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Don looks on as Ron picks up empty chip gons at South Slocan. He will take the gons up to the Triangle Pacific mill at Slocan City before putting his train on a barge to the isolated Kaslo sub.
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Dave pilots his pusher set across the Kettle River towards Cascade where Bob's eastbound Boundary Freight is waiting for a boost
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Dave's pusher set crosses Slide Bridge
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Nelson yard can be a busy place: left to right in rear we have Dave watching his pusher descending through the snow, yardmaster Jarret, and Ron piloting the Slocan wayfreight out of yard limits. In the front we have David switching Nelson East
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The Superintendent "helping" Ron's Slocan wayfreight pick up cars at South Slocan. Photo credit to Len Thompson (thx Len!)
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Ron switching Slocan City while listening to his FM's engine through the radio headset
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4057 exiting the short Paulson tunnel
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Don switching Celgar pulp mill. Gotta like that Kraft job! More cars than track!
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Bob is doubling the hill and is cutting off his units having reached Farron summit with the first cut of cars
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left to right: Bob, Dave, David and Jarrett
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Castlegar can get to be a verrrrry busy place. Sorry Don!
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left to right: Bob (railfanning), Jarrett, Dave and David at Nelson
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Norm is Dispatching while home road crew Len is taking it much too easy. Len was transcribing orders for Norm and this worked pretty well to keep things moving along.
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Don watches his X4080 - the Phoenix Ore Train - pass through Fife
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Ron's X8727 has reached Rosebery by barge and is just off-loading. Tuesday's barge had previously brought cars up which were winched on to the slip and these will make for a long train when combined with the cars that Ron has brought up today.
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Don at Farron
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Nelson Yardmaster Jarrett. Jarrett and David had things well in hand all session.
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Tom's #81 in the snow of McRae canyon
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Bob's X8715 is cooling its wheels at Coykendahl while Dave is heading downgrade to Fife with X4507 - the Cascade turn - running ahead of third class #81's time
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Don piloting #81 into Coykendahl
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Gary's pusher set pushing Don's #81 up hill and across Farr Creek
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Gary's pushers sit at Shields waiting to help #81 to Farron
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Don disusses a fine point of a Train Order with Dispatcher Norm
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Norm watches #89 cross Farr creek. Things were well in hand and even the Dispatcher got to run trains!
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Norm's #89 about to cross Barr creek
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Don switches Celgar. He seems to be having a good time! That is what it is all about afterall.
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Saturday's crew (left to right): David Mills, Don Mitchell, Ron Hillis, David Doiron, Don Marenzi, Bob Stafford, Gary Hinshaw (hoem road), Jarrett Dumas, Len Thompson (home road at rear), and Norman Skretting (front right)