MRH:
“How many operating sessions does the club do?”
Rick:
“We originally had a session on the fourth Saturday of
the month. There were some members that couldn’t make it
because they had weekend activities. So we decided to start
the session on Thursday and end it on a Saturday.
“We have two different sessions, an a.m. and a p.m., so we
would start the a.m. on a Thursday evening and run from 7:30
until 10 o’clock. At 10 o’clock we literally turn the layout off,
and everything stops. Then we pick up Saturday at 10 a.m., and
operate the a.m. session until we finish, which is usually before
noon. We break for lunch. At 1 o’clock we would start the p.m.
session, we draw for jobs, and we run until five or six.
18
18: The east-end staging tracks, now dubbed the “USS
Granite Mountain,” have been used in two previous sites
as the club builds its mainline east. The club focuses on
operation, and movable staging assures that construction
doesn’t interrupt monthly sessions.
