I am working on a design for a small scene for demonstrating scenery and track work for out model railroad. It will be small (roughly 1ft. x 1ft. with the front curving) I am looking for design ideas and what an interesting scene would be. Any ideas from those on here?

Thanks for all of your suggestions everyone. Thurmand seemed like a good location and the below area is what we will model. It will include a cantilever signal seen on the right and the three buildings as low relief background structures. 

ok so i have an hO scale layout that im building my self track is layed down but im not sure how to clean the track recently moved to a new place and track haddent been used in a few months what do i use to clean it so my engines will run properly? train ran before so im assuming track is just dirty keep in mind im new to the hobby im also on fixed budget due to wifes rules on spending limits for my trains lol

edit my track is life like power lock

Here are some photos of my model Railroadz layouts in Trainz 12. One of them is a small oval while the other is more of a work in progress but NG.

Where can I find replacement trucks and or couplers for old versions of these cars. They all have Horn-Hook couplers and I would like to give them Kadees. Any suggestions would be greatly appreicated.