More progress to date after getting more cork roadbed. Found out that our only local hobby shop closed so either have to drive a couple hours round trip or place an order...sigh. This is the East Portland section with the produce warehouses and the waterfront.
Got the central dividing backdrop up that will support a coved backdrop on this side. Still need to cut the hole for the staging track connection shown by the switch and put up the sky extension (laying in the river) that will support the other end of the backdrop and the east span of the double deck Steel Bridge.
Meanwhile, I'm recycling the wood from the old layout into an 3-rail O gauge layout built high enough so I can work underneath and allow a leg of the N layout to fit below as well. This layout will just be a couple of layered disconnected loops with generally realistic scenery (vs postwar grassmat style). The irony here is that some of this wood dates back to the early 80's and my first O layout attempt which got recycled forward into multiple N layouts and back to today...
