I was running the tractor today, shaping the soil in the yard in preparation for Becke's modular home which is soon to arrive. As I worked I remembered similar work we did about fourteen years ago when we first bought the place. We've done so much work and so many changes since those early days. The only constant through the years was change and that will continue for some time yet. In the picture below I an digging in a tree which we relocated. More trees will soon be planted in much the same manner soon.
Deliverance
Today was delivery day for the balance of the PNE features. Loading at our end was uneventful and quick. The sixty kilometre trip into the city went well as traffic was light. Once onsite, it took a few minutes to set up the crane and untie the load and then the real adventure began. It would be the first time all of the pieces were assembled. Jenessa and I did the untying and hooking up of the loads while the PNE crew did the assembly. In less than an hour the job was done.
Train finished!
The Hillcrest Shops crew in California have been extremely busy with all manner of projects for the longest time but in-between they have squeezed us in to work on the Trinidad train. These guys are the best in the world at building theme park trains and we are very proud they worked on this project for us. Sean Bautista and his crew's task was to build the running gear and chassis for the engine and rail cars. Our task was to built the upper portion of the engine and cars to make it look like a pirate train. We did our separate jobs more than two thousand miles distant. When we finished our pieces we shipped them down to California and the Hillcrest gang set about joining the two shops work. These guys don't play around for everything they do is built to last decades of everyday service in a theme park setting. And they did a wonderful job. This evening I received a video of the train running under it's own power... it is pure magic! Hats off to our Hillcrest friends! I can hardly wait for the test drive in Trinidad in a short while!!!