The Station at Bittercreek:

  • The gag: all five semaphores (including train order board) change haphazardly and independently, these are the only signals on the railroad which should ALWAYS be ignored!
    (note: semaphore tower will actually be rotated clockwise 90 degrees)
  • Two proximity sensors; in East and West ends of base sense any movement to cue signals.
  • Lights remain on in signals, signals only change aspects at proximity sense.
  • Attic is lit with 'electric inhabitants'.
  • All lanterns are lit with T-3 lamps on 'electric lantern' tracks, including walkway lighting between the restrooms and steaming bays.
  • Station announcements and teletype are free running, random.
  • Announcements are mostly garbled and unintelligible, riddled with mic handling, breath noise and pops, feedback, electrical noise, hums and buzzes, etc. (everything that can be wrong with sound:)
  • There will be random snoring in the station.
  • A distributed environmentals soundtrack will surround the station, and will be distributed in the cedar forest around the station.
  • Weather vane turns randomly.
  • All station lighting will appear to be from lantern or fire sources (pot bellied stove), visible and interior.