10-23-2017, 04:56 PM
A few pics from yesterday's excursion. Our trip got off to a late start because a DL freight train that was on the main just east of Steamtown hit a car parked too close to the tracks. Our boarding time was pushed back well over an hour and we could only get clearance for a few miles of track at a time. This was to give room for the freight that was also now running behind and had switching to do. We did eventually get to Cresco and back without any other trouble. While 664 gets some much needed shop time Dl&W 663 and CNJ 1554 provided power for oud 5 car set.
Here we set waiting for to ok from the yard master to head over to the platform.
This shot was kind of into the sun , but it shows the yard shuttle that was also affected by the SNAFU with the freight train.
After we dropped off our passengers at Cresco we broke the engines apart for a saw tooth move on a siding to get the train turned around.
The remains of a past derailment, I don't know the particulars of it so I won't speculate, but they appear to have been empties.
Our engineer Chris at the controls. In this pic you can also see the new (blue) horn cord. The old one had broken just before departure, some wire was all I had to fix it.
Here we set waiting for to ok from the yard master to head over to the platform.
This shot was kind of into the sun , but it shows the yard shuttle that was also affected by the SNAFU with the freight train.
After we dropped off our passengers at Cresco we broke the engines apart for a saw tooth move on a siding to get the train turned around.
The remains of a past derailment, I don't know the particulars of it so I won't speculate, but they appear to have been empties.
Our engineer Chris at the controls. In this pic you can also see the new (blue) horn cord. The old one had broken just before departure, some wire was all I had to fix it.
My other car is a locomotive, ARHS restoration crew