Good things come in narrow packages

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Thank you, thank you, thank you Steve for the overall shot of that end of the layout. That oughta be gracing the cover of a modeling mag in the future, especially when nearing completion...although I don't think you should wait that long.

And that little bit o' wire just looks like some sort of air hose debris, a fallen tree limb, etc. on the track - a very plausible explanation. KISS method at it's best.

Looking at the overall scene...the green of the Gallimore Coal and the red of the Wollenberg Grain seem to act as anchor points visually - they grab your attention right away and allow your eyes to come back to them again and again. And not only the colors, but the size of the structures. The three smaller structures in between are in muted tones with little bits of color from the signage, people and details that draw you closer to the scene and suck you in. Then when you're done examining them closely you follow the tracks down to the left or right to those scenes, then back again...it's going to be something when you get a little further along. That rhythm and pacing you've established with the existing structures should carry through somehow. Not sure if I'm just reading all this into the scenes or you're even thinking about composition in these terms, but either way it works!

Galen