Lots of action on the LVN on Friday.  Had 10 operators over.  They were divided into teams of engineers and trainmen.  The two hour operating session saw continuous action and by the looks on the faces of the folks below we all had a good time.

Here you can see Ron, Chris and James operating a NAR SD38-2, two BNSF SD70Macs and a leased CFX SD90 Mac through the classification yard.  Modern operations include hauling coal, grain, mixed freight and intermondal.

Newby Chemicals is a facing siding that is shared by a second facing siding to a team track open freight platform.  Also there is a grain terminal facing with two tracks (5 car capacity).  There is also a trailing siding which goes into a lumber yard.  Newby Chemicals provides loading and unloading for a variety of products.  Four tanks are modelled in the facility though there are pipes leading off the layout.  Two of the tanks are for Chlorine (Cl) and two for Sulphur (S).

The Friday night group attends a number of operations nights on the LVN.  Here are some recent photos.

Ron and Dave are discussing the move to get the tank cars out of Husky oil.  They have a couple of drop offs that are located on the oil can located in the classification yard.

There have been a few changes made to the LVN.  The team track has now got a propane tank facility (Shelby sub gold).  The parts distribution centre now is an open loading dock for transport trucks and the track beside it handles a chemical storage facility which includes chlorine and sulpher (Wainwright Sub blue).   Also there is a built in timesaver in Richmond yard (Red).