Ops Session Nov 23

WRS had another Ops Session on Monday night. I forgot to check if it was a full moon, but many strange things happened. It all started when cars began derailing on one section of the railroad. Then the train will break in half. Requiring the train had to stop and go back to pick them up. The Control System decided to take a break. Yard crew not lining up switches for incoming trains. And there are two pictures at the bottom.

Pierre waiting for someone to come and pick up the cars he had set on the sidings.

Wayne wondering. Dave in the background working Bartown.

Barry busy switching the Mill

This takes special talents to "park" the van halfway up pole.

The Engineer of the Switcher forgot .....

But we had fun, and that is the most important thing.

Doug

Nov 14 Tour

After the Show finished on Saturday, the Crew departed for supper at a local resturant which has a train theme. The Crew include David T, David M, and myself from the Show, and Scott and Derwin who made the trip over from PEI to go to the Show and to do the Tour.

After Supper, we all head up the hill to visit Wayne's Nottingham Sub. (Wayne's blog is listed on the side bar). Pierre also joined the Crew at Wayne's. After a tour of the layout, it was time to operate a few trains.
Then Wayne discussed with us his future plans for his Railroad.


Derwin standing in the middle of the Nottingham Sub, wondering where to start.

Now the Crew, with its new additions, departed Wayne's and headed for David M's Fall River and Eastern. Once arriving at FR&E, David have everyone a tour of the Railroad and discussed his plans for it. Then it was time to operate a few trains. Sorry no pictures, too busy.

Now it was time to head to the WRS for an operating session. The two Davids had to bow out do to other committments. Apon arriving, it was time for a quick tour for Derwin and Scott, who had not seen the layout since the last changes. Then it was down to operations. Scott headed for the paper mill, Derwin ran 302L which services Bartown and Riverside, Pierre headed for Dogwood to operate the local switcher and Wayne ran the mainline trains. After Derwin finished the 302L, he departed with the revised 203S/204N train now servicing Roseton and Greenfield. Pierre after finishing in Dogwood, headed for Roseton to operate the local switching jobs there. Around 11pm the Crews began logging off and heading home.

It was a very busy night for all of us and we had to return to the Show the next day.



Derwin passing thru Dogwood with 203S

Scott at the Papermill

Wayne busy with one of the many Mainline trains

Pierre at Roseton

That was the night.

Doug

The WRS on the Road Again

The WRS was on the Road again on the weekend. With five of the old modules and one new one, headed for the Show in Dartmouth. The new module was a run around siding to improve operations. The layout was roughly 35 feet from end to end, with four other operator adding modules.

Below are a few pictures from the Show


Looking down the mainline from the Woodchip loading.


On the left is the new module with David and Wayne on the left and David T on the right working with a young engineer.

David T filling out the UMG Operator Card for a young Engineer


Young Engineer waiting for the mainline to clear so he can continue with the RDC.

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This is the center of the layout, with David T overseeing the young engineer

It was a great weekend.

For more pictures go to http://theumg.ca/2009/11/dartmouth-2009/


Later

Doug