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Dispatcher Rick Kang
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David Doiron as nelson yardmaster classifyign cars. Dave Clune watching the progress around Pup Creek.
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The Yard crew...David Doiron at Nelson West and Jim Betz at Nelson East
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Don Mitchell well in control of the Kraft Switcher
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Brian Kaehler switching Nakusp at the start of his shift
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Dave pilots the eastbound wayfreight across the Kootenay River
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Scott Calvert piloting the morning hotshot into Nelson while Gary Hinshaw waits for orders for the Nelson sub
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Gary watching his Nelson sub train enter hidden staging at the East end of the layout.
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all is OK so far
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"the calm before the storm"
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everyone looking down but Rene Gourley...uh oh
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Head end and pusher engineers need to get along!
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Jim taking the westbound wayfreight into staging at the end of his run.
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Don switching the Celgar Kraft mill
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Dave's eastbound crossing the Slocan River bridge
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Scott switching Nelson East while a wayfreight performs a brake test at Farron Summit
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Dave pulling into Coykendahl. He will proceed after a thermal test.
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Don't know if something in the yard surprised David or we caught him singing!
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Scott Calvert at East Nelson...I'm not eactly sure what Scott is doing :) although he is switching with a C424!
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Dave picking up chip hoppers at Castlegar destined for the mills of Grand Forks and Midway to the west
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Dave switching Fife
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Dave on the head end and Gary pushing...this time the trip was uneventful!
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Rene Gourley and Brian Kaheler are using their two trains to work Slocan City. Later they will combine their trains and use their 3 engines to haul a record 27 cars back to the junction right at the session end.
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Gary piloting a pusher set helping a train to Frron while the Superintendent has his train duck into a siding at Troup