The Rip Track

So by now we've all heard that putting a mirror at the end of a yard can help make the yard look much longer than it actually is, right? Well, be careful on what you place next to that mirror, because everything will be reversed in it. The model in this picture is on display at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Sure, the mirror makes the small scene look much larger, but seeing ACME reflected in the mirror as EMCA detracts from the overall effect. However, this property can also be used to your advantage; the late John Allen placed mirrors inside a building in a box shape with two vehicles within the box. The vehicles had different paint colors on each side so when the viewer looked in through the building's window, it looked like an infinitely large auto dealership.