I had lots of time to prepare for this session, so all locos had clean wheels and bad order reports from the last session were cleared up. The extra preparation resulted in a relatively smooth-running session. So much so we were done in record time!
Bruce Bell and his son popped in during the session so we spent some time talking with him. His son even got to run the return train from Tidewater to Wholeinthall. Bruce better get his layout running soon or he’ll have a revolt on his hands.
Between Bruce’s visit, doing the local switching in Kenville, and providing helper service up and down “The Ridge”, I didn’t get much time to take pictures, but here are a few I managed to take toward the end of the evening.
Greg running the local job in Derwin’s Drop.
Derwin gets the helper ready for the Transfer to Bayside.
The Transfer is almost at the top of “The Ridge”.
The transfer heads through Stevenville.
Brian eases the Transfer into Bayside.
Mark decided he’d give the Stevenville Local Job a try for this session. He picked a good time to try it since it turned out to be the busiest job on the layout. Ha!
Ken took up his usual position in Chappellton. As luck would have it Chappellton turned out to be fairly calm with only half the usual car movements in and out.
Greg ran the West Bound Wayfreight, and the Local Job in Derwin’s Drop. Derwin also did double duty in Tidewater and the East Bound Wayfreight, with a helper job mixed in. He as fairly well behaved during the evening, gaining very few demerit points, for a change.
That’s pretty much it for this session. It was a fun evening. Thanks guys!
Scott