One of the unfortunate challenges to modeling rural North America is the relative lack of items geared toward agriculture, especially for the modern era.  Grain and fertilizer are massive industries throughout the mid-section of the continent, but they are largely ignored or overlooked by manufacturers.  I'm modeling a freelanced HO scale shortline in Indiana which traverses a section of the former Nickel Plate dominated by agriculture.  For me, the feel of this region can't really be achieved without the inclusion of the hardware attendant to that industry.

I've finally gotten to the point of determining my lighting needs and methods for my layout.  Several months ago I created a blog to share my work, which you are welcome to explore at the link below.  I haven't added to it much yet as I'm still in the room-prep stage, but I figure now is as good a time as any to start sharing my work and ideas with the rest of the community.