TEXAS STATE RAILROAD

our monday crew, pete always likes to set up a crew shot, these guys kept telling us how much they enjoyed running their engine, apparently the tourist steam outings are limited to a 10 mph trundle down the line and back, here with us they got to open it up and actually make track speed a few times



back at maydelle again, stimulating hooping up orders to the conductor in the caboose



and another runby, with orders going upfront, in real life back then orders might very well been hooped up to engine and caboose, so that the entire crew had the orders, remember this was pre radio



and the model a came back for more grade crossing stuff



and there is the glow under the firebox again, at least this one did not smell like french fries

 

and this is our last shot for this trip, all in all a very good charter, too bad about all the flooding, i will go back when they do the doubleheader for certain