Distance compression (signals, signs)

[tetters]

Part of the idea of selective compression is to model "point A", and "point B", eliminating or reducing the "just plain right of way" between.
When leaving "point A", if there's a sign indicating distance to "point B", it can be modeled. When leaving "point B", the same type of sign (to "point A") can be , for all practical purposes, "back-to-back" with the first sign.
It is, after all, the distance between that "doesn't exist".

If a "prototype-following purist" takes exception, simply ask to see their layout so you can see how they "handled" the "problem". (they probably don't have one, and haven't ever dealt with "the problem". :o :oops: )

I would say a 3 - 6 inches can equal half a mile. Which probably explains why I miscalculate distances all the time when giving directions... hock: