Some progress, some setbacks.
Progress: I need to make this fit into a "bigger picture" rather than a blast furnace by itself. I started by chopping off the top of the hill, removed some polyfiber trees, built a parking lot and a back entrance way via a hillside path and a walkway over the tracks. I have to finish the steps, or put a building there with a door at same height as the walkway. I painted a sw9 into USS colors of red & black, and decaled it for USS. I also did a ford f150 truck too. I finally got around to painting the base of the stoves a concrete color, added some color to some pipes, and weathered the ore pit track. I also built a little station, put some dirt in the yard, wired the blocks for the yard, and now I am tinkering with lighting. I replaced my garage light with a big blue flood light for nighttime running. My unpainted rs1 by atlas has a headlight so bright it makes you shield your eyes!! I built a little yard office too.
Setbacks: how do I fill in the circle part of this scene? The mainline goes up a 2% grade and I don't know if I should hide it, or what? I don't know how to make this look like a riverfront industry with a town behind it with that mainline up against the backdrop. I only have space to glue a industrial photo background back there. Also, I have a 7' X 24' space between the yard and mainline. Should I try to build a Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF), a open hearth furnace, or put the city there and put the furnaces somewhere else? Sorry for rambling.