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Mainline is DONE! -as in all track is now in on the mainline. It took about 8 hours to complete (with several breaks). As stated before all but up by the house (and thru the patio) is all double track, and the track with the wye in it is counted as a secondary single track main.  The wye only needs about 15 minutes more worth of work and it will be done (I need to cut rail, too noisy after 10pm).  The main line was completed at about 9:55 pm, then I ran trains with my friend Doug (who spent the day ballasting track, semi-prototypically using an open hopper).  It was a blast to finally run 2 trains at once in oposite directions.     Total track laid to date is about 420 feet long give or take a foot or two.  Not bad in an area that is 70'x~50')  with most of that area taken up by flower beds/grass/pond.   Of course much work yet to be done: walkways to replace/reset (and their associated walkway lights), yard lead to create, leads to the future industrial areas, lead to the basement window staging area, fill next to much of the new concrete, then ballasting the newly laid track, all which must be done in the next couple weeks.
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