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Great Northern Layout.
Great Northern Railway - Kalispell Division.
Crew 2.
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Road engineer Bob Frey
with train at Glacier Park
behind road engineer
Chuck Auclair watching train
in helix at right.
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GREAT crew of 11 operators
including superintendent Don Strike
not shown behind camera
for GN Layout
PM Operating Session 206.

Standing left to right
Bob Reppert, Dick Dittman, Ted Lewtas,
Reid Kahrs, Ken Thompson, Jim Spice
and Don Cook.

Seated front to back Mike Ziegler,
Jim Bartuski and Pete Collins.

Rocky says
" GREAT GN Layout
PM Operating Session 206
occurred at 6:30 PM
on Tuesday February 19, 2002
and at 5 PM
before GREAT session
7 GREAT crew operators
ate GREAT dinner
at China Palace ".
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GREAT crew of 14 operators
including superintendent
*Don Strike
not shown behind camera
for first GN Layout
AM Operating Session 205.

Standing left to right
Dick Dittman, *Bob Reppert,
Bert Lattan, Jim Spice,
*Phil Talmage, *Rolf Plachter,
*Dick Cecil, Reid Kahrs,
Don Cook and Jim Bartuski.

Seated front to back Mike Ziegler,
Dennis Glynn and Pete Collins.

Rocky says
" First GREAT GN Layout
AM Operating Session 205
occurred at 10:00 AM
on Thursday February 7, 2002
and at 9 AM
before GREAT session
14 GREAT crew operators
ate GREAT breakfast
at Bakers Square ".

*Original Old Codgers.

Old Codgers Club "OCC"
First AM Operating Session
occurred at 10:00 AM
on April 21, 1994 as GN Layout
Operating Session 56
and Original Old Codgers
Dick Cecil, Rolf Plachter,
Bob Reppert, Don Strike
and Phil Talmage
ate GREAT lunch at Solly's
on Port Washington Road
after GREAT session.

OCC has grown to 20 operators who meet once a month
to eat breakfast together
and operate numerous layouts.