First run on this section of powered mainline.

Woo-hoo.  Only took two and a half years to get here.

Not exactly a golden spike moment.  Well, maybe half a rusty HO track nail moment.

Starting with the DCC decoder equipped locos.  Four axle diesels first and progressed up to eight axle units.  Ran forward, backward and at varying speeds and no derailments.

Today I will be testing the DCC equipped steam first and then switching over to DC power to test the locos without decoders.

Then adding freight and passenger cars behind the locos and repeating the testing.

Since the curve radius ranges from 33" to 45"  most of the locos looked good coming around the curves.

The one diesel that looked a bit awkward coming around the curves was the Pennsylvania Railroad Centipede from Broadway Limited.  It looks like this is due to the model being designed with two very long front and rear bolsters.  On each bolster there is the four axle power truck plus the two axle idler truck.  A 100" radius may make these look good.