Wed PM ~ Ralph, Art and John

Tues and Wed morning  was pretty much Carl, Mac, Walter, Jim, Art and James.  I rested up to get ready for the  PM shift on Wednesday.   Ralph Luby and Art Handman were my partners today.     Ralph arrived with a dolly full of containers full of trains.  I mean FULL of trains.  Ralph brought in a Santa Fe F3 A-B-B-A unit with  twenty special carrier cars.  (I have to look up  the name) but they have a drop down center designed for carrying very heavy loads.  Ralph had them each carrying a die cast metal model of heavy construction equipment and some others had heavy duty military equipment.  The train looked like it was about 50 feet long as it maneuvered through our layout.  It was a mighty impressive sight.   Art and I had fun trying to help Ralph keep the long train running smoothly.  We had some operational challenges to overcome  and we did very well! Excellent teamwork!  Thanks guys it was a lot of fun, and we had a lot of interested on-lookers. Plus many new and interesting stories from people we have not seen before!

Take a look at the web album for this evening:  Click here