Hi all, Last week the wife and I decided to get out of the heat for a few days so we hooked up the trailer, loaded the dogs and headed for the coast to cool off. We then thought it would be fun to wander up the coast to Oregon and visit Richard and Helen Smith and see how things were coming on the POC railway. We arrived Saturday and spent an enjoyable afternoon operating trains, visiting and laughing. After a dinner in town and a brew with more gum flapping we finally, but reluctantly, said so long till next time. I did manage to snap a few pictures for you to enjoy. Richard explains to my wife, Patty, in great detail, how she is to run/operate the passanger train consist during this session and interact with the two freight operations that will be going on at the same time.
Patty’s reaction, " remember all that, yea right, like that’s going to happen"
Here the two of them are a little later conspireing to tieup the yards so I can’t do the switching necessary to meet my trains schedule. I knew I never should have let them play together.
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Between my assignments I did manage to do a little railfanning, hope you like these shots.
This is rumored to be the most photogrphed locomotive on the POC railroad, I can see why.
We had a great time and really enjoyed our afternoon. Thank you Dick and Helen.
Rick & Patty
