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2017 Season Opens

Photos by: Kerry Cochran, Ethan Doty, Paul Finnegan, Matt Shuman


Page last updated:  Thu Oct 1 06:59:56 AM PDT 2026

Slide 1 Operations Begin for 2017

Slide 2 Don Nelson Passenger Engineer Memorial Day Opening Weekend

Slide 3 Fred Elenbaas Fireman Brakeman Memorial Day Weekend Opining

Slide 4 Paul Finnegan Conductor Memorial Day Weekend Opening

Slide 5 Kerry Cochran General Superintendent Riding the Caboose Train Memorial Day Weekend

Slide 6 KC Working in the Museum Store, Memorial Day Weekend

Slide 7 The work crew in the office, Rick Gruninger, Bil Jackson and David Elems

Slide 8 Don Nelson and Kerry Cochran working the Archives

Slide 9 Tie Gang at work on the Balloon Track, David Elems, Bil Jackson, Ethan Doty and just out of view to the right Greg Elems

Slide 10 Does she want to join the Track Gang?

Slide 11 Ethan Doty clears the flangeway for a special move

Slide 12 Pulling the RIP Track

Slide 13 RIP Cars out on West Pass

Slide 14 UP Snow Plow at Malfunction-RIP Track is EMPTY

Slide 15 Steve Habeck pulling RIP-2

Slide 16 This car has not moved in twenty plus years

Slide 17 SP2873 Pulling the Old Baggage car away from the Loading Dock

Slide 18 This is a REAL Manual Switch

Slide 19 Moving the Old Baggage car out of Loading Dock

Slide 20 Dock is clear

Slide 21 New Archive Car at Loading Dock

Slide 22 Lost & Found-Members Day Begins

Slide 23 Today′s Crew-Fred Elenbaas, Craig Simmons, Loren Ross, David Epling

Slide 24 Train Ready to Go

Slide 25 Loren Ross Switching

Slide 26 Craig Simmons Working the train

Slide 27 Dave Epling at the throttle 2873

Slide 28 Paul Finnegan and Matt Shuman talking

Slide 29 Ali Barbato, KC Dunn and Leisa Wesch working the Museum Store

Slide 30 Rick Gruninger the Crossing Guard

Slide 31 Eugene Vicknair and Kerry Cochran Mounting new monitor in Boardroom

Slide 32 Kerry with installed monitor he donated

Slide 33 The Board of Directors in the Meeting Saturday 6-3-2017

Slide 34 Conductor Report time

Slide 35 Preparing for Members′ Dinner

Slide 36 Members Dinner - Getting ready to eat

Slide 37 Greg Elems at the Members′ Meeting

Slide 38 Members

Slide 39 Members

Slide 40 Bart Hansen Carving the Tri-Tip

Slide 41 Almost ready

Slide 42 Post party

Slide 43 Gail McClure

Slide 44 Webmaster at work

Slide 45 Webmaster still at work

Slide 46 Steve Habeck Reporting to Members

Slide 47 Yardmaster President Steve Habeck Reports to the Members

Slide 48 Roadmaster Vice President Greg Elems reports to the Members

Slide 49 Members at Members′ Meeting

Slide 50 Museum Store Mgr Director Leisa Wesch Reports to Members

Slide 51 General Sup Director Kerry Cochran Reports to Members

Slide 52 Op Dept Sup Director Rick Gruninger Reports to Members

Slide 53 Secretary Director Eugene Vicknair Reports to Members

Slide 54 CMO Bil Jackson Reports to Members


Page last updated:  Thu Oct 1 06:59:56 AM PDT 2026