My good bud John Jacobs & I were fortunate to be guests of Dave and his family
at the "last run day" of Dave's Burlington & Missouri River Galesburg-Creston
layout today in south St. Louis.
A few observations on the visit to Dave's and our subsequent trip north on
MO-79 north along the K Line....
- John got his first experience of operating a sound/DCC equipped freight ...
two SD7 blackbirds on the point.
- being able to shoot 350+ digital photos of the layout (hey, I need the
inspiration).
- swapping Q stories with fellow fans as the aforementioned SD7 powered freight
was assigned an SW1 helper on the climb to West Burlington.
- being able to tell about my chance encounter with fellow Q-lister Arch Hayden
last week.
- watching the Denver Zephyr having to make a double stop at Burlington. The
consist was so large, there was no other way.
- Being chastised by the B&MR President for swapping sea stories with a fellow
Q enthusiast in attendance (and retired Navy type, like myself) instead of
talking trains.
- Having a Galesburg flashback when I saw Dave's model of the coaling tower
with two S4 Hudsons awaiting servicing.
- Stopping by a certain hobby shop off of I-70 and Zumbehl ... they had a large
bookcase full of used railroad books (including two copies of Diesels West) for
sale. Found a darned near mint condition Holbrook/Lorenz edition of 'Waycars
of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy' for $16!!!! Doesn't get much better than
that.
- Why is is that when I am in Palmyra, I hear oodles of traffic running on the
K Line, but when ever I try and railfan it, I usually draw a big zero? We saw
two trains from a distance ... oh well!
I think I can safely speak for John on this ... thanks to Diana, Jake and Dave
for a great day!
Regards,
John Lewis
Palmyra, Missouri
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