After ten years of ignoring this section of the layout, El Capitan stopped by to take a look to see the progress of Williams Arizona. This is the "Gate Way to the Grand Canyon" and some large buildings are going up in anticipation of it being a tourist boom town. I placed Tufts of cotton under a few cars to represent steam purging from the heating system. This gives me an idea to use real steam that is piped in between the rails and turned on for a scene such as this. In actuality, I build kits and structures that suit my whimsical moods and just plop many of them in any area they fit. Then down the road, I shift them to different locations sometimes to build a scene for the camera as you see above. All locations have a name representing a town along the Santa Fe Railroad in parts of Arizona and New Mexico for train operations only. |
