St Paul Pass II - Level 2

..and we continue our journey eastward through the valley of the St Joe river when our train emerges from the helix at (1) and continues to Kyle siding (2).

Between Kyle and the next siding at Falcon (4) there are 5 tunnels and 4 trestles. I'll have to lower the ground here to give the trestles some height.
Falcon is the place where our huge cement plant (5) is located - on the StPP I it was at Adair.It's now in the foreground and easily reachable, although it interferes with Avery west yard below, but that is one of the compromises that are necessary.

And it's here where I have to cheat a bit. In order to be able to pass under the cement plant the mainline is actually dropping a few centimeters here, while the long spur to the plant rises 1.7% in order to gain altitude.
The line continues on to Adair siding (6) which will only have a short log loading spur, again located near the edge to make it easier to access.

Behind Adair the loop follows - unfortunately it should be located west of Adair siding - but again....

The follows Kelly Creek trestle, whose footings will be located on the level below. If you take a look at the drawing of level 1 you might notice that the track is somewhat awkwardly curved between (4) and (5). That's because the trestle towers need space! And I won't repeat the mistake of StPP I, a tower footing exactly over the lower track.

And then it goes up to Roland siding (7) and into St Paul Pass tunnel (8), which is not open any more but represented by the third helix.