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Located at

Penitentiary Glen
8668 Kirtland-Chardon Rd
Kirtland, Ohio 44094

Dave Foster with his scratch-built electric powered speeders departing the station for points West. Edith Hacker and Bonnie Zaken enjoying lunch as the speeders and Ken Brooks' electric cab bask in the sun between runs.

Up on the steaming bay Marty Pinkston has his bobber caboose that he is scratch-building. Skip Frank brought his Columbia steam engine "Lynn" and is busy raising steam in the boiler.

Steve and Bonnie Zaken running their newly acquired Plum Cove electric boxcab engine. Dave riding behind Ken Brooks trying out the new type batteries for the propulsion voltage source.

Sean Roberts brought his Plum Cove engine that he has detailed for Cleveland Terminal. Marty with his Cli-Shay that last year he re-boilered it to a larger boiler.

John Deptowicz assembling his Snoopy engine, which is also a Plum Cove engine, as his son Ethan plays peek-a-boo between his legs. Robbi Haines and Ethan wait for Jon Jaros' switching moves to clear the switches so John can pick up his second rider car.

Ken Vendlinger passing through Drudgery on the main line as he heads for Hemlock and the grade down to Gulch. Richard Sales with his newest engine cover painted in primer looking good. Check out MR-Motion.net

Ted and Marie Nyland passing through Horrendous with their interurban, next stop is Filmor to catch the signal. Three and a half year old Ethan running the Snoopy train with his dad, John, watching as Logan Tapolyai rides on the second car.

John Koontz at the controls of the club GP38 as Rick Nagy checks him out for operation on this engine. Josh Frank on the Orchard Loop behind the station with a hand powered car enjoying himself.

Dave taking a run with Kens train checking out the battery power which with the newly installed heavy duty batteries have extended the run time considerably. Josh at the controls of George Metts newly constructed gas powered military switcher.

Josh riding behind Logan as he runs the scratch-built engine painted in military camouflage. Martys' Cli-Shay on the siding by the steaming bays in between runs.

With "Lynn" under steam Skip checks the pony truck with the wheels hanging over the end of the track on a steaming bay. Ken with his train just arrived back at the station and is talking with guests.

Sean Roberts pulls in behind Ken and has to wait for the track to clear ahead. Rick at the contols of the GP38 with John behind him this time as he stopped at the station.

Jeff Ridler approaches (scale) mile marker 5.0 as he approaches the station at the end of this run. Skip Frank with his circus train approaches the station and will stop short because of the traffic at the station.

Austin Tapoylai watches the trains as they come into the station on the main line. John watches as Logan runs the military switcher on the main line as they approach from behind the station.

Austin, Edith and a guest ride into the station behind the Park engine engineered by Dick Clark. Picture taking slows the trains comming into the station as George Metts with Josh running the Snoopy train and John behind Logan with the military switcher wait for the trains ahead.

Another view of the congestion at the station withDick at the controls of the Park engine and the two trains behind his. George making adjustments to his switcher as they wait for the trains to clear out of the station.

Paul Emch and Don Speidel ride behind Ken as he runs Dons' train coming in on the main behind the station. Jeff leaving the station with a laod of passengers on his newly acquired engine and cars.

Marty with his train at Shoe as he heads for the covered bridge. Richard, who has changed the cowling back to his other one for this run is following behind Marty.

Jeff framed by the framing of the covered bridge as he passes by Shoe and about to rumble through the wooden covered bridge. A guest at our run today, a black squirrel of which there are many.

Marty just before the by-pass switch to the Orchard Yard behind the station gets his own picture of the activities. Richard sales coming into the station eastbound with our two way running.

Amy Deptowicz as our dispatcher for the day but someone should have told her that is a cell phone,not a radio for the instructions. Just kidding. Rick was giving training in the operation of the GP38 today so a couple of members got certified to run the engine.