The scenery along the way represents the Northeast, and has been modeled to create scenes appropriate to a wide range of eras, from late steam to modern. Gifford City is a terminus containing extensive freight and passenger yards with a large roundhouse and engine servicing facility. This yard can be run as either a terminal yard or a through loop yard. The mountain area includes a sawmill and a long steel viaduct. All track and switches are hand-laid with a mixture of codes 100 and 83 for the mainline and codes 70 and 55 for sidings and spurs.
Switches are all custom built in place.
The benchwork utilizes heavy duty construction capable of supporting the full weight of a person in most areas. Most major construction projects are first built out of position and then installed quickly to limit the amount of time during which the layout is not operational. The scenery is nearly complete on over two thirds of the layout. The ground is plaster or wood putty over screen wire or styrofoam. Trees are made by many different techniques.