On June 10, 2022, I completed temporarily spiking down the last of my mainline and connecting it to the recently finished helix (see https://rumble.com/v14q0re-2022a-construction-update-helix-portsmouth-stagaing-and-the-hillsboro-branc.html?mref=7smot&mc=49a3y) from earlier this year. After making sure a train would run fairly well around the layout, I decided to make a video and share the milestone.
In this video, we follow a grain train from east of Newtown to Sardinia. The layout only has scenery around 10% of the track, so I provide a lot of commentary about my plans as we follow the train.