The first of Bluestone Southern’s fall operations weekend is the 23-24 of September…
There is no track power… All battery or Live Steam, provided the live steam can
be remotely controlled, as there are place where a person can not get to the
engine real fast.
Operations are from Noon till 5 pm each day, Saturday and Sunday…
An RSVP would be great, but not required…
Andy, and Jane;
I hope you have good weather, moderate temperatures, GREAT fun, Happy operators…and all the good things you hope for, on your operating days.
I really wish I could be there…
Fred Mills
Never too late to post pictures of the Sept Ops, 2023
Below is the ““Yardmaster”” Jan and Buddy in the background…
A view of the switchback as it has matured… The best spot to view the
whole railroad is from the top of the switchback…
A view of the town of Freeman Spur It requires a ““Local Freight”” from
the Bluefield freight yards to the town…
Pete setting up in Bluefield for a run up to the switchback…
Ric and Roger running the unit coal train as it departs Memphis after
offloading at the Memphis power plant…
More to come…
TMark working Evansville…
The unit coal train heading back to Bluefield yards while the Freeman Spur
Local awaits for it’s passing…
Tmark working the industries from the BLU-EVA freight as it departs the
Bluefield yards on the way to Evansville…
Buddy working the Industrial Park… (another local)
Traffic on the Sparta Subdivision…
The BNSF units are on the Hilltop subdivision while the train below
is on the Sparta Sub…
the 2 tracks to the left are part of the Hilltop Sub and the tracks to the right
of the station and water tower is the town of Overlook… (another Local)
TN passing the town of Overlook on the Hilltop Sub…
Freeman Spur local crossing the diamond at Woodlawn…
Diamond is at the very bottom of the picture…
Evansville cleanup train heading back to the Bluefield freightyard on the
Hilltop Sub as the power has already passed the town of Overlook…
Was an impressive train with 26 freight cars…
Train on top is on the Hilltop Sub, and the train below is on the
Evansville Western (EVWR) tracks heading into Woodlawn…
The middle track is also EVWR trackage… The EVWR is actually
a 124 mile run from Evansville Indiana to Okawville, IL
And that concludes the pictures from the Sept Ops…
Thanks Andy the pike looks great from here … 
