Our first ops session since Covid

With very little notice, we put together a small operating session on July 5, with a total of 8 vaccinated operators in the room for about 3 hours. Chuck Hakkarinen was visiting the area from his home in CA, and asked me if there were any op sessions going on, so we created one with only 48 hours notice! I was surprised how many people said yes, and how quickly. We are all looking forward to getting back to operating sessions soon. Chuck is the one with the polka-dot hat in the photo below, with Tim Taylor managing the Delta Yard area as usual:

 Jim Betz, from Burlington, WA, ran the GWS south from Bellingham to Seattle, while Lee Marsh managed the Stacy St. yard and Anita Taylor ran several through freights.

Todd VonStup did a great job as Interbay yardmaster, while Dave Enger and I did roving assistance as needed. We were all grateful to Chuck for asking the question!

I took a few handheld cellphone video clips at various times, and consolidated them into a YouTube video that you can watch here. I'm not quite ready to schedule the next op session, but it seems like we're getting closer, if there isn't another Covid spike in August brought on by people refusing to do the right thing and get vaccinated. Come on, people!