The Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad unveiled their newly restored Willamette, Rayonier No. 2, this past weekend. I had to go. Here is the star of the show. Typical northwest weather, overcast and flat lighting conditions. Later in the day we had a triple headed runby, led by the star. Be back later to fix this.
Here is a profile of the star. Geared Steam and Adam should like this. Then there was Hammond Lumber 17, one of my favorites, which is scheduled to go down for the 15 year FRA form 4 thing soon. Ken, here is the interior of the room at the Hobo Inn in Elbe, which was a pleasant surprise, despite the elevated price.
Here is one of the photo runbys featuring all three loggers, 2, 17 and 10. and a scary trip across the big trestle.
On Sunday I went to Chehalis to get a cab ride in CC&C 15. Harold was not there, but our engineer Ray did a great job. Here is the engine cold in the morning. Engineer Ray oiling around. Fireman Josh at work.
Hank, in response to yours, I am so thankful that my wife, the boss, decided we should relocate to the Pacific northwest in our retirement. If we had stayed in southern Cal we would be sharing the frustration that I am sure Bob Kittel, Wolf and the rest of the folks associated with the 3751 are going through, unable to get out on the main, and once they can, can't sell enough tickets to make it work, despite being organized by Hal Lewis and the Central Cal NRHS. It is really discouraging. :tb-sad: Now we are here and in steam heaven, with the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation and the Brooklyn roundhouse, Doyle McCormack, the PRPA, and all of the Washington and Oregon steam operations at Chehalis, Mt. Rainier, Sumpter Valley. I love it. I also love the opportunity to actually do some work for the various organizations. :tb-biggrin:
