Thank you, Bill, Rich!
Jeff, here is a capture of the plan you sent me.
Here is what I changed, extending the passing track to the switches at the bottom of the drawing.
I built it as shown except I haven't finished in the area at the top where you marked 'Industry'. That has no effect on the discrepancy in grade. There is one issue, though. I had already built the supports for the double track bridge, which ended up being 7" above Zero level, not 6". That was something that reverted back to when I built the engine service area above the original short yard. Evidently, when I was updating the as-built drawing 2 years ago, I forgot to update the elevation. Now wonder they pushed me out with early retirement!!!! I was aware, I was working with 7" not 6". Nevertheless, I am not going back and changing that on the layout.
Bill, the helper operation is a fun thing to do with DCS. As you may recall, my run with two engines on the point, and one helper in the rear. My grandparents lived at the top of the Bakerstown Hill, I mentioned earlier (3 miles away from where I grew up ). Grandpa had been a fireman for the B&O before he was disabled in WWI. Once recovered from his injuries in 1925 on possibly until his death in 1952, he served as secretary for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineer and Firemen Pittsburgh chapter. He died 4 years before I was born, but Grandma had told my dad that he would lay in bed at nights listening to the sound of the engines coming up the hollow towards the summit either direction. (This was my maternal grandparents) Grandpa could tell by the sounds of the engines whether they were going to make it or have to signal by whistles for a helper. The helper pocket and water tower was a half mile or so from my house in the opposite direction. Interestingly, my paternal great-grandpa worked as a pump man at the helper pocket earlier on. He would carry soup for his lunch in a Mason jar and walk through the woods and fields down to the tank. The same woods and fields I tramped through as a teenager and young man. I grew up in the same house Great-grandpa built in 1888.
Rich, yes indeed, the glacier blue looks great! Many thanks!! You can see I also got out the REA lit truck to apply power, but didn't get to it yet. With these Menard's lit trucks, I am going to be shamed into lighting all my cars and trucks that are positioned on the road as driving, and not parked. Another task to go with finishing changing the lights in my passenger cars and cabooses to LEDs. I'll have to live to be 92 like my Mum and Dad just to get all the projects done!!