The name, Blacktop Crossing, hopefully signifies a smalltown/rural setting, possibly in the Southeast. My grandsons and I are trying to make it a local layout with connections to our hometowns -- Rock Hill and Belton/Honea Path, SC. The cotton industry seemed a good "theme" to work with. So, the layout will have (is "planned" to have!?) a cotton field, a cotton gin, a cotton factory, a mill village, and a company store; oh, and a small train station. In addition, since one of the grandsons likes "Army", we'll have a Quonset Hut/Military Warehouse. Maybe we need one more industry, possibly a junk yard across the tracks from the cotton factory. I'll insert a Paintshopped sketch of the layout (my Paintshop skills are not too great, as you can see). Maybe the theme will be evident. The era will be early 1950's, up to about 1956, but there will be NO 1957 Chevy's on THIS layout if I can help it.
The outer loop is the "mainline" of Southern Railway with a branchline to serve the industries. This can keep one grandson occupied running a train in loops while the other works on the scenery (maybe ;) ).
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