Progress continues on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad! Progress was slow over the past week with family in town, but we continued to make a push to get a little done each evening.
The biggest accomplishment of this past week was laying track up the ovalix. Still one loop shy of completion, the track laying process has gone well. Preliminary testing up and down the ovalix to date has been successful.
Today, I was joined by the creative work forces of the Charleston, Roanoke & Eastern and the Peconic Railroads. I wasn't quite sure what we would accomplish, but desired to continue working on the subroadbed. We pushed forward and made significant progress! I'm happy to report that the subroadbed for Phase I of the CRI&P N Scale layout is complete!!! Subroadbed was cut and installed from Stockdale (at the top of the Ovalix) through Joliet (out and back across the upper peninsula) and over to Blue Island completing the benchwork! Wahoo!! What an awesome feeling to get this far so quickly!!
Many many thanks go out to Marcus Neubacher of the Charleston, Roanoke & Eastern Railroad and Larry Keller of the Peconic Railroad for their help, inspiration and dedication in construction and design of the layout!
