ALRAY TO SUMMIT
| A SET OF FT'S TAKES THE SIDING AT ALRAY. IT IS SPRING AND THE WILDFLOWERS ARE IN FULL BLOOM. THE CONCRETE BLANKET ON THE LEFT PROTECTS THE TRACKS FROM SUDDEN FLOODS DOWN THE WASH. IN THE RIGHT PHOTO THE TRAIN CROSSES ROUTE 66 AS IT MOVES CLEAR OF THE MAINLINE. |
| THE SUPER CHIEF EMERGES FROM TUNNEL #2 AFTER HAVING JUST PASSED THE FREIGHT AT ALRAY. THE TUNNEL WAS EXTENDED BECAUSE OF EROSION PROBLEMS AT THE ORIGINAL PORTAL. |
| THE PASSENGER TRAIN ENTERS TUNNEL #1 ON THE LEFT AND EMERGES FROM THE SAME TUNNEL ON THE RIGHT. THE PORTALS WERE CAST IN DENTAL PLASTER USING ALGINATE MOLDS MADE FROM STYRENE MASTERS. THERE IS STILL MUCH WORK TO BE DONE ON THE SCENERY. |
| THE FREIGHT ENTERS TUNNEL #2 AS IT LEAVES THE ALRAY SIDING. A 1600 CLASS 2-10-2 HELPER WORKS HARD TO GET THE FREIGHT MOVING. THE BACKDROPS ARE DONE BY RAILROAD ARTIST GIL BENNET. |
| CAJON IS RATTLESNAKE COUNTRY SO YOU HAD BETTER KEEP AN EYE ON WHERE YOU PUT YOUR HANDS. |
| THE CHIEF PASSES ALRAY AS IT EMERGES FROM BIG CUT. THE SUPER ELEVATED TRACK ADDS EXCITEMENT AS THE CHIEF ROLLS INTO A TURN. |