Walthers lineside LPG tanks have been slowly turning up at trainshows for a year or two now... Having the inability to resist such neat kits, I have bought several with the idea of building several dealers along the line.

The question is: How many tanks represent a large agrichem dealer and/or propane distributor? What looks good in HO scale? Many articles over the years seem to utilize one or two tanks, but what about a bigger facitily? Is less really more with this type of industry?

Due to the fact instead of having deeper scenes that I used to have (2.5' - 3') and now going with shallower scenes (6"-18") I am beginning to reconsider using Super Trees for back ground trees versus using Puff Ball Trees, because although it's the background, it is so close, having SOME detail of trees might be needed. 

I was just looking at the Shoo-Fly module thread, and something caught my eye.  In 1:1 railroading, it's quite common to see the remnants of old wood pilings beneath or beside more modern concrete or steel bridges.  In some cases, the pilings ended slightly above ground level and served as a base for the trestle bents, in others the bents have simply been cut away when the new bridge was built.  But I cannot think of many model bridges which have been treated in this fashion.  Plenty of steel and concrete, and of course plenty of wooden trestles, but how many folk

I am wondering what would be the apprpriate ballst size for ho scale when using woodland scenics ballast products. Would it be fine or medium?

Dan