This is Pueble, or Kremmling, depending on which mainline track the train is on.  The foreground track is between Denver and Salida so it is Pueblo.  The background track is between Orestod and Sulphur Springs so it is Kremmling.  This area was the first section that I completed so we've had a lot more time to photograph it and you'll see more of it.

The first shot is coming from Salida into Pueblo or Orestod into Kremmling.  The train in the first photo is on the Orestod/Kremmling line and will pass the town church, with a funeral in progress on the left.  The mainline is not actually a double mainline that splits but a single mainline that ends up looping back on itself.  The town has two names depending on the track the train is traveling on and which industries are serviced.

Looking north down the mainline as it passes through Pueblo you see a southbond Southern Pacific Daylight passenger train stopping at the Pueblo station.  I know it looks like the Durango station and it is, but I scratch built it a long time ago and will eventually replace it with one that looks like the Pueblo station.  Along the back wall is the track that serves Kremmling and its industries.  It really isn't hard to keep track of what the town is named because the tracks are totally separate and have their own set of industries to serve.  In the middle photo you can see where I used a layers for depth.  First I painted on a mountain backdrop, then I installed commercially available building backdrops on 1/4 inch thick foam core board and finally building flats before getting to fully 3-dimensional structures.  See the photos below for the effect from ground level.

The first two shots are looking down 3rd street while the last photo is taken from 2nd street.  (original names huh?)  Notice how the use of slightly raised backdrop buildings with "flats" in front of them really give depth to the first photo.

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