SFO Day 4, 5-2-09

Today's a rainy day. John and I decided to take a ride on the shuttle bus and check out the town. We stopped at the Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railway (ES&NA RR). They have a collection of old railroad equipment and steam locomotives. We walked around the yard for a while and took pictures. We watched them use a turntable to turn a diesel/electric switcher engine around.




We decided to take a ride on their train. It travels only a short distance down the tracks. At the end of the line they stop the train. It waits there for a bit, while passengers in the dinning car eat. We took the no food ride. We had a real nice Conductor in the car we rode in. He was full of facts and interesting information. At the end of the line we got to put a few coins on the rails and watch as the train drove over them a squished them. Pretty neat. Here's John talking to the Conductor after the ride.


John even got to ride up in the cab while they ran the train up the tracks to switch out a few cars!


After the train ride we got back on the shuttle bus and went downtown. We walked around town for a bit and stopped in a small bar/restaurant and had chips and guacamole. There was a group of 5 girlfriends in the bar. I think they had been there a while. They were pretty funny! From there we walked back to the hotel.



That night was the night of the Banquet. Before dinner they had a group picture of FJR's in the parking lot.


The food was ok, maybe a little to fancy for my tastes, but good. Before dinner they handed out door prizes. Everybody got something. I got a few nice micro-fiber towels and a tool for adjusting the neck bearings.