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One town/city

BN Bill NOGR Forum Member

As I've been studying maps of early to mid-20th century small cities and towns I am noticing how much rail activity they offer.  Station passing sidings, freight and team house sidings, industries, perhaps a small yard, and if served by multiple lines interchange tracks.  Given the space required for O trains it would be easy to fill a 15-25' long area with activities from just one town or small city.  I know it is the norm on small sized layouts to just represent one town, but does anyone do this on a medium sized one?

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J JanOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Bill,

These days I find that I shun the Interstates of the less traveled roads.  I enjoy the smaller towns with the older downtowns (some that are thriving) and the rails that connected them.  These towns often had streets which names like "Railroad Ave" and "Depot St."  There you would see everything that you described.

Jan

P PRR1950OGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Bill,

The short answer to your question is "YES."  However, it is more often being done in smaller scales.  I suggest you search groups.io for Proto-Layouts and/or LDSIG and maybe search youtube and facebook for layout planning tips.  One-town model railroads are quite popular for people with little available space that still wish to build.  Some of them are ends of branchlines, some are port operations, and some are just large industries located in one town.

Chuck

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