They've been working on the railroad . . . (NNG)

I finally had a chance to play with some photos I shot in November on Pete Lerro's Strasburg photo special. It was nice to be at Strasburg and NOT be in charge of the photo special - usually I'm "in my head" keeping things on schedule, and this was an opportunity to wander around, not worry about anything, and generally enjoy myself.

Hopefully Linn or Kelly will fill in the names of some of the subjects.

During a servicing stop, Linn and the head-end crew take a short break in the gangway of CNR 2-6-0 911 (no. 89's previous number).





Kelly Anderson makes a switching move in the yard:




More switching in the yard:









The work never ends (that's Rick Musser on the left):




Some repeats below. A couple of days before, I spent an afternoon with Steve Weaver and Erich Armpriester in the yard. Erich wanted to recreate the Beebe & Clegg view of a brakeman on the RGS in "Mixed Train Daily:"




While Weaver applies the brakes on a high car using a brake club:




And puts out the markers as the sun sets:



Erich keeps an eye on his train as Weaver does the paperwork:




I can vouch for Steve's skill with a skillet personally.




And of course, junior man on the crew does the cleanup:





Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/02/2008 08:17AM by John Craft.