How to Make Space For More Track in Rail Yards

February 24, 2015

With prudent use of available space, a model railroader can sometimes find room to add more track.

The solution can be as simple as replacing large foreground buildings with ‘low relief’ buildings positioned along the background. So, instead of the buildings being somewhere between 4 to 8 inches in depth, the background buildings need only be 1 to 2 inches thick. They will still look like real full-depth buildings, especially with the careful placement of support scenery props like trees, weeds, background sky and hills.

Done well, the scene can give the illusion it stretches far off into the distance, making the layout appear to be considerable larger than it actually is in reality.