I don't have pictures because it's kinda lame.. but tonight I spent most of 3.5 hours building a rail to the desert because I was tired of going back and forth (and getting lost). I'm proud that you can just hit go and that I placed enough powered rails that you don't have to touch it until you get to the other end, just over a 2 minute journey. (I also used every single piece of gold I have mined so far and just barely had enough)
I may or may not make a sand castle on the other side. It also runs right past another village where someone seems to have captured the villagers