Finshed!

 Finished the line yesterday morning!  Completed the last 13 feet of track and then added balast around the line to even it up a bit.  A gold painted screw was ceramoniously placed and the line was opened.  After a quick adjusted of some rail on the big bridge I was able to go around multiple times without a derailment.  My daughter then became engineer and she made multiple loops without a problem.  Still some areas with too steep a gradient, will need to fine tune with more ballast to minimize these so I can haul more cars and people.  The following photos show the line as you would travel it. 

It was alot of work but I am pleased with the result.

Almost finished!

 The bridge framework was completed so now I installed the rail.  I used the spacing jig from Real Trains and secured the track down with screws. 

 Bridge is now functional.  To complete will put in guard rails on the inside of the rails to prevent derailments from getting too far.

 The bridge a few weeks ago and now.  Pretty impressive what a few weeks of good weather will do to the greenery.  I have already had to cut back the plants on the other side of the pond as the railway was impassable.

We are down to the last 13 feet to connect the ends and complete the 235 foot loop.  Just a few more hours work and we will have a completed railway!