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Interesting. Well, you can minimize the effect by building up scenery against the edges so it might look more like a small fill or raised roadbed, similar to the small suburban town I grew up in on the SP Dallas to Ennis sub. Just as an idea, put down a couple of scale feet of whatever you use for scenery construction: plaster, sculptamold, spackling compound, etc. The when you add the ballast, you're back to your 1 foot depth you want. Another idea, maybe you could use larger scale rock to simulate the sides of a small fill being held in by rip-rap. Then put the smaller, scale ballast on top. <br />Also, you could use that 3' as a ditch for drainage dug alongside the right of way, filling part of it up with ballast, if you like. <br /> <br />Happy modeling.
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