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I started work on the section between Mascoma and Lebanon today. I moved the mainline and Lebanon yard lead closer together (they had been split to go around the now-removed engine house), added a crossover between them just before the first switch in the yard ladder, and rebuilt the spur to Formanek Granite. The quarry will be my next big scenery project, and the rest of the run between Mascoma and Lebanon will be part of the Mascoma River Valley and have at least one, maybe two, bridges crossing the Mascoma River.The new crossover actually created another siding, which should really help traffic flow. The siding will be controlled by the Lebanon yard crew (LE-1) but can be used for mainline trains as well as a runaround track for LE-1 while switching Formanek Granite and Lebanon Cold Storage. The siding is long enough for a good 15 car train (not including locomotives): Ogden Siding and the staging yard can hold 10 car trains, and the A/D tracks in Lebanon Yard can hold almost 20.The new crossover has a wye switch (which I believe is the equivalent of a #8 turnout) and a #4, so it won't be used a whole lot by mainline trains - just as a runaround track and for meets where the train using the siding would be going slowly because it would be backing into the yard anyway. That way a WB freight that would be bypassing the yard could hold in the siding rather than at the top of the Mascoma Lake Grade.
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