First Run on the Ceiling Central Railroad
This is Charlie Farquharson with an up to the minute KORN news flash!!
Yes, this is the day we have waited three long years for; the first run of the Ceiling Central. Construction started in January 2013 of a proposed single track line, dubbed the Ceiling Central Railroad on the top of South Mountain, Butler, Pennsylvania!! Half the line was graded by the end of the 2013 construction season, and hopes were high for completion in 2014. Over the summer it was decided traffic would be so heavy that a double track would be better.
Alas, as construction started in 2014, it was discovered that the double Carpal Tunnels that would be used were caving in, and construction was halted.
It took a whole year, until January 2015 when the left hand Carpal Tunnel was re-bored at Butler Memorial, the right hand was done in March of that same year.
Construction was resumed in January 2016 with cleaned out Carpal Tunnels. Things moved fairly quickly even though arch nemesis and all round bad guy, Arthur Itis, tried to slow construction!
Management pushed crews on and the first run took place today. 
Joking aside, The train is running on the loop closest to the wall is 048. There is also an 027 loop in front of it that is about 2/3 built. Hopefully it won't be long until both loops are operational and I dress up the shelving a bit. I dipped the camera on purpose at one point so as to not blind the viewer with the poorly positioned overhead light.
Yes, this is the day we have waited three long years for; the first run of the Ceiling Central. Construction started in January 2013 of a proposed single track line, dubbed the Ceiling Central Railroad on the top of South Mountain, Butler, Pennsylvania!! Half the line was graded by the end of the 2013 construction season, and hopes were high for completion in 2014. Over the summer it was decided traffic would be so heavy that a double track would be better.
Alas, as construction started in 2014, it was discovered that the double Carpal Tunnels that would be used were caving in, and construction was halted.
It took a whole year, until January 2015 when the left hand Carpal Tunnel was re-bored at Butler Memorial, the right hand was done in March of that same year.Construction was resumed in January 2016 with cleaned out Carpal Tunnels. Things moved fairly quickly even though arch nemesis and all round bad guy, Arthur Itis, tried to slow construction!
Management pushed crews on and the first run took place today. Joking aside, The train is running on the loop closest to the wall is 048. There is also an 027 loop in front of it that is about 2/3 built. Hopefully it won't be long until both loops are operational and I dress up the shelving a bit. I dipped the camera on purpose at one point so as to not blind the viewer with the poorly positioned overhead light.
