Yes. You are way off base.
Rather, that is to say, this is a refuling station for UFOs stopping enroute to Mars from Venus.
If you do not have intergalatic services on your railroad you will be accused of alien discrimination and the Federal Government will, in conjunction with the Inter-Galatic Police banish you to an astiroid south of Mars.
ROAR
The Route of the Broadway Lion The Largest Subway Layout in North Dakota.
Here there be cats. LIONS with CAMERAS
How can I put this without being lamblasted?
Modelers tend to get sloppy in some scenery areas like roads their road is either doesn't exists, to toy like or not wide enough for two Ford model As to past safely yet they place 18 wheelers on these narrow roads that resemble a narrow dirt road going up a hollow in the Appalachians..
Folks,when in doubt throw it out and do some research.
IMHO nothing looks as foolish as a station backed up against a mountain with no visible road,horse,wagon or foot path.
Larry
Conductor.
Summerset Ry.
"Stay Alert, Don't get hurt Safety First!"
No, not off base - it is common to visit or see photo stories on layouts where one can wonder just how folks get to work including the station agent and tower operator., or why structures were constructed with no possible means of access.
On the other hand you also see wildly improbable roads with curves that would need 5 mph or less -- and perhaps no road at all is better than one that is immediately seen as toylike. The fact is that realistic looking roads (which can be narrower than prototype and still look OK) take up space that most of us have used for something else.
Dave Nelson
I admit that there is one thing that I find bizarre about some layouts and that is the lack of roads. For example, how can you have a gas station in between two tracks and NOT have some sort of road that would provide access to the gas station for vehicles?
Am I off base here?
Bear "It's all about having fun."