The triple header returned us to the boarding area.
The diminutive locomotives were then posed on adjacent tracks.
Crew pictures with several of them flying out here from Wales for this charter.
Norgrove Railway 0-4-0T 8.
Norgrove Railway 0-4-0T 6 "Buckeye".
United States Army 2-6-2T 5240 proceeding to the ballon track to turn for the trip to the hill. SLORailfanning, who was assisting Dak, had the idea of each of the three locomotives to be on different levels of the hill and try to have them all moving at the same time.
"Buckeye" was now on the hill.
Norgrove Railway 8 then made its way to the hill.
Two trains were in position.
Three trains on the hill.
The radios were constantly in use during this maneuver.
Three trains moving at their own distinctive speed.
Three levels equals three trains.
Norgrove locomotive 5240 came by our location.
We reboarded our passenger train.
The former Colorado and Southern caboose.
Photo runby twenty-six with the passenger train.
Photo runby twenty-seven with the freight train.
Exiting Tunnel 1.
The Norgrove Railway fire truck. We returned to the boarding area then locomotive 5240 took us back to the hill in the early evening.
Photo runby twenty-eight on the hill.
The reverse move.
Photo runby twenty-nine.
Photo runby thirty near sunset.
Reverse move.
Photo runby thirty-one with a glint.
Reverse move.
The final photo runby, thirty-two.
Norgrove Railway 5240 at the end of a very productive and extremely enjoyable charter. Thank you to Dak Dillon, SLORailfanning and the crew of Norgrove Railway for a very special and memorable day.
The event ended with a delicious and filling barbeque. Afterwards, Elizabeth and I said goodbye to our hosts then drove back to the Best Western Plus Big America for the night.
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