This is the GS&M track plan for now.  I do not have the transition level or the staging yard track plan shown.  both not very exciting to look at.  We do have Red Mesa Mine and Knot Mine on the transition level as it pass around Noose aka Transition level.

The 2 track Main Helix runs from the stage yard located under the lower level up to La Grange.  The Main Helix is used for getting trains in and out of staging and can be back filled with trains during operations. Inner loop is down, outer loop is up.

This weekend I got around to finishing up the tail track so that I could run a train across the module and verify that all the feeders and trackwork was OK.  I found one loose feeder, possibly caused when the module set fell off the sawhorses in the garage.  The other problem was one turnout with a sticky point.  I got both those taken care of and shot a little video of the first train here:

Here is the staging level.

Hi all

I'm just starting in this hobby. Models like Bachmann Baldwin 2-8-0 Consolidation, Bachmann USRA 0-6-0 w/Slope Tender, Bachmann ALCO 2-6-0, Athearn 2-8-0 Consolidation or Athearn 2-6-0 Mogul are affordable models to get started but will they run on code 70 or 55 track. I'm thinking of hand laying track.

I'm going for the DCC versions if available. How do they run in general?

English is not my first language and therefor there can be some spelling mistakes. My apologies. 

Rob