@Will posted:Looks great and an added benefit will be membership in the 48 Club!!
The only suggestion I have is if you have the room to store it, make the mountain taller and have the train on the second level go through a tunnel as well to hide the shortness of the loop. The portals for this level can be set back from the portals below to follow the incline of the mountain. This basic device was used on some postwar Lionel display layouts
Yes, if I finish fast enough maybe I can be a Century Club member! 
I think my main concern with making the mountain taller is that I might ruin the aesthetic I want to go for (sloping, forested mountainside) - if I try to add tunnel portals I'm worried the mountain will look more like a cliff-face, which I don't want. At any rate, I may just get rid of the upper loop (I am just beginning to realize just how small a loop it is!), in which case both problems are solved.
@Long Hair posted:Your original gap issue can be resolved by changing the 5" section to a 4 1/2" section, then adding a pair of 1 3/8" sections:
I don't know if I'll ever understand how the seasoned pros here can make the tracks on a layout fit together perfectly. Thank you for pointing that out!
@pdxtrains posted:Looks good! I guess I’m not clear in my mind how you will support the upper track that hangs over the lower tracks. Where do the piers go?
Thank you! I was originally thinking of building a trestle bridge, but as has been pointed out that loop is actually pretty short, so I may just cut it out. I'll have to think it over.
Thank you all for your ideas and suggestions! If there are any more ideas I'll happily take them! It will probably be a week or two before I get started on building the actual scenery, so I've got time! Thanks again!
PS: Happy Easter everyone! He is risen!
