The CA&E wood cars were in motion again today, and a good time was had by all, to coin a phrase. The weather was beautiful and everybody seemed to enjoy themselves. We seemed to have a good crowd of visitors. Our train was the 308 and 319 as seen here:
And the original plan was to run the 1797 and 1268 also:
If you work long enough in the Track Dept., as Bob Olson has, you get one of the best seats in the house:
And the 1630 was running. That's always a crowd pleaser.
You can never have too many pictures of the steam train.
The 1797 burned out a control resistor, so the wood L cars were replaced by 4000s. Replacing a control resistor is not an unusual task, but takes some time. The woods may be back in operation tomorrow.
When I'm operating, I almost always meet interesting people. Today I happened to meet Jim Simms, the son of Al Simms, an old friend of mine from the early days at IRM. Al Simms was a great guy, and he and I both went to Ripon College, so we had something in common other than IRM. Jim and I had a lot to talk about. He now lives in Pennsylvania and doesn't get out to the Midwest that often.
And here is the crew portrait you've all been waiting for: conductor Randy Allegrezza, and myself as motorman. This always works well because it's easy to remember the other guy's first name.
And by the way:
Hey, Safety First! Can't you read?!?!?
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