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First Annual HogRails
Invitational March 28-30, 2008 |
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First Annual HogRails Invitational |
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| Northwest Arkansas welcomes visitors to our First Annual HogRails Invitational meet. We have 35 operators from Colorado, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas, Wisconsin, Minnesota, & Illinois. We are blessed to have 9 layouts operating with several others coming on line for next years Invitational. Let us know if your interested in joining next years fun!! | |
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Tim Blackwell and Chris Atkins, both from Texas, team up to work the local at Burnet, TX. , on Norm Bruce's new Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe. |
| Randall Wilson (Texas) is working the switching job at the City of Bridgeport, while Mike Fyten (Kansas) contemplates his next move in McKinley on the Union Pacific on Bob Moore's Columbia Cascade. |
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Rob Biddison (Kansas) trying to figure out how to get some of the cars filling his UP yard at Larkspur over to some one else. Stuart Thomas (Arkansas) is busy working his job on the Canadian Pacific in Adler Junction. That Lee Johnson (Texas) causing grief for the CP crew in the back. All on the Columbia Cascade. |
| Frank Treadway (Texas) shares a little humor as he works with his partner Dennis Weber (Wisconsin) on the Milwaukee at the Heritage Yard, while Lee is working on a transfer from the BN. On the Columbia Cascade. |
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Eric Mupper and Bill McPherson, both from Texas, team up to work a local at San Saba, TX. On the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe. |
| George Maulsby (Oklahoma) and partner local Doug Farner work the Port Angeles Terminal Railway (PATR) while Brian Holtz (Arkansas) waits patiently for his cut of cars to be dropped and new ones picked up for the Milwaukee. On the Columbia Cascade. |
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Greg Long (Colorado) and Mike Haas (Texas) working on the Santa Fe pass thru Pueblo industrial area. On John McBee's "the Pueblo Division." |
| Bill Hirt (Missouri) works the yard at Pueblo for the Santa Fe and Colorado and Southern. On McBee's "the Pueblo Division." |
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Tom Hokenson works a way freight on Art Cunningham's Sierra Lines Railroad. |
| Ole Melhouse (Texas) works the Ferry for the BN at the Vancouver yard down by the river. On the Columbia Cascade. |
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Jim Norwood (Texas) works a Southern freight at Andrews. On Doug Farner's Blue Ridge Southern. |
| Swanson (Arkansas) and Roderick (Wisconsin) join together to work the town of Silva. On Doug Farner's Blue Ridge Southern. |
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Arlan Tietel (Minnesota) works Blackwater Junction. On Art Cunningham's Sierra Lines Railroad. |
| Greg Long (Colorado) works the KCS branch on Phil Story's Burlington Northern, Springfield Division. |
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Jim Cook shares a little humor as he switches the BN. On Phil Story's Burlington Northern, Springfield Division. |
| Peter Bryan (Texas), George Sorenson (Wisconsin) and Ernie Parks (Wisconsin) enjoy the fun and operation on Abbott's Milwaukee Road. |
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Mike Tomei (Kansas) switches the BN and told a joke or two. On Phil Story's Burlington Northern, Springfield Division. |
| Jim Sinclair (Oklahoma) contemplates his next move. On Lee Hehl's Great Northern "Twin City Rails". |
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Elbert Smith (Texas) works the switcher in the Pueblo Rio Grande yard. On McBee's "the Pueblo Division" |
| Local Ken Hammerstrom and George Waltershausen (Wisconsin) work the "big Yard" at Sacramento. On Art Cunningham's Sierra Lines Railroad. |
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Craig Willett (Wisconsin) and Ernie Parks (Wisconsin) work the Reading Yard. On Farrell's Pennsylvania and Reading Railroads. |
| The Long Line of folks switching and working on the Pennsy and the Reading. On John Farrell's Pennsy and Reading Railroads. |
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Rick McClellan (Kansas) and Mike Fyten (Kansas) work the Pennsy. On John Farrell's Pennsy and Reading Railroads. |
| Stuart Thomas (Arkansas) and Randall Wilson (Texas) work the Pennsy. On John Farrell's Pennsy and Reading Railroads. |
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John Acheson (Kansas), Rob Biddison (Kansas) and layout host Lee Hehl enjoy great food, spirits and fellowship on Saturday night at the Metfield Country Club. |
| Ed Abbott (Host) and George Sorenson (Wisconsin) discuss old times at Abbott's Milwaukee Road. |
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Chip Romig (Texas) works the East side of Port Angeles. On the Columbia Cascade. |
| Joe Kasper (Kansas) doing what he does best, running the BN. On the Columbia Cascade. |
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