Spirilius Maximus

Work was started on the left side of the layout.  With no real plan in place, I cut a piece of plywood to fit and went from there.  Testing radius and turnout locations for the staging yard, then figuring out how to climb 6 inches to the top.

A helix of some sort would be necessary and I decided to go with the spiral variety to utilize one piece of wood and save construction work.  1 3/4 turn on a 3% grade..  I know, sounds like a lot, but the spiral will only be used for continuous running and not part of operations.