With the final op session until fall scheduled for this Friday evening, I have added a few details to the layout. In Northampton, an old wooden boxcar has been placed beside the Northampton Beverage plant and is being used for storage of glass bottles and bottle caps. I remember a similar wooden boxcar for storage being located near the CNR station near my home in Woodstock during the 1960s (click on photos to enlarge them):
The sawmill in Northampton is also looking much busier these days, with a full crew of workers, freshly-sawn lumber, and trailers being loaded:
Folks in Wakefield were at first relieved to hear that Vaughn (of Vaughn's Salvage yard) had purchased the cape cod house right next to his business. Neighbours hoped it would lead to some clean up at the business. Instead, it appears that Vaughn's plan is to have a permanent yard sale in front of his new home:
The operating session begins at 7 p.m. on Friday evening (June 15). For the first time ever, train # 22 (the Fast Freight East) will arrive in Avondale as two sections, due mainly to the number of freight cars being used to haul farm chemicals for the potato farmers. Even ice-bunker reefers, which would otherwise be idle at this time of year, have been called into service to deliver fertilizer. It should be a busy evening.
