Hograils in NWA
Welcomes the Crews from Tulsa, Oklahoma area; the Baton Rogue, Louisiana
area and Springfield, MO.
This weekend we hosted our friends
from the Tulsa, Oklahoma area, several friends from the Springfield
area, and the Mid-South Railroad club of Baton Rogue, Louisiana.
They were hosted on Friday night by John Farrell's Pennsy layout and Phil
Story's Springfield Division of the BN. Saturday was on the Norm
Bruce's Santa Fe and Bob Moore's Columbia Cascade and afternoon runs on
John McBee's Pueblo Division and Lee Hehl's Great Northern "Twin City
Rails". Other host graciously opened their layouts in the
evening for tours.
Hal Blakeslee (Oklahoma) works thru
switching on the Columbia Cascade at Port Angeles.
Half of the crew of over 16 operators
listen to instructions as John McBee's covers the basics on the "Pueblo
Division"
Tom Kelly (Louisiana) pulled the
Bridgeport Terminal Railway job, with plenty of switching to keep him
busy. On the Columbia Cascade.
Ron White & Steve Davis work the
Grande on the Pueblo Division.
Louisiana Boys Jack Green & xxxxxx
operate freights on the Pueblo Division in the town of Portland
Thats Gary McMills (Louisiana) way
back there working the Steel Foundry on the "Pueblo Division"
Dick Schneider (Louisiana) works on
the GN on the "Twin City Rails"
Charles Dischinger & Jim McLeod (both
Missouri) partnered up to work the Union Pacific at Larkspur.
On the Columbia Cascade.
Ron Williams and Ron White (both
Missouri) enjoy a little humor on the Columbia Cascade working the yard
at Vancouver on the BN.
Carl Schorfhiede
(Oklahoma) Work the "Twin City Rails"
Gene Brooks (Louisiana) smiles as he
ponders his next move on the "Twin City Rails.