We had another great day of running trains. The visitors today were nearly all families with children. Although we didn't count visitors, I would estimate we had nearly a thousand folks come through. It was busy all day but never crowded to the point of being uncontrollable. I spent most of the day at the entrance of the room greeting everyone with, "Welcome to our little empire! Please don't touch anything!"
Mostly it worked. We had a couple of major 5-finger earthquakes, and 10 or so minor ones. I also got to see my very first Coca-Cola tsunami when Joe tried to open his coke and it spewed all over his industrial module. It shut down the mainline for about 10 minutes as the cleanup crew moved in to contain and remove the caustic spill.
We also got to show off our work to lots of family, friends, and co-workers who came to see what at times consumes our energy and attention. And we got to visit with several prospective new modelers and a couple of old-time modelers who need to get back into the hobby (you know who you are!)
Joe took some video of Rattlesnake Junction, the series of modules between the yard and the passenger terminal, through many curves in a short space. When viewed down the length of the track, a train really does look just like a snake.
I'll get the video or a link to it as soon as Joe gets it ready.
Sunday is a short day for us. We'll just be running for a couple of hours after lunch before we begin to tear down and head home.
That's all for now. We're not done having fun!
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