Brilliant, James! Among many other features, the warehouse hides the portal to the fiddle yard perfectly and the sunken yard office is spot on. I also love the shadows from the overhead gantry. I'll be taking a different view on small industrial operations now. Very inspiring. Thank you very much for the tout and thoughtful commentary. Cheers!

its always great to see small layouts like this. great work! 👌

Very nicely modelled. I always feel that it's a pity we can't easily add drivers to our diesel locos; for me it's the human element that really focusses and brings a railway scene to life. Kind regards to you 😊

You are already fully aware that I'm very fond of this layout, but I have to say even more so since seeing it through a macro lens. Lovely to see the Trabant in situ as well, and thanks for your kind words! Very intriguing and mysterious place, what on earth are they making there? 🤔

Really enjoyed the video thank you. I personally do love a old beaten up looking shunter / switcher in a private industry 😊

Excellent concept and execution James. I love your work and find it refreshing. Well done and thank you for sharing.

One word - superb!

I absolutely love small cameo layouts. Thank you so so much for sharing and giving me more ideas to think about. 😊

Inspiring as ever .. I built a little German HO layout (Klein & Günstig video) as a ‘taster’ too and been thinking to revisit the hastily put together scenics for a while , this definitely pushed it up the queue :-)

Once again a wonderful video James. Your small layouts provide me much inspiration to "go small." By the way, speaking as a civil engineer, the girders on the pipe support would be called "castellated beams." The hexagonal cutouts reduce the weight of the beam.

Abother superb layout James

Thank you, James, for sharing this immersive layout. It's good to see someone enjoy the process of creating a figment of imagination that is believable, a well observed bit of reality. And this format lends itself well to further development. Of skill, observation, of storytelling and… inner peace or ballance or, yes, mindfulness. I think of all sorts of layers once a sound base is built: colour, texture etc. One thing with these is they are added, sure. But I also take them partially off. All very thin, all desaturated (understated). On and off they go. Until one day, I just know: That's it. I truly enjoy your peaceful approach. No greed. Just a little everyday story. And under this same breath I think it's time to explore the dimension of sound. Thanks again for sharing your wonderful work and -quite important this- your train of thought. Rafael P.S. Thanks also for the foam trick!

I'm loving this layout ❤

Maybe you can use smaller magnets that are strong enough for the couplings, but do not affect the steel axles.

You are a fantastic modeler, and I love what you've done with this little cameo layout. Question: Is the track that passes nearest the office at a lower level than the track that has the chemical dump grates, and pipes?