After lunch the participants walked across the street and set up for the next photo runby.
Photo runby twelve at Essex Hardware with autumn colours. All climbed back aboard the train which took us to Parker's Point.
Reverse move ten.
Photo runby thirteen at Milepost 10.35.
Photo runby fourteen.
Reverse move eleven.
Photo runby fifteen.
Reverse move twelve.
Photo runby sixteen.
Posed picture two.
Crew pictures at Milepost eleven. We then moved to the Broadway Curve.
Reverse move thirteen.
Photo runby seventeen at Milepost 11.5.
Reverse move fourteen.
Photo runby eighteen.
The scene of our next photo runby.
Reverse move fifteen.
Photo runby nineteen.
Reverse move sixteen.
Photo runby twenty.
Reverse move seventeen.
The scene along the Connecticut River, after which we returned to the meadow outside of Essex.
Valley Railroad coach 1002, nee Central Railroad of New Jersey 992, built by Bethlehem Steel in 1924.
Valley Railroad Coach 1000 nee Central Railroad of New Jersey 100, built by Bethlehem Steel in 1924.
Valley Railroad 2-8-0 97.
Photo runby twenty-one at Milepost 4.4.
Our conductor rode the open door.
Reverse move eighteen.
Photo runby twenty-two.
Reverse move nineteen.
An extended blowdown.
Reverse move twenty.
Photo runby twenty-three in the late afternoon sunlight.
Reverse move twenty-one.
Photo runby twenty-four.
The photo line.
Reverse move twenty-two.
Photo runby twenty-five, the final one of the charter. Everyone returned to Essex very satisfied, ending a fantastic Dak Dillon photo charter on the Valley Railroad. Elizabeth and I drove to Subway for another excellent meal then returned to the Quality Inn for our last night at this hotel.
10/10/2024 We arose with no alarm and following our Internet duties, went The Hangry Goose where we had an delicious meal then I drove Interstate 95 to Interstate 80, to Interstate 287 and we switched drivers at Morristown. Elizabeth drove US 202 to Interstate 95, which we took to Wilmington and checked into the Doubletree Hotel for a three night stay.
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