Public Run Day

Phil tom Steve, you guys interested in going up to Joshua Tree the following weekend. Its valentines day weekend but I got permision to go up with my dad I was gonna bring the american and talk to some guys that had similar problems withthese locos that might have a sloution to equaly balance out the weight of the loco. I think I'll just go one day but it sounds really fun. I send email out to

Sorry can't do it. I will be in Phoenix from the 13th through to the following weekend. If things change will let you know.

Looks like right now like I can go, should bee fun, boy. I'm thinking the the American is going to have a rough time going up to the top with any riders. It still works as last time I was out there with my little loco we would go like hell down from the top, then turn on the Y, get a run for the hill and than my riders would jump off about half way up and I would meet them at the top, it's a short walk back to the top, as the railroad snakes back and forth up the hill and at times the riders would beat me back to the top by just walking up the goat path.Theres no squirrels out there for Steve to look at and it looks like the club boat anchor will be in rehab or boot camp in Phoenix so we should be good to go. Maybe this time your dad can get your van over 45 on the freeway and keep it between the lines?. I'll give Mark a call and see if he will go as I think his loco and cars would be a lot of fun to run there, maybe he can bring his trailer back out and we will load it for him and haul it out there. You need to work on him at the Sunday run. Hey how long is the American, my truck has a 8 foot bad maybe we don't have to pull the tender off.

Edited by Steve C - Feb 06 2010 at 9:38am

Just got my wife to sign my permission slip, looks like I will be going. I am going to go up early Saturday and come after the run. I can bring up what ever we need if Tom can't.