We, Jane and I on the Bluestone Southern have an Ops session scheduled for 12 and 13 October… Noon till 5ish…
Just making a reminder notice… Gives me a time frame that I have to have the 2 bridges back up by…
Andy Clarke said:
Gives me a time frame that I have to have the 2 bridges back up by…
That will help…and I have plans to be there this year.
Ken Brunt said:
Andy Clarke said:
Gives me a time frame that I have to have the 2 bridges back up by…
That will help…and I have plans to be there this year.
Be nice to have ya out, Ken…
Won’t be there this time, I’m running a floor layout at the Mississippi Valley N Scalers Train Show in Kirkwood for that weekend.
Weather: Friday, high in the mid 70’s…
Saturday, High around 80… 30% chance of rain saturday night…
Sunday, High in mid 70’s, 30% chance of rain, mostly in the morning…
lookin good!
And…I’m gonna miss this one too…have to road trip to DC with Mom at the end of the month and work didn;t want me off twice in that time…
Ken should be here tomorrow night…look for photos in the Autumn Photo Thread…
I had a chance to help with some of the work to get ready for this week’s OPs. Things are really coming along and with the heat that we have had this late Summer. Should be a fun weekend.
Saturday started with a nice little rain shower around 10… Just enough to make everything wet, but not really enough to make the ground muddy…
Had about 14 folks, and we ran 11 trains for the day… Temps were nice, around mid 70-s…
Pictures were taken, and will be added later…
Sunday’s Ops were even better… Wonderful weather, great friends, and a total of 19 trains for the day…
Ok, here’s a few pictures from the weekend Ops:
Below, Dan is working the Industrial Park with his Rock Loco’s:
The EVWR Local as it departs Woodlawn:
Sunday’s EVWR Local entering EVWR trackage at the Y bridge:
Sunday’s EVWR local working the Sparta Siding:
Ken working the Industrial Park:
Ric & Ken working the Woodlawn Interchange:
Ric working the Industrial Park:
Rail traffic in Bluefield and on the Hilltop Sub…
Traffic running on top on the Hilltop Sub, and the autoracks running thru the Sparta Sub cut…
The watchdog, taking a break…
Here’s an overall view taken from the north beside the house, looking south over the railroad.
Looks like I missed another good time. Thanks for the pics.
Very impressive. Sorry we missed it.
Nice pictures. Ken sure gets around. Its like the book Wheres waldo 
D&RGW 455 heads over the bridge with the Bluefield to Evansville train(I believe that’s the one I had at the time)
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Coming into Evansville
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Heading back to Bluefield
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Waiting to get into Bluefield Yard
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Ken, good shots… I take it you got home ok… Appreciate your company…
Bruce, you all were missed… Sorry you all missed it, too…
Yep, great shots. Maybe next year, Andy!
Andy Clarke said:
Ken, good shots… I take it you got home ok… Appreciate your company…
Bruce, you all were missed… Sorry you all missed it, too…
Yup, got home just fine. Spent about 4 hours in Louisville on Monday with my old platoon leader from Nam. Got to Barts about 8.
Looks great dad!