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The Great Great Northern Railway Operating
Session Date: April 28, 2007
Time: 2PM to 6PM (we will meet at 12:30 for lunch at
Fuddruckers)
(to car pool meet at
Spring Crossing Hobbies for 11:30 departure) This e-mail
received from Don Bozman. I hope many of you can
attend, if you plan to and haven't already, respond to the
email I sent you so I have a head count to forward to Don.
If you want to know more, ask one of the members who went
last year. Scroll down to the bottom of this page to see a
sampling of photos of this Great layout!
Several APN
members have operated on the GGN before, and I hope they
will return April 28th. But that leaves a fair number of
APN members who have not. Hopefully, this year they will
also venture down for a fun afternoon of operation on my
layout. The Great Great Northern is designed as a very
operator friendly layout to break in on, and we
have converted many operation virgins over the years. I
see that your own club is now moving into the operating
phase. That's great, and perhaps another reason to get
more folks down here for a taste of what I regard as the
most fun filled aspect of model
railroading......."operation".
My experience has
been that most folks new to operation are apprehensive
about the unknown. For this reason, I've spent many
years publishing, editing, and revising information
about operating on my railroad. A first glance is
almost overwhelming, however, a lengthier examination
will yield an understanding of the layout and it's
operating scheme. Remember that rule #1 on the GGN is
"We are here to operate, but NOT at the expense of
having fun." Thus, I extend a very special invitation to
those of you who have not been here before.
Enclosed is just
about everything we use on the GGN. You may wish to
distribute this, or post it on your web.
See y'all at
Fuddruckers.
Happy R.R.'ing,
Don Bozman
The Great
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY
APN manned the very
first operating session on the GGN, and we operated on it a
year ago in April, 2006.
Click
here for photo galleries of of APN members at the 2006 and
2007 sessions.
Here are the
attachments from Don:
Don't let the number of them worry you - always remember
Rule # 1:
"We are here to operate, but NOT at
the expense of having fun"
Train Assignments List
- Don has set up 15 trains to run, with an optional 5 more
GGN Rule Book
Layout Operating Map
Dispatcher's Guide
Dispatcher's Training Manual
Dispatcher's Train Sheet
Seattle Yard Switching Job
Seattle Tower Job
Seattle Tower Instructions
Street Map to the GGN
Click
here for a link to Don's Great Great Northern Web Page
(under development)
Here are some scenes from
The Great
Great Northern Railway
taken at the April 2006
& April 2007
operating sessions
Click on the photo above to launch a 7 second movie clip
(0.8 meg file)
2007 All Points North Operating Crew
Seated on the couch, L to R:
Randy Handley, Mike Kremheller, Steve Dennis, Rich Clayton,
Don Bozman, Roger Macauley
Standing: Charlie Richmond
Seated on the floor: Mark Herzog, Scott Kurzawski
Click
here for a few pictures of APN members at the 2006 and 2007 sessions
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