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I am German - yes, your countryside really looks like home.
I do not know about the rolling stock, as it is not visible in detail - there we have specialists who know which engine could pull which coaches in which historical phase. As I am not a railway historian I just do what I think looks good.
Don't think too much about the rails. I took photos in German stations: In the same station you find even parallel tracks which have concrete, wooden or steel sleepers, and ballast that is more grey, black, brown, red ... That also is different in different regions (north, south) and perhaps what was cheapest at the time the tracks were laid/repaired. The rusty type you used in your #3-message I would not use on mainlines, perhaps on old industry tracks with not much traffic.
The "small town" looks not really German. But I think that is difficult to built in Bella Vista AR, USA. Don't worry - I like what you started.
One suggestion: Try to use my backdrop "ForestHill_Spline" (click down "My content") - that is easy to use. Better backdrops (also German) are available from Corporal_Major (search for username on the DLS).
Keep going and post more pictures!
jost62
My opinion is this, a detailed fictional route is the safest thing to do in my view. That way people can't really say this or that is wrong, cos it's fictional.
in the background you can see th highway