JJ and the troublesome train.
I appreciate JJ letting me follow him around taking pictures of his twenty one car train. While there were some mishaps, it actually ran okay most of the time. The trucks on the blue container cars kept derailing, so he had to replace them.
Whatcha putting together there JJ?
Oh I see! A couple container cars.
Sure, lets see if they can go right up the high line!
Nope.
Are those container cars way in the background part of YOUR train?
Good lord, I think so.
Well it's still going!
...and going.
Hmm, seems to have stopped in this tunnel.
No worries, the batteries died!
I'm standing at the front of the train, can you see the blue box car at the end of the train?
New batteries, rolling again. Can anyone spot the "Australian loaded" container?
JJ, is that your train parked in the siding again?
Why I do believe it is!
Now I'm sure of it.
JJ wandered away so his train decided to stop on the mainline so I could take a picture.
Uh oh, headed up the highline again.
"JJ, there is a stopped train up here...JJ STOP YOUR TRAIN...JJ! STOP!!!"
The train successfully makes it around one lap, and almost without incident! (just one emergency stop)
I dont know which bridge shot I like best, so here are the top four.
JJ didn't want to wait for others to enter the main line.
Here is JJ's train pulling in on track 3. The train was too long to fit in the shed, so 1/3rd of it had to be uncoupled and parked in the round house.
JJ is a great guy, and had some nice trains (all used as I found out). If you push your train to the limits, something is bound to go wrong, but the train looks so much better in the process. He drove all the way from Arizona to come play with trains, which is serious dedication!
Sorry I didn't say goodbye, I had to get back to real life, and I knew I still had an hour and a half to drive. Thank you for letting me follow you around and take pictures, it was fun. I foolishly didn't bring anything to run, so is spent the day rail fanning, taking photographs. I have more pictures of your train if you would like to see them. Let me know.
Thank you Marty for hosting this great event! I had a blast, and next year I will have to bring a train to run! Thank you to everyone else who helped with the event and kept the wheels down, boiler up!
