Beau is correct. We didn't want to have her steamed up the weekend before when we've got to make so many other preparations for Thomas. There were rumors floating around about maybe doing it but no one ever said that we were going to run her.
The track is fine. Yes 491 plays with it a bit more roughly than 346 has but it's nothing the track can't handle, plus we've got a good group of guys working on the track and everything is going smoothly.
As much as I love doing it I also wanted a break from firing her for a weekend before the next three in a row for Thomas... she's a lot of work!
Mark Huber
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