Well, if you stayed home this weekend I hope you had fun. This past weekend out at Joshua tree was wonderful; the weather, the people and the good times. Dad said it was a little cool Wednesday night but Thursday it warmed right up. I got into town Thursday evening and it was delightful with ambiance wood in the fireplace. The Burns' showed up Thursday early and Gary and Margaret Stites, had their stuff unloaded as well by then. Greg and Becky rolled in not too far behind me and Matt finished off the night arrivals with his appearance from Chula Vista. I unloaded the American and brought parts out for the Alco so I had plenty to do Friday. 41 steamed up and ran most of the day Friday. The caboose came home for a bit to make room for a refrigerator car project. The paint job looks nice and it finally has lettering too. Bill Shepherd has been working on the turntable pit area; lots of rock and fill to bring it up to grade. Steve Nelson trucked out his C-21 project for the world to see and 41 pushed it around the better part of the weekend. The Edward's Freight Motor ran a bit over the weekend, John Griffin has it running like a top. He has ran it quite a bit over the summer helping out with the upkeep of the railroad during the off season. The Friday night Carne Burn was a hit with plenty of folks around the patio. Saturday saw the Maywald RGS 20 make it out. Ray and Becky Bjerrum brought out their two(2) speeders for a spin on the hill. There was plenty of action on both the 7 1/2" and up on the 15" as well. Two Shays and a critter wore the rust off of the railheads up on the big stuff. The day was crystal clear and warm with the evening delightful again. Saturday night Steak night was well attended and lasted quite some time I hear. Sunday always starts off slow as we have a meeting to take up the mid morning time slot, but after it got out it was back to fun. 41 ran during the meeting and whistled gleefully as it passed the station. I got another crack at the American and Maywald's fired up the 20. As none of us were leaving till Monday the action stayed on till darkness kicked in. Plenty of buckets made it up to the turntable area for fill and kept the willing busy loading, hauling or dumping all three days. Sunday a concentrated effort was put forth and the old unloading pad was swept clean of fill material; just in time for bbq on Sunday night. The guests around the digs all weekend was plentiful, with the parking lot busy both Saturday and Sunday. I have a few pictures of the goings on as well as pictures from John Griffin and Mike Massee on the below link. Hope you enjoyed it, come back and see us again real soon. https://picasaweb.google.com/Ratsgarage/RudyRun2013November810JoshuaTree?authuser=0&feat=directlinkFor any questions or information feel free to drop the Project supervisor a email at ratsgarge@yahoo.com, see you for Thanksgiving Weekend, November 28-31.
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