Vintage Transport

Vintage Transport weekend went off very well, I thought. This was a new contestant and attracted a lot of attention.  Please don't touch that glossy finish!  It looks a lot better sitting on the track.

On Saturday I painted the 36's anticlimber and part of the side sill blue, until I ran out of paint.

And then the flag brackets at the #1 end needed to be installed, so we could mount flags for the Extravaganza.  This was later painted red.

And I worked more on the roof of the 319, and so on.

The 1630 was running both days.

And the L car guys have new challenges to keep them busy...

And Max has been installing a new power line south along Olson Rd.  These poles are only about 100' apart, so perhaps they will eventually be holding bracket arms for the car line extension.

Sunday was extremely busy, and I only took a couple of pictures.   This is just a small sample of the antique cars, trucks, buses, and what not on display.

The 36 and 309 ran all day, and we were completely full on every trip until the last.  Zach Ehlers was my conductor.  We were running five trains on the main line, one every 15 minutes, as well as an L car shuttle from 50th Ave. to Jefferson, about every half hour, and two streetcars.  Nobody else on this continent can come anywhere near that.  I'm sure there will be plenty of pictures from elsewhere available.