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Penitentiary Glen
8668 Kirtland-Chardon Rd
Kirtland, Ohio 44094

Rex Shriver with his Roll Models electric switcher is the first to leave the station with his passengers for today's public run. Paul Zorko is next to follow as he heads down the mainline with his load of passengers.

The crowd has gathered with expectations for the run as Skip Frank takes on water for his steamer while Ted Nyland watches how Roy Harris loads his interurban. Bob Blotnick talks to Skip as Ted motors out of the station with his interurban's and passengers.

Roy has just finished loading Jeff Ridler's train which is powered by an electric Steeple cab that has just started rolling and that's Skip's circus train in the foreground. Coming into the station at the end of his first run, John Koontz with the club's GP38 and that's Steve Zaken as his conductor on the rear.

Having just passed through Zip Junction, Paul passes over the grade crossing on his way to Horrendous. As an experiment I asked Ethan Deptowicz to wave to the trains as they passed to see how many would wave back at him and here is Ted Nyland just coming off the Truss Bridge.

Following some distance behind, Rex's train was the next one along as Ethan waived before the train begin the grade up past Mackey's Run. Standing past Mackey's run the next to follow was Richard Sales with his electric powered engine pulling his train as the kids waved to Ethan.

Standing on the beginning of the Big Bend Bridge, Ethan waved to Dick Clark and his trainload of passengers and got some waves back. Marty Pinkston was the next to arrive on the scene near the opposite end of the Big Bend Bridge any managed to get one wave back.

Standing beyond the end of the bridge we watched as Skip with his circus train passed by powered with his steam engine "Lynn". Don Speidel rumbling off the bridge with his train and Ethan got a lot of waves from this train. .

Paul Emch had his Nickel Plate Road Hudson steam engine running and here it is reposing in front of the station after unloading passengers. Don Speidel waits at the station for Roy to finish loading Paul Emch's Nickel Plate Road diesel engine that he is engineer on.

Ken Brooks running Paul Zorko's train waits to be loaded as he watches John pull away from the station with his load of passengers running the club's GP 38. Marty's train has been loaded and he waits for Roy to finish giving riding instructions before he departs the station on his next run.

This is how we mix things up because now Paul Emch is running Don Speidel's train as he watches Roy load passengers in one of gondolas. The backup at the station as the trains get loaded one by one and slowly move out on their next run.

Bill Besselman who again is our passenger counter this week, watches as Roy loads Rex's train while Kevin Harris talks to the waiting passengers. John Deptowicz with his Snoopy train is all smiles as he departs the station with his full load of passengers who look happy to be on the Snoopy train.

Ken Vendlinger departs the station all smiles and with a wave to the photographer as he rolls down the track on another run. Skip tends to his steam engine "Lynn" as he waits for Roy and Kevin to load Paul's train and the line is getting short.

John under the canopy of the trees as he passes by Shoe and is about to enter the Covered Bridge as he heads towards the halfway point of the ride. Mike Harkleroad at the controls of the club's GP38 with a full trainload of passengers has just passed over Cider Bridge.

Next passing by the photographer, Jeff with his passengers as he passes by Shoe and he too will be passing through the Covered Bridge as he transveres West. As Don passes over Cider Bridge the passengers give a thumbs up and a wave to show their approval for the ride.

Wayne Boron, as conductor, listens as Roy gives the final riding instructions to the last train departing the station with public passengers today. With the public run over, Ted with his interurbans, takes a guest out for a ride on the mainline.

Ethan Deptowicz just come back into the station after a run on the mainline with the Snoopy train and that's his dad John behind him with Edith Hacker riding on the last car. Bill Deptowicz, Ethan's grandpa applies the vice like grip amid the screams and shouts of Ethan before we start out on another run around the track.