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Scenic break

A means of dividing up a model railway to give an impression that two areas are much further apart than they really are. This can be done using a tunnel where the two tunnel mouths which in reality are only centimetres apart are separated by a scenic divider and imagined to be many kilometres apart. The same effect can be achieved by disappearing a train under a bridge or into a cutting.

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