September 29th- Like Father, Like Son

Post date: Oct 04, 2011 1:0:41 AM

My youngest son, Joe (above), was a special guest this evening. Joe likes near St.Louis with his wife Rebecca and their dogs. Joe is the only one of my three children to have taken an interest in model railroading. Joe is in N- scale and belongs to several modular groups in the St. Louis area as well as starting his N-scale empire in his basement. It was good to have Joe this evening.A jack of all trades, Joe also provided this photos from this session.

Jim Willis(above) was, once again, the Alexandria Yard Master.

Danny Garland (above) was the Shreveport Yard Master,

running Shreveport and Blanchard.

Mose Crews (above) was the Sue City Operator and kept trains

running smoothly thru Sue City.

Rob Robbins (above) was the MOp and kept things moving

in Maryville, Lake Hamilton and the E-Branch.

Paul Harwell was the Shreveport Public Belt Operator

and kept things moving in Keithville.

Tonight, Charles Kneipp tried out a new position- The North Park Switcher

who built and broke down blocks of cars in North Park.

The mainline was also full of operators. Along with my son Joe, Lionel Brangam (above) watching his train in Pinecrest was busy all night,

Ron Brannon (above) is seen taking his train

behind Keithville down to South Morgan.

Rodney Dixon (above) is moving his train behind Lake Hamilton into Ft. Barrow.

Charlie DeVillbiss (above) is checking his train before leaving Shreveport.

Ken Ellison (above, foreground) is using his WiThrottle to switch in Dutchman Falls while Lionel Brangham is switching in Sherwood.

Group Photos

Plenty of action as Danny Garland (above, left, black shirt) is in Shreveport Yard along with Paul Harwell (above, background, black hat). Ken Ellison (above, right, blue hat) is working in Sue City with Ron Brannon (above, right, silver hair), Mose Crews (above, right, no hat) and Charlie DeVillbiss (above, right, background, yellow shirt).