Here is a link to a metafilter posting about miniatur wunderland and others::

http://www.metafilter.com/109942/Planes-trains-and-hackers

go and explore!.

Take a look at this 1905 picture:

http://www.shorpy.com/node/11331?size=_original

Of special interest are the very uneven road and the pattern on the brickwork. Note that is not just painted, but "picked".

Another view:

http://www.shorpy.com/node/10299?size=_original

Just found this pic of a 1929 model railroad:

Click here to view the original image ...

Just came across this site:

http://www.ss42.com/pt-buildings.html#10

where you can download paper model templates of buildings and such. Can be used as plans for scratchbuilt models or as temporary fillers for those empty spots. And they are free!.

Traction fans: take a look at this railcar being moved on a transfer table inside a car barn. Hi def pic.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/10061?size=_original

Came across this diorama set INTO a G scale boxcar at:

http://www.nproject.org/nl/minidiorama/minidiorama-wagon.html

While the page is in Dutch, pics talk by themselves.

Just came across this:

http://www.cargolaw.com/2011nightmare_GE.Class70.html

Scroll down to the set of pics

Here are some 360 views of railroad views for the sake of variety:

http://blog.360cities.net/railroad-adventures/

This guy made an operating train set for a hobby shop in his layout:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1222496/Pictured-The-w...

Just found a set of city trackwork pics that are so uneven that I wonder if they can be negotiated at all. I can supply the link to anybody who wants to extract them for the page because there is some questionable material at the bottom. Just write me: pipopak at yahoo dot com.