"After Action Report" railway Days 2024

 

After Action Report Railway Days
Heritage Park
Sep 14-15

This event was very successful with 6 stations active on the Alberta MTC Line!

The six stations included all three railroad stations at Heritage Park, my Dispatcher display in a standalone office in a small cabin on site, the Didsbury Museum, and a station in Cardston Alberta.

This is the map of the MTC Line during the event:

Three experienced members were also working the lines: Bill Wilson and Cliff Metherell were working in the Midnapore and Laggan stations at the park and demonstrating to the public, and Ed Silky joined from Washington State.

We were also joined by members of the Victorian Society of Alberta who helped man the station in the Miller's Cabin and added some period colour.

The "Wire Chief" and two members of the Victorian Society Christie Thacker and Warren Cummings.

We had great interest from the public with kids and young adults very curious about learning this "cool code". Interest in the Alberta MTC Line was high and many people called up the transcripts from the server website to watch as we tried to send coherent code (sometime successfully, sometimes hilariously NOT).

The Junior Telegraph club members were active at the Laggan and Sheperd stations in the park helping with the Kids Railway Challenge and also demoing their skills on standalone KOBs. They also got a chance to work with Bill and Cliff getting tips and encouragement from the pros.

Here are a few pictures of our setup at the Dispatcher's Office in the Miller's Cabin at the Park.

The Miller's Cabin

The displays setup had lots of information and hands on KOBs for people to try their hand at "Slinging Lightning"

A very successful event indeed.

Thanks to the members of the Calgary Chapter for helping to keep the sound of Morse alive.

73
Ciao
Kevin Jepson (KJ)
Instigator and Wire Chief
Alberta MTC Line Project

 Calgary (CG) Chapter Morse Telegraph Club