Lehigh & Hudson River: It's Alive!

Today at 6 pm, 102 days after construction began, the L&HR came alive for the first time! L&HR C420s 29 & 26 on train MA1 departed Maybrook A&D Track 1 with 25 cars of mixed freight bound for the CNJ at Allentown. I took some even crappier than usual pix which I'm embarrassed to post--my excuse is that in the excitement I neglected to note that I apparently had the camera auto focus off.

It's hard to believe that only 102 days ago I had a bare room(s) with only a couple of pieces of salvaged benchwork lying on the floor. As it stands today, all the benchwork is done, almost all of the subroadbed & roadbed is in, and the track is in to Franklin. I'd like to continue laying mainline track to Andover, but on the other hand now that I've actually run a train, I think maybe it's time to do some wiring & do some real running!

Here's the least crappy of the pix:

Train MA1 on Maybrook A&D1 waiting for clearance to Allentown. C420 #29 in the lead.

Back end of MA1 on Maybrook A&D1. Maybrook stretches off into the distance. This is a 25 car train plus two locos & caboose. I think this track might hold 50 cars.