I think I'll just give up now...

Found this on the Railway Modelers Web forum tonight. OK, so its OO9 and must be a pig to get to run well, but its just stunning.
http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2757&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

Just as a teaser here's a picture of the layout to give you an idea.


I think I'll just not bother any more, as I'm never going to be able to match this. And the next thought is; 'How could we do something equally clever'.