thought about the cleaning hassle this layout poses). Another compromise I saw was the short length of trains; a layout this scale doesn't look right with 15-car consists; it should sport trains of prototypical lengths. They do this for long-term relaibility, I know.
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