The second picture shows all the activity and all of the equipment out that weekend. Working left to right. Greg Ratliff's four wheeled D&RG flat, a project between him and Rudy Van Wingen. The C&S 10, Rudy and Brownies hard working Mogul. The flats we haven't figured out whose they were. and to finish the first train is a Yankee Girl Mining Company dirt hauler. These two cars hauled the brunt of the early dirt from one end of the railroad to the ever expanding other end. The Steam crane with drag line of Jerry Brown. A two inch model that was a joy to watch Jerry operate. He was filling the Yankee Girl cars with it and kept the crowd enthralled with his skill at it. That is Bob Gantz's Steam Donkey with the pile driver attached. I am sure if we dig deep enough about that spot we could find a pilling or two. The engine behind the crowd is Harry Haas' 2-6-0, with a few flats and a Yankee Girl dump car too. Unloading out of the station wagon would be Francis Moseley with his Shay. It is loaded in the wagon on the 4 3/4" gauge trucks and had to be transferred to the 7 1/2" gauge trucks at the ramp. The background has changed a lot in 38 years. From a few camp sites to the Cope house changing and look at the uncluttered view across the valley. There are a lot more houses out there these days.
The last shot is of Lorin Brown, one of the partners in the C&S 10 project. Lorin was the engineer and design trust of the project. Many of the switches and parts to switches we are still using along the railroad are from his jigs and plans.
Another view into the past from Joshua Tree.
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