Possible Scale Switch

[Green_Elite_Cab]

That's where selective compression comes into play, you could just make the train long enough so that it looks full-size, we already scale down freight trains and cities so I don't see why we can't scale down passenger trains.

There was an interesting article in MRR awhile back about "pike-sized passenger trains", it gave examples of real passenger trains that only had about 3 or 4 cars on them, It even showed a Penn Central passenger train with 1 car!

Selective compression is not the answer. You can only shave so many cars off of a name train like the 20th Century Limited, or the Acela Express, or the Super Chief, or the Sunset Limited, before it stops looking like either of those trains.

That pike sized passenger train article is interesting, but don't be misled. Those trains were the exception, not the rule.

besides, its not like its uncommon for there to be short passenger trains trains on off peak hours, but it defeats the purpose of modelling an actual name train if you're going to remove the cars that make up the train.