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As others have suggested: 1) Get an interchange track to connect you railroad to the rest of the country and world. 2) Use view blocks (mountain ridge, back drop of clouds, buildings, etc.) to seperate the railroad to add to the sense of distance and seperation. I feel that trees create the strongest impression of distance. 3) Don't crowd the layout too much so that it looks like spagetti, use your space for fewer but larger industries if you don't like the look and feel of smaller ones. 4) Don't use simply a basic loop for your track to run in. Break up the 4x8 feel by using slight curves on your mainline and lay out your industries in different ways so that they aren't all facing in the same direction. Hope this helps some! Good luck!
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