April 27 Operating Session

Freight was moving again on the WRS after a longer then normal shut down. It also was the first Monday night session, since last Fall's move to Sunday afternoons.

The evening started with the checking of Pierre's SD18 unit, which had cause us a few problems at the Shearwater Show. The problem had been with the engineer, who had not operated this type of loco before, aka sound equipped, and did not understand the throttle had to be in the neutal position to restart the loco after it got shut down.

Barry and new crew member Bryan departed the Yard with the Mill Run. One of the newly leased BN C- 424 units began acting up and will have to be shopped again. After arriving at the Mill the crew parked the C424s and picked up the local S4 to do the Mill Job.



Barry on the left and new crew member Bryan on the right working the Mill Job.

Glen and Pierre headed out on the Dog Run with Pierre's SD18. There were some issues with the track work and the six axle loco. Maintenance Department has been advised.


Pierre and Glen at Dogwood


David headed for Junction to operate the Ridge Run. Sorry no picture of David since he was the one taking the pictures again tonight.

I fired up the RS11 and departed the Yard to do the Bar Run. After returning to the Yard, I also did the Yard Switching.


Me busy at Bartown.

After David finished with the pictures, he did the return trip of the Mill Run. This allow Bryan to continue working with Barry at the Mill.

The session ended with some general discussions and then everyone headed off to home.

later

Doug

WRS & Earth Day

WRS Maintenance as part of Earth Day planted a few trees on the layout.

These trees were "grown" for the modules that when to the Shearwater Show.

After planting the trees, the WRS Maintenance Crew have been busy getting the Railroad ready for another operating session. Tracks and switches were inspected and work was done were required. The Crew also took out a pair of BN C424s which have replaced the Conrail units.

The Freight Agent says all the paperwork will be correct this time, time will see if he can do it for once.

Time to get back to finishing those little things that need to be done before the Crews arrive.

later

Doug

Another Road Trip

Another weekend and another road trip. This time it was to Moncton for their annual show with WRS operators Bruce and Glen. Below are a few pictures from the UMG layout at the show.



WRS operator David, with Scott in the background, got to operate on a much larger UMG layout then the one last weekend.



Brian operating the Spring Valley Sub.



Town section (left) and Center section(right) of 5th Street with Ryan




View from the other end of 5th Street. Allan and the Appleton Sub

Besides visiting the Show, the crew stop off at the local hobby shop to pick up a few supplies. The WRS management came home empty handed.
It was a nice road trip.

later

Doug

WRS on the Road again

The WRS started when I setup a few of my modules to create a layout. The modules have been added to over time with periment sections into the layout we know today.

A few of my modules were not included in the present layout, and they saw the light of day again this weekend. Two of my corner modules and part of the old yard, when to the two day All Hobby Show at Shearwater Aviation Museum to be part of a UMG layout with modules of two of the WRS regulars Wayne and David. It has been almost three years since I have shown modules with this group.




This is the complete layout which was roughly 25 feet end to end. The show was interesting that everything had to work around the items in the Museum. We had to work with a Snowbirds jet.




David and Pierre busy at the layout




Pierre in a VIA work jacket with the Snowbirds jet in the background.




Shot down the main line.

This is shot in the other direction.

It was two long days, but it was interesting.

To see more http://theumg.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/shearwater-spring-hobby-show-09/

later

Doug