Indeed, the fellas ran John's NYC layout Friday evening and it was great to see Theo again. Theo moved from Ottawa back to Peterborough last year and he told me that he really misses the boys up this way. Theo also mentioned how he eagerly looks forward each weekend to read the latest edition of the Friday Night News from Ottawa and see how all the layouts are developing or operating. Well, no pics from John's last night, but we did enjoy a fun and rewarding session and we thank John for hosting. It was great seeing all the NYC/CASO regulars too!
I'll keep the faithful entertained with pics from today's rail events in Ottawa...so think of it as "Friday Night on a Saturday Afternoon"! (Sounds like a John Prine lyric)Today was SLD day in Ottawa. That is, the St. Lawrence Division of the NMRA. Many Friday Night lads are regulars here as well, so it is suitable to consider this a FNG event if we stretch reality a touch! (Big grin)
We visited two layouts, one in a senior's residence and the other at David Steer's place. We'll focus on the senior's residence in this post and look forward to seeing David's at another time.The first picture shows "yours truly" in front of a large industry on the layout. The layout looks fabulous and runs very well thanks to Peter Nesbitt's and Grant Knowles' input. That's Grant in the second photograph switching out an industry near the beautiful sawmill which was scratchbuilt by our dear friend, the late Ray Mathey.
Bill and Stan are enjoying some camaraderie as they view the action in this bright and comfortable model railroad room. I'll post more images in another posting later on as Blogger is acting up again and won't allow any more photos to download in this section. Cheers, Mike













































