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I got all the grass up and layed the track down to get an idea where it is going. I measured the slopes I have to deal with. The front left of my layout is a 6 inch rise over 15 ft. (Just under 4% grade if I did it right) and goes to 4 inches over 15 ft on the front right of layout. I started laying rock around where I have to build it up. mainly the front of the layout. I am going to go with a more natural look. I plan on digging dirt from the back and brining it to the front to fill in the grade. That way I can use the back as cliffs. Eventually I plan on putting one or two turnouts in. That all depends if I can come up with the money. Here are some pics. Again I apologize for the large pics my program will not let me get them smaller.
Where the track will go. I used steaks to mark the location of the track.
This is the start of the rock wall I plan on doing. It is not going to be very high maybe one more smaller stack on top. After the rocks are in I plan on taking dirt from the back to fill in the front.

Where the track will go. I used steaks to mark the location of the track.

This is the start of the rock wall I plan on doing. It is not going to be very high maybe one more smaller stack on top. After the rocks are in I plan on taking dirt from the back to fill in the front.