West Seattle yard construction update

The West Seattle yard is under construction, in order to facilitate future deliveries to spots such as Ideal Cement, Sea-Land, Puget Sound Tug & Barge, Alaska Hydrotrain, Bethlehem Steel, and Wycoff Industries. At this point the roadbed is ready for track, the (styrene) backdrop is about to be installed and the water surface for the Duwamish River is almost ready to be painted (after some rip-rap riverbank is installed first. The yard area itself is about 11 feet wide, and is located below the Ballard Branch and the Terry Ave. line. Here are some photos of the current state of things: