GNRW operating session.
The usual 3rd Saturday night at 7 pm.
'First things first': eat pizza 
With 3 new passenger tracks installed and 15 passenger trains, running passenger trains was on the menu for the evening.
Dave ran the NP A-5 4-8-4 and NP light/dark green passenger train.
Bob took the PRR centipedes and Pennsy passenger train.
Joe got his 4 powered F-7 D&RGW diesel set ready for the Zephyr passenger train.
Paul ran the GN R-2 2-8-8-2 freight drag while Alan had the PRR T-1 4-4-4-4 with the ACL passenger cars.
The passenger track 'skirts' around the freight yard so the two never 'tie each other up'.
BLI made some very nice zephyr passenger cars.
Bob's running the PRR passenger train.
John running a B&O passenger train.
Paul's GN R-2 freight at Chumstick canyon trestle.
GN R-2 coming out of the Cascade tunnel.
Joe doing some dispatcher duties. The virtual track plan works well showing where each train is located, all signals and able to control turnouts. With several trains on the mainline (track plan is mostly red), it kept Joe and my self busy setting turnouts to keep trains 'moving'. For the most part, the engineers need only watch the signals to know how to proceed.
Bob's PRR passenger train.
PRR centipedes.
Joe's Zephyr.
Alan doing some yard switching duties.
We finished off the night discussing 'train stuff' and finishing off some junk food which, surprisingly, the crew ate mostly stuff good for you: pineapple, 3 different kind of nuts and left the 'junk' food (candy, chips) unopened. 'Shop' was closed at midnight.
