Distance compression (signals, signs)

[eightyeightfan1]

Tony Koester I think had it right. A few years ago he wrote about distances on model railroads in his Trains Of Thought column. His example was when he built his first layout, he had stock pens, only a foot from his meat packing plant. As he said:" the cows could walk to thier ultimate demise. But it was the enjoyment of spotting a car at the pens, then moving it to the meat packing plant that made the short distance between the two worth it."