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Saturday, March 3, 2012

Upper Level Work Commencing


The 5x26 peninsula has been cleaned of all buildings, figures, scenic elements and trains that I put in place to showcase the progress of the layout and run some trains during the Holidays. I have begun building the upper level of the layout and it now resembles a construction site again. Portions of the lower level will be covered and the track no longer accessible so the Holiday running was good for troubleshooting the track work and making the necessary adjustments. At this point I have installed risers and plywood roadbed to a about 1/3rd of the layout. I had been less than enthused by how the work was going as I ran into some design flaws that needed to be cleared up. Mocking up some solutions has taken quite a bit of time as I work through the progress. I finally came up with a nice solution and the layout is once again moving forward. I should have some pictures of the new work available for the next post.
 In the mean time here are some photos of the layout during the Holiday running.
 A mixed freight travels through the station platform under the upper level mock up.
 NYC GP30s enter the station on the lower level
 Track cleaning cars stand by
 NYC A-B-A Sharks lead a freight through the station. Note the piers to the right of the train that weer used to mock up a proposed elevated rail line. 

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