I have a rather big Classification Yard given to me some time ago and now I am about to decorate this masterpiece but I do not know what to put on it in terms of buildings, roads etc.

Please take a look, provide some ideas and/or show some samples from other layouts or real life,

Its a module in FREMO AmericaN standard in N-scale. It is in five sections 1m (~39 inches) long each consequently 5m (197 inches) long and max 0,45m (14,6 inches) wide.

Enclosed is a sketch.

Edit: Now a better version made in AnyRail.

Posted this on my Free-moN "Shoo-fly in Sonoma" thread, but thought it's own thread might be better for sharing, search, and archival purposes.

I've been building & planting a vineyard, using small stranded wire, ceramic stucco paste, polyfiber and AMSI ground foam:

Hello Everybody My name is Dan Kelley AKA: Rio Grande Dan here on the MRH forums.

I'm a member of the MRH Spam Police and spend 40 to 60 hrs a week reading through the many Posts and Blogs here on the MRH forums. While reading I keep seeing one problem that many new Model Railroaders are having and that is "WHERE & HOW DO I START?"

I realized I haven't posted to my blog in awhile so I thought I'd show y'all what I've been up too with the layout. It became quickly apparent while trying to finish the branch to the mine that I was going to have to have some idea of the footprint. I first though I was going to have enough room for a Walther's New River Mining Co. pretty much box stock with three tracks. Probably could have shoehorned it in there but it would have looked "crammed in".