Hopefully the President and CEO of the Cumberland Valley will chime in with pictures. Sunday the LS ML & E was invited to the CV tracks for a day of operating fun. Yes all work was put aside for the enjoyment of friends( I hope I can use that ) and their hobby. Dave R.,his wife Angie aka"Mother" and their son had me to their railroad for the day and I brought the circus to town.
I want to thank them again for their hospitality and reiterate on the enjoyment had.Though the circus equipment did have a slight mishap when the elephant stuck his trunk from the side of his car just as the train was entering tunnel #2.,and the front office forgot to check clearances on some oversized equipment ,all mishaps were minor and allowed for the normal good natured ribbing.
Once all trains were running young son handled trucking movements in the downtown area,and I’m happy to report that “Mother” was able to contain her goat to the relief of all.I did hear her at one point admitting to not having all her chickens,but the new coop was on the way.
Dave thank you again for the good time and the info you were able to pass on.
Dave
A side note is that I also ran the pass equipment I’ve been working on.A problem was had with spacing on curves.These AristoCraft cars have been altered for spacing.All equipment except the 2 dome cars were fine,but the dome cars seem to have had a shorter shank or differant truck spacing.I will have to add 1/16" to the shanks to correct the spacing. Guess I’ll have to keep a closer check on my mods even though all cuts for shortening were done the same.
