The Mogollon Railroad

[nachoman]

I now have a decent size hill on one end of my layout. Unlike most areas, the town will be built on the side of the hill (note the cut and fill contouring) I still have a bunch of work to do on the town side of the hill, but that will happen as I get buildings finished and the footprints of the buildings are known. To build the hill, i simply stacked up layers of 1" foam and carved it with a knife. Once I get the basic shape the way I like, I will cover the whole thing with sculptamold.

It looks like it will be a steep town, but the reality is it won't be as steep as the prototype. Much of Morenci Arizona was built before automobiles, but even after autos came to town, many houses were only accessible by mule or staircase!