More baseboard work can be seen here, with the end of the third level return loop making it's debut. Teetering on top of some precariously balanced timber offcuts, the loop comes in from the right of the photo with the American E7 A/B/B lashup positioned to show how trains will double back on themselves using this track. Is it just me or is the fiddle-yard starting to look like the Welsh Valleys?
All locos in the photograph have recently had decoders fitted or upgraded, and one of the Class 56s has had LED lighting installed. The Southern Pacific E7 set is in the short-lived red & silver "Golden State" livery worn only by the first three sets. These colours lasted briefly from delivery in 1947 through until 1949, far too early for any layout I'm ever likely to build. One for the collection only - I'm fascinated by all things Southern Pacific.