Plants
A couple of nice examples of mini-scenes from The Underground Railroad. I’ll have to do a little research to identify the species.
These are from the Whisky Creek & Bear Mountain. To the right is a Chamaecyparis obtusa MEROKE TWIN, I think. Below are nicely trimmed Chamaecyparis pisifera TSUKUMO.
The Lone Pine & Western had labels identifying the plants! This is a Picea Little Gem – Bird’s Nest Spruce.
Erodium Dwarf and Vaccinium Vitis-idae to the right, and Heather (Calluna Firefly) below.
Cotoneaster – Tom Thumb to the right. And below is a nice grouping, but I’m unable to read the names. There are 3 Dwarf Alberta Spruce, I suspect.
The Baker & Grande Ronde by Gary & Jonette Lee has a lot of trees pruned using Bonsai techniques, so that they look more like large trees. A standard Dwarf Alberta Spruce is very dense – you can not see any branches, typically.
Here is a closer view of two of the species for future reference. They are Picea glauca DWARF ALBERTA SPRUCE (below) and something else. (I’ll have to consult the plant list.)
One thing to remember, since I want to be able to see the rock-work along the railroad, is to not let the ground covers take over. Since this is Oregon, that might be easier said than done!
The next post RCGRS – Part 3 will show examples of bridge and track-work that I particularly liked.
A nice Town Lattice Covered Bridge on the 
There were a lot of these square water towers in the various railways (explanation to follow). I have similar plans from Large Scale Online which I plan to build at some point.
Also from that railway is a small cattle pen and loading ramp. (This would make a fun weekend scratch-building project!)
I like this whimsical winery, also on that railway.
This is a nice station building from the 
