THE AVR WENT TO ST. CROIX FOR THEIR FALL MEET WITH TWO LOCOMOTIVES AND SIXTEEN CARS FROM SEPT. 22nd to 27th 2006 AND HAD A WONDERFUL TIME. MEMBERS FROM THE AVR LIVING IN WINNIPEG WHERE BILL TAYLOR, PETER ABEL, LEN LaRUE, VIC ST-GERMAIN & BARRY SOLOMON and several members from the AVR who also come from other places were also there.
ALL PICTURES TAKEN BY BILL TAYLOR UNLESS NOTED. CLICK ON SMALL PICTURES TO MAKE THEM BIGGER If you can add names or details about equipment and people in the pictures please send them along. Just go to the AVR main page and click my e-mail. Thanks to Sharon Baker & Douglas Fine for some of the names.
# 1 - AVR PACIFIC 2365 HEADING INTO THE STATION EMPTY WITH VIC AT THE THROTTLE. THE ASSINIBOINE VALLEY RAILWAY HAD TWO TRAINS CARRYING PASSENGERS AT THE SUNDAY OPEN HOUSE AND MADE 42 TRIPS CARRYING 529 PASSENGERS.
# 2 - BARRY WITH HIS 1" ENGLISH LOCOMOTIVE HEADS OUT ON THE 4 3/4 " LINE.
# 3 - AVR TRAIN #202 HEADS INTO ST. CROIX STATION WITH A LOAD OF HAPPY VISITORS. LEN IS AT THE CONTROLS.
# 4 - EVERY DAY STARTS WITH A GOOD BREAKFAST OF EGGS, BACON, HASH BROWNS, PANCAKES OR OTHER EQUALLY TEMPTING FOOD.
# 5 - A BOX CAR IS SENT ONTO THE MAIN LINE FROM THE STEAMING BAY.
# 6 - WHAT IS HOT, THE STEAMER IN THE FOREGROUND OR THE TWO EATING WHIT'S CHILLY? FOR MY MONEY THE HOT CHILLY IS HOT HOT HOT.. STUART OLSON ON LEFT.
# 7 - NOW THAT LOOKS HOT YET SERVED WITH ICE CREAM CARLA AND WHIT'S COBBLER IS JUST SO M-M GOOD.
# 8 - AT ST CROIX THERE IS ALWAYS SOME ONE TO MAKE YOUR DAY. DANIELLE BISSONETTE.
# 9 - ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF A MEET IS MEETING FRIENDS AND GOING OFF YOUR DIET. DAVE GUMZ OF CALIFORNIA IS ON THE LEFT.
# 10 - A GEARED LOCOMOTIVE IS HOT AND READY TO HEAD OUT OF THE ROUNDHOUSE.
# 11 - UP AT THE STEAMING BAY THERE IS ALWAYS LOTS OF ACTIVITY.
# 12 - ACCEPTING AN HONOUR. EVIE TROMBERG IS ON LEFT.
# 13 - DURING A WET PERIOD WE KEPT THE KIDS BUSY WITH A DVD AND THE ADULTS BUSY WITH CONVERSATION.
# 14 - HOLDING THE ST. CROIX ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION AT THE FALL MEET GETS MORE PEOPLE OUT.
# 15 - A LITTLE RED TANK ENGINE ON THE 1" LINE.
# 16 - STEAMING UP ON THE BAY.
# 17 - TAKING A TRAIN LOAD OF ONE DAY MEET GUESTS ON AVR TRAIN 2365 WITH LEN AT THE THROTTLE.
# 18 - PETER ABEL FROM THE AVR AND TOMMY FROM SCRR HAVE A RAILWAY CONVERSATION. WE BELIEVE THIS IS THE LAST PICTURE TAKEN OF PETER. ON SUNDAY HE RAN 2365 AFTER THE OPEN HOUSE AT ST. CROIX FOR THE LAST TIME. PETER DIED OF A HEART ATTACK ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2006.
# 19 - SOME OF THE VISITORS DURING THE SUNDAY OPEN HOUSE.
# 20 - ANNOUNCING THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION.
# 21 - A LOCOMOTIVE BEING SERVICED. MIKE LA SUSA.
# 22 - ALWAYS LOTS OF ACTION ON THE 1" LINE.
# 23 - AVR #2365 KEEPS AN EYE ON THE ACTION AROUND THE STEAMING BAY. MARK BAKER, SHARON BAKER, STUART OLSON, TIM OLSON AND DAVE GUMZ.
# 24 - A LITTLE HIGH LEVEL GAB IN THE SHED. sTARTING WITH TIM KIRBY FACING CAMERA CLOCKWISE, BOB PAPPA, TIM OLSON AND TOMMY CEBULLA SITTING.
# 25 - THEY COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES.
# 26 - PETER'S LAST APPRENTICE AS HE WATCHES A YOUNG ENGINEER TAKE AVR #202 FOR A TRIP.
# 27 - AVR TRAIN #202 TAKING A LOAD OF PUBLIC OUT OF THE TUNNEL. BILL, LEN AND VIC RAN 42 TRAINS ON SUNDAY, EACH WOULD TAKE THREE ON THE STEAMER, THREE ON THE F-7 AND THREE OFF. THE RETURNING ENGINEER STARTS HIS SHIFT BY LUBRICATING THE STEAMER BEFORE HIS TRIPS.
# 28 - THE SANTA FE PASSENGER IS ALWAYS POPULAR ON THE 1/12 LINE. DON AKINS AT THE CONTROLS.
# 29 - A 1/8 SCALE FREIGHT HEADS OUT OF THE STATION.
# 30 - A GREAT NORTHERN GP-9 AND CABOOSE 1" SCALE.
# 31 - A GREAT SMILE AT THE END OF THE MEET SAYS WE ALL HAD A GOOD TIME. DULCI FINE
RETURN TO THE AVR HOME PAGE AND LOTS MORE PICTURES. of other clubs we have visited and more about the ASSINIBOINE VALLEY RAILWAY and check out our New Pacific.
Page new on January 29th, 2007 by Bill Taylor of Winnipeg Updated Feb 6, 2007
