Quick video of the progress below.

The track for the first reverse loop through Fuhgeddaboudit Yard is down and I expect to have it powered and tested by midweek.  Fingers crossed.

This loop includes the classification yard ladder and engine servicing area.  These tracks loop from the arrival track through the classification yard and engine servicing area back to the departure track where there is access to the mainline.

Yup, that is a UP Big Boy on the arrival track with a string of NY Central Pacemaker box cars and a NYC caboose behind it.  Hey, it's my railroad.

All that sound is coming from the SD-7 / DD-40 consist.  I will be turning the volume down very low on all sound equipped locos.  An op session may have 2 or 3 yard switchers, several engines on the mainline and a couple on the branch.  I am not supplying ear plugs.