This was indeed a busy weekend, but it was certainly all worthwhile. We'll start with pictures I took Saturday during the day, and I'm sure we'll be getting more sent in. This will necessarily have a stream-of-consciousness feel to it, since I'm too exhausted to produce a more organized version.
The 1797 and 1268 come out of the barn, running a few trips by themselves to begin with. That's only a teaser for what's going to appear later.
During the day on Saturday, we had a three-car train of wood CA&E cars: 36, 308, and 319. This is a combination that we had never run before, simply by chance. I wasn't even on the crew. We had four trusty and experienced crewmen to take care of the train, so I could just goof off and take pictures. (L to R) Frank was the motorman, Henry Vincent a trainman, Larry Stone the conductor, and David a trainman. It was great to be able to relax and ride along.
Before operation starts, the crew hold the obligatory job briefing, as required by the rules. "OK, are we going to let your father push us around as usual? If so, I quit!" "Yes, I can see how that might be a problem. I'll try to reason with him...."