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A trio of
F-units rumble in the yard waiting for the op session,
which was set in the transition era
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And we got
cabooses! Here a few of them sit in the yard waiting
for trains to be made up
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John Christiansen sprucing up the paper mill in preparation for
the Op Session to be held later in the day
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Johnny Krezinski looks on as John applies some extra elbow
grease to get that railhead to shine
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Jim Dunnuck presses a lot of horsepower into service to push the
track cleaning car around,
as an added tweak to make the session run smoothly
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Here Dispatcher Scott Kurzawski briefs some of the members on
communications protocol
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Rich Clayton setting up the location of cars on the layout in
the program RailOp
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Rich is seen here making up more trains and switch lists
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Highball!
Mike Kremheller runs one of the first trains out of the chute,
this troop train
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Steve Dennis and Duane Darling pull the
Super Chief job
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Errol Coker runs this
MoPac Eagle train through the town of Big
Bend
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Roger Macauley pulls a coal drag with these F-Units
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Scott and Rich at the dispatcher's panel watching the
progression of the trains in real time,
allowing Scott to arrange meets for the flurry of activity
across the Conroe Division
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John calls the dispatcher for permission to pull out of the yard
as the troop train passes on the high line
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Operations Superintendent Rich Clayton explains the switch list
to Mike and Johnny
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UP along the river and
AT&SF on the high line as Robert, Duane
and Mike look on
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The got crowded as 1 crew works the yard and 2 others run their
passenger trains across the aisle
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Johnny shows Mike which car he needs to get next
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Catastrophe hits as a passenger car plunges to the canyon floor!
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Johnny Krezinski looks on as Steve Dennis rerails the car after
looking for survivors
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Roger uncouples a cut of cars at the mine tipple
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Duane has the wrong cap on to work as engineer of this Super
Chief
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Steve Dennis assembling his train in Conroe Yard
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Brakeman Mike Kremheller uncouples a cut of cars for engineer
Johnny Krezinski
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The Troop Train makes another turn, this time with Kevin
Grandjean at the throttle
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Rich and Roger reviewing the switch list for the coal job
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Scott suggests how a set-out can be accomplished to John and
Rich
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Rich Cutler looks up from studying his manifest,
which has his orders for which cars to set out and pick up
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John Christiansen and Rich Cutler get the local switcher out of
the Conroe Yard
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John radios in and Rich notches down his switcher as they
approach West Roxburgh
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The Super Chief returns west with Kevin at the controls
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The Super Chief has a leg up on the Eagle
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Conductor Robert Miller watches Engineer Mike Kelley pull their
Challenger into
Bjornsburg Yard at the end of their run. Time to tie it up
and go get some beans.
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Rich debriefs a couple of train crews after they've completed
their runs
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All the fun had us pretty hungry. Here the hanger-ons devour
pizza that
took an hour and a half to get there as the pizza guy got lost.
Steve Dennis, Rich Clayton, Kevin Grandjean, Mike Kremheller and
Scott Kurzawski
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