Well I haven't been here, or working on the layout since early April when I returned to working after the fall and subsequent shoulder surgery...
Anyway, after working pretty much nonstop since April, I had a welcomed break in the schedule and decided to get downstairs yesterday and today. Took quite a while to "wake up" my Gargraves track bending skills working on these concentric 48 and 52 + inch radius curves... With all the tracks in this corner running on different grades, it was challenging building the roadbed.
Finally got it so a large EM-1 or Allegeny articulated can safely pass the 21 inch California Zephyr cars on the main, and the transition "easements" are smooth.
Figured I'd stop and take a break, take some photos, before I remove the main line curve and layout the centerlines and screw down the passenger yard tracks beneath the bridge, then put the main line back in place.
Also got my balsa stock and made two more pine trees... The 2 on the right hand side are the newer ones, the 2 on the left were made earlier this year. Nice to be back working on trains for a week or two before I go back to working full time. 
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