The line continues and filling in a low spot



Here is the new ballast, 3/8 inch trap rock.  I like the color better then plain gravel.  In retrospect it would have been smarter to wait to put down the track before putting down the ballast.




Couldn't resist throwing down a track panel to see how it looks.  This one was made from aluminum rail from realtrains.com and ties cut from plastic lumber left over from a G scale train project.




This is the first low area I encountered.  I was originally planning on a bridge here but by the time I had dug out the high areas it was almost completly filled in.  It is right up against the pond so i figured I'd make a retaining wall with concrete blocks.




I abandoned the concrete block retaining wall since I forgot to get rebar.  Instead I went with a process called cribbing.  This involves making a wood framework that gets buried as you fill it in.  Seems to hold pretty good, just a question of how long before the wood rots out.