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Here's a little rundown of some of the progress I've made on the layout.

I got the tortoise and throwbar for the turnout on the upper level just outside the helix installed.  This will be the east turnout on the siding through Elmwood.  I also installed the tortoise on the lower level helix turnout.

Richard at Custom Signal Systems finished up my cantilever signals for the lower level and sent me a little preview video.

Just some shots of the scenery work I started the other day. I've done more bracing and masking tape since I took these. I'll get a shot of that soon.

Had a busy weekend working on the railroad.  First up, the helix.  After two months of off and on work I finally got it completed and installed in it's space.  I'm working on gluing down the lower level track first.  I'm really glad I re-did it double track. I feel I like I'm using all the available space to its fullest potential.

Here's a little video I made back in May of the layout I wanted to share with you guys here. I don't know if embedding works or not, so lemme know if you can see this video (youtube is blocked at work so I can't see anything).

Getting close to finishing up the helix.  Got roughly 2 more turns to go.

For the past year and a half I've been working on my layout, a freelanced Union Pacific layout called the Elmwood Subdivision.

Being freelanced, it's not really based on any particular area. I sorta just kind go with the flow with the scenary and what not.  Let's me get a little more creative in the design.

Anyway, for my previous progress and moreinfo you can see it all at my website, http://www.upmodelrailroad.com

As I make posts there I'll copy them here as well for folks to follow along with.