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Okay, this is sort of what I was thinking, that raising a large railroad area would be difficult and expensive.  Plus, if saving knees and back are the goals, all the railroad must be near the edge of the raised land.  Maybe that is not a problem, but it certainly puts some limitations on the scenery.   I agree with Walt that the eye-level view, or close, is superior to the helicopter view.  This is the reason that I am investigating raising some or all of the railroad.  But right now, I feel that much of my time might be saved and my $$ might be better spend on a few nice outdoor chairs to bring the eyes down closer to the railroad, rather than bringing the railroad up to the eyes.  I think I will still have some elevation in the railroad, to go up a mountain or something, but that is to add variation and because we like mountain railways.    As I mentioned, here is a link to some pictures and description of our simple garden railway.  We chose to start slow, to make sure our daughter was interested.  Of course, my interest in growing rapidly, and now I want to model some of the large Southern mainline trains I used to see growning up  in Alabama.  <a href="http://home.comcast.net/~mark.mabry/GardenTrainConstruction2006.htm">Photos</a>
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