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Introduction I have been interested in model trains since I can remember. Below are some photos from the last model railroad I did. It is in N scale and the entire railroad measures 3.5x3.5 feet. The railroad is set in Arizona. The mountains are made of foam and painted with acryllic paints. All the pine trees are hand made using balsa wood and pickled fern leaves. The sajuaro cactuses are also hand made by me carved from balsa, scored with a razor saw, and painted. All of the people and automobiles were also hand-painted -- N scale people are really small! Custom lettering, such as on railroad-crossing signs, was made by printing 7-point Helvetica type to a laser printer. Some Photos Select any image for a larger version. This is the town of Williams, Arizona. The town really exists, but my model of it is purely my invention. Here's a freight train comin' 'round the mountain. The smoke is cotton suspended by a thread, but is wiggled during exposure to blur it. Here's a passenger train comin' 'round the mountain from the other direction. Here's an oil storage facility on the west side of Williams. Here's the tail end of a train returning to Williams from Williams Junction. Here's the locomotive performing a "run around" maneuver at the wye at Williams Junction.