Views From Malcolm's Lens

Malcolm's Point of View

I just received a batch of photos Malcolm snapped from this past Saturday's session to complement the ones taken by Chris E. using Seanna's camera. 

 Here we see the depot at Spruce with the sun's rays shining proudly from above.
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Malcolm managed to railfan the back end of his train, Train 302, as it takes the hole at Watkins Siding.  That's Malcolm's crewmate, Lawrence, the gentleman the siding is named after.

Garry's train is in the siding at Ironwood where he and Steve will commence their switching chores shortly.  To view the pics in larger format, click the image.  To return to the default page, click outside the picture.

Garry's spotting a car at the team track in Ironwood.

While Steve handles the throttle.

Chris is explaining to his guest operator, George, the intricacies of throttle management.  Chris is a great person to link up a guest with as he is a very experienced operator having built numerous HO scale indoor layouts in his lifetime.

Where would the operations be without this handsome gentleman?  Indeed, Doug manages to keep all trains flowing at safe intervals each week from his perch in the dispatch booth.

A view down the tracks at Spruce.  That's Chris E. in the background on the hunt for pictures for the blog.  Thanks, Chris!

You've gotta love the dappled shade Mount St. Helens offers on hot mornings.

Peter's Pond can become a hive of activity now that the Cedar Rock branch has been incorporated into the operations for the past couple of seasons.

Pat has Passenger #2 well in hand up the grade into Spruce.

The patio umbrellas are a Godsend on these bright sunny mornings.

Looks like the yardmasters in Nelson, Gord, Henk and Paul, have things well in control.  That's Moe off in the distance.  He acted as the Firgrove Yard operator this day.  He is running Train 20, the milk run, from Firgrove down to Bell and back.

I see the ore train but I don't see Bob.  Rest assured, he's nearby!

Pat is now westbound as Passenger #1.  He is making a station stop at Ironwood.

Lawrence and Malcolm are still waiting in the hole at Watkins.  That's a beauty of a road switcher Lawrence has in B&O colours.

There is always something interesting to see at the table on a Saturday morning and this past Saturday was no different.  I wonder who brought out this gorgeous model?  Malcolm and Fred informed me that Bernie Geiger from the Ottawa Railway Circle dropped by with the "Croc" electric locomotive on the table. He got it in Germany quite a few years ago.

Thanks for the great pics, Malcolm.  Have a great week everyone!  Mike Hamer, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada