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    A major part of looking at a railway is changing light, moving clouds and altering atmospheric conditions. A train becomes a different object in mist and fog, rain or brilliant sushine. Part of the experience has to do with scents (the smell of steam coal, diesel fumes, pressure-treated sleepers). And there are other sounds besides locomotive and track noises. Flights of starlings sometimes cross the sky making astonishing patters.... aircraft overhead
     
    How might it be possible to create a back scene onto which a lot of these are projected? How many semi-transparent layers would it take to provide a plausible sense of depth? Would it be possible to view the display through a double walled window between which raindrops run down just as they do on any wet day (without allowing water and electrics to come into contact)? Can't vaporisers be used to immerse the viewer in wild flower scents and industrial smells.... the local bakery perhaps, sulphurous foundry smoke, salty seaside air?
     
    In other words can we model what the railway runs through and not just the artefacts themselves? My guess is that the more we can model the environment the less effort will be demanded by track-work, buildings and the trains themselves.
     
    There's a lot more to being at the lineside than just trains and rails.
     
    Any thoughts?
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