A new year, finally a name, and a new area develops from the ground up!

2011 has arrived and the largest city has a name, "New Rahel".  It seems to roll off the tongue nicely and has some meaning as well.  I'm almost done with the passenger terminal area of town and have turned my attention to the north.  I'm calling this area St. James Landing.  It's an older neighborhood and a visual transition point from one side of the layout to the other.  Feel free to follow along as it takes shape.

 You can see the background / divider that doesn't extend to the end of the section.  St. James landing needs to make a visual transition from the industrial area on one side and the business neighborhood on the other side.

 

 Theres an overpass at the very end and behind that is a part of Ridgeway Paints manufacturing plant complex. 
2" pink foam almost brings the landing up to the level of the adjoining station and commerce area.  There is a piece of gator foam on the other area, so I can get into the track tunnel. The side of the foam will be covered with the new Chooch flexible stone walls.  It's also covering the incline on the highway overpass.