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End of Year 2023 Review

Recording the progress of building the Denver’s RailRoads N Scale layout

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End of Year 2023 Review

Current Action through January 2024

  • Finish laying the track for the last quarter of the Grand Jct return loop and staging
  • Redraw tracks for Coors/Golden branch in CADRail
  • Change wiring to reflect direction of trains (currently wired as a loop)
  • Test and run main line trains
  • Prepare to start building kits and/or scenery
  • Finish building South Denver kits

Progress to date and 2024/25 Action Sequence

  1. Coors Brewery and Golden Branch:
    • Cork laid  
    • Track laid
    • Kits built
  2. Glenwood Springs Industries: Cancelled
    • Cork laid Cancelled
    • Track laid Cancelled
    • Kits built Cancelled
  3. Craig Branch:
    • Cork laid Completed
    • Track laid
    • Kits built
  4. North Yard Locomotive facilities:
    • Cork laid Completed
    • Turnouts laid
    • Track laid
    • Kits built
  5. Cargill, Alpine and RG Motorway Industries:
    • Cork laid  Completed
    • Track laid
    • Kits built
  6. Denver Union Stockyards:
    • Cork laid Completed
    • Track laid
    • Kits built
  7. Commerce City Industries:
    • Cork laid  . . . Use Kato Set-Track
    • Track laid
    • Kits built
  8. Ford Motor & East Denver Belt Line Lead Tracks:
    • Cork laid
    • Track laid
    • Kits built
  9. Repair the Joint Line Return Loop & South Denver Module:
    • Repair track
    • Finish building kits
    • Wire New Control Panel
  10. Denver Union Station – C&S Trackage
    • Cork laid  
    • Track laid
    • Kits built

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