Wow, what a difference a backdrop makes! An artist friend volunteered to work on painting a backdrop for the Blacktop Crossing. This is what it looks like with only the left 1/3 or so nearing completion:
I'll need to work on the tobacco field a little to suggest that it's moving toward the right (into the backdrop) and I've asked if the flowers on top could be made a little more pink.
A few trees from Woodland Scenics have been added from this group:
They seem a bit too green and too "stylized" but only three were added and some fine turf, earth, was sprinkled over the top to dull the green!!
Interesting occurrence with the F-unit was that just past a turnout, the loco would jump the track. The first thought was the flextrack connector on the outboard side was too high and pushing the wheel up and over. Used a punch and hammer to bend the connector down. No help. Used same punch and hammer to bend the inboard (in relation to the layout edge) down. Seemed to cure the problem. Some of the "metalwork" can be seen (top rail is inboard):
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