Ed Ives

The 4D Hi-Railers were mentioned on page 2 of The Bellingham Herald this week, next to an article regarding someone found guilty of embezzlement. I assure you these two are not connected.

We made it to Lynden on Friday in fine shape with set-up almost complete by 5:30 p.m., due in large part to Sam and his new (silent) red truck. Yes, it came with a muffler! He says the color is “sunset” but we call it red. We heartily congratulate Sam on his new truck. I hope he doesn’t mind the leg pulling we give him on it.

Running was made without major incident and no derailing, finger poking etc., that we sometimes get. Even the Kiddies layout came unscathed for most of the time. Teardown and pack up took just two hours, which meant that we were out of there before dark.

We are looking forward to the Maple Valley Train Show on October 18-19, from 10-5, the weekend after next. Set-up will be on Friday afternoon from 1 until done. I’d like to know who plans to attend set up and/or running so I can pass the numbers on to the organizers. As in the past, they will provide refreshments for each day, free of charge. For those of you that have never been there, here’s a Google map.