Grades have been set

I spent the last two days setting the grades for the railroad. I started by loosening the risers for the lowering of the approach to the south end of Rigby Yard. I lowered it as far as I could to connect up the lower level all the way to staging. The grade is at the most 2%, but mostly around 1.5%.
The next big event that I finally just had to do, was lower all of the plywood, for the lower level of Phase 1, about 1.5". This was not fun at all. It is now complete.
The upper level has been set from staging to about half way around the layout. The rest of the upper benchwork can now be lowered about 1.5". This will make the upper level towns easier to access. Once this is done we'll move onto the helix area and connect both of them together.
The lower level will rise about 6" from staging to Rigby Yard. It will level off for two towns and then start the rise to the upper level. That rise will be about 17", where it will level off for 1 town. We will rise and lower again 1" as we travel to the next town. Once we leave that town we will drop down about 3" to Staging.