Open House

Well, it has been a long time since I have posted but we have gone through the holidays, I have been in the hospital with kidney stones and we have had two open houses so things have been hectic but some work has been done. The following are some shots from an open house for our friends up in the DC area. We also had Jim Canter join us from Indianapolis to see how Ow5 layouts operate - he is Proto 48 himself.

 The first place most people stop is over by the west end of the yard Lots of freight cars there and some switching action. Terry is focused on the action while the kibitzers have at it - probably talking with Dave about conventions

 The operators have moved on to watch a branch local move through Reed. Ray and Capt. Rick have their cameras at the ready while Pete tuns the local.

 Here is Pete guiding another train up the hill from Weigh Scales to Mt. Carmel.

 Matt is a new member of the group - an HO'er , he will be slowly converted over time as he really enjoyed the size of O scale. He was switching and operating trains on the branch as well.

Jim C. took a quiet moment to look out over the engine facility and think about all the work that has yet to be done!
 In all, it was a great day with about 20 guys attending. The previous weekend, we have 150 come to the open house. The families loved at and I even got a thank you note from an 8 year old boy who drew a UP engine on the cover - really made it worth while.