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That might explain why the very same bus keeps appearing with such frequency…

Bus turning either west into the fiddle yard (ease of access), or east under the NLL embankment (one fewer baseboard joints to cross). Tim (et al): how much vertical clearance is there under the NLL bridge area—is it even possible to drive a double decker under the bridge, or would it come out as a single decker? Now for the praise, it's watching the work on the York Road underground station that is astounding a motivated the posting. Even more amazing to read back to August and find out that the overhang/urinals/shafts/platforms/tube integration was not planned from the very beginning, but only organically "discovered" during the last few months. Like book ends on a bookshelf, the end-to-end tube really seems to frame the already magnificent contents! —somewhat frustratingly, had previously lived in London, a bit north from here, and many many times cycled down Caledonian Road (up direction) to get to KX/StP/Marylebone/Paddington in a hurry, and then up York Way (down direction) at a more leisurely pace on the Brompton towards home again. All the time not knowing that MRC/CF was just around the corner… those years were also during the St Pancras development phase when the scene above went from being inaccessible, but recognisable as seen in the CF model, to accessible, but unrecognisable!

Slightly later than the CF steam era, but there was a Bus 639 that went along York Way, then turning right (eastwards), then left (northwards) onto the Caledonian Road, and returning (westwards) via Market Road (which is modelled; the parallel Brewery Road is not). Page with map: https://www.londonbuses.co.uk/_routes/withdrawn/639.html However, there would be weird scale (and clearance) issues at the top of Copenhagen Fields where Market Road/York Road intersect requiring one of those dynamically resizing Harry Potter Knightbuses! Perhaps a solution could be to make use of the large width afforded by the North London Line bridge over York Road and "disappear" under the bridge (or via the immediately-following cul-de-sac) into the backdrop. Presumably real estate is cheaper on the backside for a corresponding bus depot/turning loop. This would create an allusion to the disappearing act performed under the post-1937 Waterloo Bridge, with trams entering the southern end of the Kingsway Tram Subway: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsway_tramway_subway#Waterloo_Bridge_rebuilding Using the NLL bridge as cover would keep bus/vehicle traffic captive within the ~1:152 zone. Technology-wise, choices are probably CarSystem-style (self-propelled vehicle, following iron wire, complex vehicles), or Magnorail-style (moving chain, occasional magnets, complex infrastructure, baseboard joints...; but existing resin models would work).