Saturday was one of the busiest days at IRM that I can remember. And as luck would have it, there were some problems with the signal system early in the morning, which could have made efficient operation impossible, but these were fixed by the rapid response of our Signal Dept. experts. Thanks, guys! The Shay was pulling the usual coach/caboose train, the 6976 pulled the heavyweight special during the morning, the 749 was doing line training, there were Pull the Throttle trips running, and the CA&E steel cars held down regular passenger service. Am I missing anything?
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| Here we see a lineup of main-line power. |
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| The Shay passing the heavyweight special. |
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| The CA&E steel car train was busy all day. |
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| For our first trip, we had a large group out from Chicago, and it was standing room only in both cars. That's pretty unusual at IRM, but just the way it was at rush hour on the CA&E! |
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| Our crew for the first half of the day: myself and Jeff. Michael Miller, a newer volunteer, was the trainman all day. Later in the day, Marcus Ray took over as conductor. They did a great job, by the way. We were busy, and had little time to get together for a second crew shot. So being in a hurry, I handed my phone to a man who had never used a cell phone as a camera before, and the result was a series of pictures with his finger covering our faces. Maybe we'll have better luck next time. :) |
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