This photo was taken while standing on a stool in order to show the track layout better.\u00a0 The high line roadbed is 60″ above the floor down where the Shay locomotive is sitting.\u00a0 The mainline at the point where it leaves the photo at lower left, has descended to about 54″.\u00a0 It will drop to under 52″ by the time it reaches the west side of Whitcomb.\u00a0 Those three tracks down in the “valley” are some of the staging tracks that will be hidden from normal view by the scenery.<\/p>\n Trackwork will commence on all of this sub-roadbed this coming weekend.\u00a0 As a side note, all of the sub-roadbed here was cut from the salvaged sub-roadbed of a layout built back in the late 1980s.\u00a0 The Homasote then was of a much higher quality than that being sold today.\u00a0 Very little surface prep will be necessary before laying track.<\/p>\n The good news with all of this is that the re-load point at Camp 6 is now operational.\u00a0 And even better, the Louisiana Central mainline can now proceed westward out of Maynard (that area down at the far end), and on to Whitcomb.<\/p>\n Some electrical work has also been accomplished.\u00a0 My ace building compadre Wayne came over last Saturday and we twisted and pulled all of the remaining track power buses.\u00a0 All remaining trackwork can be immediately connected to the bus and powered up as it is laid.<\/p>\n July and August continue to be great!<\/p>\n -Jack<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The past few weeks have been productive ones.\u00a0 The Spencer Lumber Company’s high line into the woods terminating at Camp 6 (the re-load point) has been completed.\u00a0 Trackwork is down, the Tortoise switch motors have been installed, wiring is complete, … Continue reading ![\"Spencer](\"http:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Spencer-Camp-6.jpg\")
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