UP Excursion Train

We’ve been making considerable progress on the layout recently, including adding key infrastructure and utilities.  Slottown now has concrete sidewalks downtown, asphalt/bitumen roads, power to buildings, street lights, traffic lights, and crossing signals. While we plan on posting a more thorough update soon, for now here’s a short video showing a Union Pacific Excursion train featuring UP #844 FEF Northern, just like what was run recently in honor of the 150 year anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad (minus #4014 Big Boy since I don’t have one in my collection (yet)):