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- First few feet of cork roadbed glued down, ready to nail down the track.
- Marking the centerline of the double mainline tracks.
- Finally the new # 8 turnout switch tracks arrived from the backordered PO(longest radius turnout manufactured).
- Peanut inspecting the six siga switch track components.
- Peanut!
- Finally nailing down some track after months of building the benchwork.
- The first power supply wires for the reverse loop track section.
- Gluing down the first sections of cork track roadbed.
- Finally the first 25 feet of track laid down after months of planning.
- Getting the track grade correct.
- The first section on tracks nailed down.
- Mock-up of the tracks.
- Cutting the correct width for the right of way of the main line tracks.
- A mock-up of the the bridge width.
- A mock-up of the bridges.