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| Open House October 7, 2007 (The WBGRR'S First FALL Open House) |
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| Photos on this page by: Bob Whipple |
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| Since this was my first open house in the Fall I wanted to add a little color around the yard.. BUT..you'd never know it was fall. The temp got up to 87 and broke an existing Philly record set back in the late 1800's. Al Gore must be right folks.. |
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| The Missing Train |
| Signing the Guest Book |
| The Pointers |
| The sign reads 6 TRACKS.. but, I had only 5 trains running. Why you ask? Before the June Open House I bought an HLW Barrel Kit to fill in a dead space in the corner of the yard. It worked out great for the June Open House...It then sat the rest of June and July THEN.. came testing it for the August Open House. I had to remove all the track and clean the connections and re-install the track back on the hangers for it to run.. It ran OK in August but, this corner gets sun for 6 hours in the summer and things just weren't holding up like I expected they should. It's time to re-think this! |
| It was suggested that I try Sunday, Oct. 7th for the October Open House. Since most would have off from work on Monday for the Columbus Day holiday thus, putting the Open House smack in the middle of a 3 day week-end. It DID work out very well . |
| This is what the visitors saw on October 7th. |
| This is what the visitors saw In June. Cute huh? |
| I contracted Eaglewings Iron Craft to make me new hangers so, a 4 foot diameter loop of brass track could be installed. We all know these are really tight curves on a running layout but, on the barrel, it's like having 10 footers.. The trains running here will labor less on this track and it will hold up a lot better than HLW's track. |
| The Kids (and adult) Faces say it all Welcome to dream land, with happy faces, and friendly hellos. They call to you as in your dreams |
| Pet Visitors (this was a first!) |
| (The now) Famous Layout Photos |
| The Day After Layout Photos |
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| Special Vistors on October 13th Bill & Joy Blankley from Auburn Al. |
| There are always a few that slip by without signing my Guest Book. Most did sign but, 3 or 4 slipped out the gate again. I'll get you the next time. |
| Guest Diesel Visit |
| Bob Shaw's custom painted GP7. Bob is a BIG Reading fan and he just had to re-paint a "closeout" USMC GP7 to fill the void in his prime mover roster. Bob stripped it down and repainted it in September. He then displayed it on is layout durning his last open house but didn't run it. He brought it to my Open House and we ran it for about an hour. Bob (left) and Charlie Kratz watch & listen (a Phoenix 2K2 is installed)as it travels westward. The plow is from USA Trains and decals were made by Robert Dustin. Nice job Bob(s)! |
| Look at that! |
| YaaaaY...Look at me! |
| Point and shoot! |
| Look at this stone.. it's real .. "Don't point!" |
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| "Peebles" the pet rat on her first visit to the WB. |
| "Nestle" on her first visit to the WB. |
| The Last Photo of the Day |
| End of the day and heading for storage. |
| I woke up to this on Monday morning.. A Leaf blower and 10 minutes work and it's good to go.. |
| Bill ran his R/C battery powered Eggliner on the interloop for an hour. It stopped at each station for a photo.. Thanks for stopping by guys.. I enjoyed your visit as did "Ping Pong". Bill is a member of the Aristo Craft Trains Forum |
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AND this arrived on Monday October 8th |