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…...................................--- Tunnel Portal (Pt. 2) & Laying Cork ---

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I've been periodically testing the track elevator with the winch and it has worked well and consistently. I still had the water in the bucket that gets raised up and down but no need for the water now using the winch to move it vs. pumping between the two buckets. I removed the pumps from both buckets and cleaned them and put them into storage. I replace the 40#'s of water weight with 40#'s of gravel that I had in a pile out front so need to check water levels any longer.

It is a cleaner install now and hopefully in a not too distant time I'll be able to try it with a running train. For a video of it in action click ( HERE ) or on the image above.

Towards that end...

I glued down the foamboard that goes around the elevator. All the foamboard upper level is now glued down along with all the foam board on the lower level. Only foamboard that needs to be glued is the upper level over the hidden storage when that is put back into place.

Also got most of the cork roadbed down for the upper level on this side. Will finish the roadbed to the track elevator and around it when the glue has set up for the foamboard that I glued down above.

I wanted the roadbed down in this area so I could make sure I had clearance to it when I put the scenery in that will go mainly behind it but some will go in front of it also.

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Moved back to laying the cork on the upper level...

…. by and to the track elevator and down the other side of the upper level.

Need to get the roadbed down before adding the scenery to the upper level. Won't lay the track until that is done.

Above the track elevator is in the upper position so that I can align the roadbed to it. Really like how it can now be raised or lowered in 5 seconds.

To be continued......

A link to this whole build ( HERE ).

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