Saturday we had about 80 non-wedding visitors through the day. As James noted we had the first wedding extra at 5, taking 62 guests to AC. One more train took the rest, about 10. The train stayed at AC until around 8. Railcar 4 followed the second wedding train and was spotted on the siding just north of the crossing. The bridesmaids used AC station to prepare the bride for the wedding. The train stayed with coach 3's north platform at the station until the ceremony was complete. When the ship's captain pronounced the couple, Charity and Les, husband and wife #10 gave them a whistle salute. The rest of the crew applaued, standing on coach 3's platform. As the reception got underway the consist of coach 8 and 3 was pushed north, past the crossing. The coaches were then tied down and engine 10 drifted south to clear the crossing.
A number of guests came over to look at the locomotive and railcar and talk to the crew. The railcar's first trip south was around 6:45. Six more trips were run, taking guests back to Sheepscot. The steam train took most of the guests back at 8:15 and the last railcar trip was at 9:00. The evening train crew was Bob L. running and Roger firing. John M. was in charge of the train and Steve Z. was Brakeman and liason with the wedding party.
Sunday was a bit quieter with about 70 passengers riding the train and railcar. Fred and I built the base frame to the new wood shed and cleaned up the shop a little. Jason cleaned up the north end of bay one. Lunch was make your own sandwich with wedding cake for desert.
Stewart
