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Gary (right) is hostling his four units from the Cranbrook Manifest as yardmaster Jim points out which bay in the diesel house for Gary to use
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Pete's X4236 crosses the Slocan Bridge
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Jim (rear) and Eric (front) work Nelson yard
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Ted at Cascade with X4080
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Larry's #87 - the Kraft switcher - trundles into Castlegar
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Rene watching #81 down grade through Fife. 81 will stop for a thermal test here shortly.
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Ted's Cascade Turn - X4057 - passing straight on through South Slocan Junction
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Dispatcher John Rogers keeping everything in order...and as close to "on time" as Kootenay Time permits!
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Ted's pushers are helping Brian's X4080 up Farron Hill
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Eric cutting Gary's Cranbrook Manifest which has just arrived in Nelson
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Brian with X4080 entering Fife
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Larry switching the pulp mill as the loaded ore train from Phoenix (X4080) heads out of Cascade and across the Kettle River on the upper deck
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Brian (rear) and Ted (front) cooperating to lift X4080 to Farron Summit
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Pete with X4236 (the Hotshot from Trail) crosses the Kootenay river just west of Nelson
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Larry piloting #89 into Grand Forks staging just west of Cascade
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#89's rear is protected from following trains as it passes through Coykendahl. Eric and Gary in the background are switching at Nelson.
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An unusual sight: two operators and their trains in the Slocan sub! Ken (rear) has brought X8727 down from Rosebery by barge while Brian (front) is switching Slocan City with 8549
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Larry's #89 negotiating the curves and tall bridges on the eastern side of Farron Hill
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Ken is listening to his loco H Liner 8727 through a radio headset
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X8727 has arrived by barge from Rosebery further up Slocan Lake at its destination, the the mill town of Slocan City
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Ted's Cascade Turn is tied down at Fife while the loco switches the industries there
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Rene (rear) and Brian (front) are coordinating at Cascade. Rene's pushers came down from Farron on one train and will help another back up.
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Ken switches Rosebery yard. He seems to be enjoying himself. No more satisfying sight for a layout builder, in my opinion, then crew enjoying themselves.
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Ken, Pete and Rene at the Slocan River bridge
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The Sunday Crew (left-to-right): Rene Gourley (home road), Larry Rice, Jim Dahlberg, Eric Dervinis, Pete Colton, Garry Hinshaw (hoem road), Ted Pamperin, John Rogers, Ken Rutherford and Brian Stokes