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Latest Pictures:

It's dusk on Sandpatch.

This picture shows part of the new backdrop behind Glencoe.

The power is lined up and waiting for dispatch in Connellsville.

Here's a shot of the 3-track staging yard that represents the Mountain Subdivision.

The Capitol Limited is now running over Sandpatch.

Here's a second shot of the Capitol Limited.

I have started to install the fascia on the layout. The fascia is made of 1/8" standard masonite.

Backdrop Pictures:

This is a picture of a section of the backdrop.

A second picture, from the side, of the backdrop.

This is a shot up the wall where the back drop will go. I left a space of about 2" where the foam backdrop can slide in.

First Train Pictures:

Here is a shot of a train at the west portal of Sandpatch Tunnel.

Here is a second shot at the west portal.

Here's an SD60M pulling some autoracks into Sandpatch tunnel.

SD60 #8700 is climbing out of Rockwood with a unit coal train in tow.

First Trees:

The first trees have been "planted" on the layout. This shot looks in on the mine.

Here is a pic of another section of trees.

Mountain Building:

This image looks up the layout towards Sandpatch.

This shot shows the two large hills that have been roughed in.

This shot shows where the mine will go.

And lastly, of the new hill shots, this images shows where Sandpatch Tower will go.

First Images:

First image of the layout.

This image shows where Sandpatch and the future coal mine will be.

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