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Took the camera and the drone for a little trip. First catch of the day is the 1st trick yard switcher at Canal Street building the daily transfer between Vernon and Sanford

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Canal Street Yard joins with the North/South Washington Sub at CP Clark, where the drone caught a light power move through the plant. In the background are the ruins of the old US Steel plant on Lake Stevens, though there are rumors a new plant may open to make rebar from scrap metal.

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And the last one before finding lunch is the daily South Vernon local L-WAS110 departing Canal Street with 30 cars of mostly lumber and plastic pellets. 6061 was originally built in 1952 for the CB&Q.

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The route is still a work in progress and loosely based in the Pacific Northwest. Still experimenting with free-handing mountain terrain, so it's a bit flat at the moment. Currently working on the northern end of my fictional subdivision in Sanford. Hoping to have the yard finished by tonight.
 
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Awesome shots everyone!

Just have a few screenshots to share for those that are interested...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A switcher switches out the final factory on the switch order list:
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Once all the factories have been switched out, the lumber yard gets its turn:
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HLCX #3886 is stopped for a quick breakfast stop while working one of several branch lines owned by the SSRR (Schuylkill & Southern).

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The M&A's resident CN S-1b 2-8-2 crosses the new steel truss bridge with a short cut of log cars in tow. This new steel bridge replaced the older warren truss bridge, which had collapsed due to bad maintenance and severely rusted joints.
 
Tried out Scratchy's Route this morning, holy cow its well done. Kinda humbling to see a master route builders work then look at my stuff!
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