Friday, May 27th
Paul Sternitzke and Todd Syska cleaned the ROW from Shokan to West Hurley.
Saturday, May 28th
On Saturday the CMRR ran 7 trains; 3 at Mt. Tremper and 4 in Kingston.
In Kingston, Dave Hilliard was engineer, conductor was Tony Bocchino and John Marino was brakeman. Flaggers were Hunter Downie, Jordan Torregrosa, Mark Glaser, Bryan Wade and Joe Wolff. John Prestopino was trainman. Car attendants were Harrison Balduf and Walt Otto. George Bain handled the sound set-up. Peter Fluchere was ticket agent. Jim Bruck assisted all around.
In Phoenicia, Engineer was Dave Heick, Conductor was Ray Farrell, Brakeman was Neil Isabelle, and Russ Hallock was ticket agent.
Tom Healy picked up discarded ties near the Andrew's Lane area.
Sunday, May 29th
On Saturday the CMRR ran 7 trains; 3 at Mt. Tremper and 4 in Kingston.
In Kingston, John Marino was engineer, conductor was Tony Bocchino and Walt Otto was brakeman. Trainman was Al Schoessow. Flaggers were Mark Glaser, Jeff Otto, Joe Wolff, Bryan Wade and Karl Wick . Car attendants were Russ Hallock and Franc Libihoul. George Bain handled the sound set-up. Jim Bruck was ticket agent.
At Mt. Tremper, Engineer was Tom Whyte, Conductor was Hunter Downie, Brakeman was Ed Winstanley, and ticket agent was Peter Fluchere.
Monday, May 30th
On Saturday the CMRR ran 7 trains; 3 at Mt. Tremper and 3 in Kingston, plus a special all-CMRR train at the end of the day.
In Kingston, Tom Whyte and Earl Pardini were engineer, conductor was John Prestopino and John Marino was brakeman. Flaggers were Mark Glaser, Jeff Otto, Joe Wolff, Bryan Wade, Karl Wick and Chris Ruger . Car attendants were Jan Harrison, Pat Smalley and Franc Libihoul. George Bain handled the sound set-up. Pat Smalley and Thom Johnson were ticket agents. Ernie Klopping assisted all around.
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In Mt. Tremper, Engineer Dave Heick, Brakeman/Car Attendant Bill Kaba, Fireman Jordan Torragrosa, Car Attendants Russ Hallock and Harrison Balduf, Ticket agent Bruce Devorkin. Special Guests on board included Greg & George Peck (his ashes), Neil & Kathy Isabelle, and others.
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Tuesday, May 31st
Paul Sternitzke, William Sternitzke and Todd Syska did a final cleanup run from Kingston to the Boiceville Trestle. They also filmed the entire section for posterity.
Jeff Otto, Bryan Wade and Vince Guido cleared debris at Stony Hollow and near Westbrook Station, and did a final trash run from Westbrook to O'Neil Street.
Peter Fluchere cleared all the CMRR equipment out of the stations at Westbrook Lane and Mt. Tremper.
Overall, the CMRR carried over 2100 passengers this weekend, a record for Memorial Day weekend, and nearly four times the number we carried for Memorial Day in 2015.
So far in 2016, the CMRR has carried over 5000 passengers, another record for the CMRR, especially since the season normally does not begin until June 1st.
Ernie Hunt
Volunteer Coordinator
CMRR
