Yesterday IRM was visited by a large group of about 160 model railroad enthusiasts, so we ran extra trains and gave them some special tours. I volunteered to help and got to run the 409 and 431 for two trips, with Henry as my conductor. The Schnebles ran the 4290 and 4412, not shown. And many other people helped, including the employees in the store and the diner. Nick (seen below) gave them tours of the dispatcher's tower and other places. And everybody seemed to be having a good time. Of course, I pointed out that they will have to come back again next year, when the Model Railroad display should be open.
And the moral of this story is: if you have a group of almost any size, we can do the same for you, even on weekdays.
Afterwards, I finished lubrication on the 36, made sure we had red flags and a motorman's stool at each end of the three-car train, and so on. Now we're ready for tomorrow's version of the old annual Trolley Pageant. Weather permitting, three CA&E wood cars and the IT train will be running all day, along with North Shore cars, maybe the 68, and so on. Don't miss it!
And in other news, work continues rapidly on the Multi-Purpose Building. The side and back walls are up, and the workmen continued on the interior fittings. It will really be interesting when they start on the special facades for the north wall.
Just to make it clear- I don't know who started the rumor about Sand Springs 68 running this weekend. It's not yet ready for prime time. We are still working out bugs in it, and the present one is sort of a whopper, thus the shop's time is often spent on more pressing things.
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Sorry. I saw it on the crew list, and once these rumors get started, they're hard to stop.
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