Moncton Crew Visit – Part 2 – Bayside & Tidewater (BS&T)

We arrived at Brian’s NeverDone Railway a little after 1:00 pm. The operating started after everyone had a chance to look around, about 1:30 or so.

Mark, Al’s son, was the first to choose a job as the Farside switcher. John chose the Headache Corner job. After a quick look at the orders we discovered there wouldn’t be much of a headache in Headache Corner. John only had about 5 pickups to Mark and Al’s 12 or so. Dropoffs were about the same ratio. Mark and Al had their work cut out for them!

Mark and Al in Farside. They’ve got a lot of work to do!

John not having a headache in Headache Corner. Normally this job can be a quite confusing, but he lucked out with this shift.

Murray took the MacGregor Yard job and Jim chose the barge operator. If you’re not familiar with The NeverDone Railway, the Island is completely separate from the rest of the layout and relies on barge service to move freight to and from the area. The barge operates between the east end of MacGregor Yard and the west end of the Island.

Jim trying to figure out the phone as a throttle. We had trouble with the LH90’s at first, but got them working soon after the operating started. Murray’s busy sorting cars in MacGregor Yard.

Ryan was out of the room during this time so he was stuck with the Island job.

How does the shortest guy get the tallest part of the layout? Ryan (and height extender) on the Island.

Where did the Farside crew go??!!

Ha! Caught him! Taking a break when there’s work to be done! It was a quick break. The freight got put away shortly after his energy supplies were replenished. I don’t think he ever found his assistant though.

Next time, all hell breaks loose on the BS&T!

Scott