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Sunday, May 23, 2010

ChooChoo Bob's Run Day

Sunday started off with a warm, humid day that hinted of rain showers in the offing. I got to the track and went up to see what was needed. Everything was going fairly well so I grabbed a can of black paint and went up to the first curved long bridge and painted over the marks we made when we marked flaws in the electrical connections (bond wires) on Saturday that had been repaired.

Since nobody was around to man the station, I slipped back into my role of Stationmaster after about a year and a half hiatus. When the first inch-and-a-half train showed up the problem was that we had no conductors. I asked the engineer, Doug Wilkin, to see if he could find any and I went recruiting as well. People were showing up and I started welcoming them and telling them what I could about the club and trains in general. One person then another showed up to be conductors and we were able to start running the trains. More trains showed up and we had the same conductor problem. I asked one engineer to park his train in the yard and act as conductor for another train even.

Finally, Stewart showed up with a one-inch train. The people in the line were patient and were rewarded by the trip to Summit.

A fair number of riders did show up for the ChooChoo Bob's Run Day. I do not have an accurate count but I would estimate about 200.

Everyone was very nice and interested in trains. It was easy to find people who wanted to talk about the trains and they would have easily soaked up any information and exhibits that were available. Some of the families were there because a young child was into trains but there were many adults interested in  trains personally.

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