Wait, what? I know nothing of this track. I still have my Shay and it needs exercise! Oh, but it’s not 16mm. That will be cool.
My Brother and SIL will be here for the reunion. We’ll look for the track!
As long as it is narrow gauge, Rob will let you run it. 45mm or 32mm gauge.
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The tracks are Mike’s Aikenback Live Steamers group and many of us will be there. Tracks are set up as shown below.
Shot from my back yard this afternoon. I am still pinching myself to prove this isn’t a dream!
The video begins as #16 is out of frame, moving over to track three to approach the wye. The locomotive waits for the switch to be thrown back to the main before proceeding. I witness this move at least three times per operation day and see the train leaving for those three runs as well. You could set your watch by departure times!
@PeterT I’m not sure I will have time to run, but we will stop by.
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Beautiful Jon, I hope you have many years of enjoyment there.
I would be too! It must be amazing.
Oh, I see you got that branch and brush taken care of, good job. 
PS: With that view, plus a listing of train schedules, you could probably get some decent side income by Air-B-n-B-ing your RV!
Nope. It’s all still there. I’ve investigated. It’s all tough to get to. I don’t think my pole saw will reach the branch.
Speaking of serious hand-laid track, I ran across this fun video this evening.
Now that the weather suits my clothes I’m back at it. Working North from Saltillo. This is the siding…
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At the end of the day. Roughly 300 feet of track down. Most of it gauged and about half of it fully spiked.
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Jon, correct me if my memory is bad, but I think the track plan was a passing siding at the station, and a wye a little further south. The Narco spur wasn’t that much further, I think.
This confused me yesterday when I saw it. Had to look it up again and remembered the bend northbound then back south.
Pete - I wouldn’t be able to answer if it hadn’t been for the discussion amongst the track crew. You remember correctly.
There were 3 tracks at the station. All three cross the road. They are a freight siding which is what we are building now, the main, and the Narco siding. The Narco spur is nearby, I think a little North. No current plans to add the Narco siding back in. Both sidings were run-arounds with switches at both ends. There is a Wye a little further south beyond the tank and the bridge. The tail isn’t long enough to turn current passenger trains, but would accommodate a steam engine and a caboose. That would make for some exciting switching action!
They are discussing moving the freight siding switch to the station side of the road so a run-around move would not impact the street traffic.
I’m talking Railroad North. Working both ends toward the middle. There is well over 5 miles yet to build between the High School and Saltillo. Part of it is cleared and graded but a big section is still uncleared. Waiting on a grant for that.
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