I’m looking for feedback on this plan for the terminus of an agricultural branch line on the freelance HO layout I’m building in a middle school classroom with my students. The period and region are not precise, but a 1930s flavor is intended with a theme of reefers and produce packing sheds.

My interests are many.  I dabble in R/C airplanes, 1:48 plastic model airplanes, photography, model rockets, motorcycles, and HO trains.  Like others, my time and money are limited.  I'm prone to starts and stops that leave several projects unfinished. 

My mother emailed this Washington State newspaper excerpt to me and I wondered if anyone had heard of this or attended. 

When I added outdoor transformer storage by the Fluke Transformer structure it made it necessary to re-route the road by the tracks.  I removed some of the poly fiber landscape and cut away the foam to allow clearance; however, with the narrower area I needed some kind of retaining wall.  Carved foam to the rescue!  I've used carved foam before (including on my previous railroad - click HERE to see a MRH magazine article).