Wow! This new track arrangement makes sense!

Someone actually commented that this track arrangement makes so much more sense.  Well, the track has been ripped out and the new arrangement has been put in.  I really like it and why didn't think of this before?  What was I thinking of adding another diamond and creating a weird and unprototypical track arrangement?  This new arrangement really flows and makes sense. Now all I need to do is add feeder wires and I'm done!

The Virginia Midland trackage is on the left, now serving the elevator at Mid-Atlantic Feeds.  The Virginia Central trackage is on the right serving the sand unloading facility. 

The trackage towards the door is just about the same.

The sand facility now holds 8 hoppers instead of 4 as before.

85th post and a video update of the layout

This is my 85th post to this blog and hope to continue with many more since the layout will be expanding to a lower level.  All my progress can be found on the video:

Done scenery on the VM&VC layout

This past weekend I completed a corner of my layout with the finishing touches.  The scenery and ballast was done, but it was time to add figures, trees, and the like.  The above scene is the loading dock at Specialized Beverage.  They unload beer from Mexico and it is distributed in the area.

Here an overview of my completed corner area.  Specialized Beverage is the background and Mid-Atlantic Feeds is main complex in this picture.

The view down Industrial Drive.  Industrial Drive leads to Mid-Atlantic Feeds.