I wanted the power plant to be located in my "rural" area of my layout. However, it looks shoehorned in ......what can be done to fix this? I thougt about relocating the power plant to another location of the layout but it just does not seem to work.
What is in the area adjacent to the power plant? It may be "shoehorned" into the actual available space, but if there is a scenic background immediately behind the power plant, there may be plenty of "scenic space."
The space behind the power plant from this photo will be an entrance to a tunnel and the base of a large hill / mountain. To the left will be a large tree coverved spur from the mountain. The curve in the foreground connect to a bridge that crosses a small river.
well could do what my town did. they sold out to the nuclear plant and it was built next to downton main street.
YIKES!! Maybe it will look ok as the only real manmade thing on this side of the layout with exception of a house or two and a ranger station.....far in the future.
"Shoehorn" is a relative term. Power plants only need enough area for the building, electrical switch yard, coal pile, rail spur, and a source for cooling water. I've seen small municipal plants in mountainous areas "shoehorned" between a small river and a steep hillside. The high lines went straight up the hillside and the rail spur came in along the river. You also would need an 8-10 car parking lot for the operating crew, but that could be up to 100 yards away from the plant.
OK, I'll be out of the box. If you're going over a river toward the front right, could the 'power plant' be a rail-to-water barge transfer facility instead? You'd need either trestles or a dumper, everything a power plant would need except the big building, and you could put coal barges on the river. It looks like you have space for that and you'd use the same kind and number of cars.
