Progress at Horseshoe Curve

I'm continuing to make slow but steady progress at Horseshoe Curve. I installed the tunnel portal for the road and began building the road itself. Like the culvert for Kittanning Run, I painted a piece of card stock black and glued it to the inside of the portal. I used joint compound to mate the portal to the hillside and to make the road as well. 

The next step will be to ballast the track, the add walkways and a stairway leading up to the public park inside the curve, add line poles and finally turf. 

I also planted some more goldenrod trees. I have several bags of the stuff down in the garage waiting to get made into trees.