Finally back go School!

Back to Hogwarths on the Harry Potter trail at Universal Studios!

Hogwart's Express

	Here's ex-GWR #5972 "Olton Hall" a.k.a. "Hogwart's Express" taking advantage of the Harry Potter craze for all it's worth. In actual fact, not only is the story pure fantasy, but so is the paint scheme and name on "Olton Hall!" It's a Great Western Hall Class, not a Castle Class and Great Western painted their locomotives Brunswick Green, not red!

Checking out sunset at Naples Beach

Re: Barge collision with Elektra

Purdue tug was trying to leave mid-tide with a fully loaded grain barge that draws ten feet - it hit the mud on the creek bottom and slid sideways into our dock and boat. The tide was about 18 inches lower than normal because the high winds that blew the water down river. Elektra is a classic Carl Alberg design yacht built by Pearson - a 23 ft fibre-glass hull built in 1965 and fully restored in 2002. The boat is model is Electra and we have named her Elektra - she suffered only minor scratch to the hull. Jes Sgroi with Edgewater Marine is salvaging the boat right now before high winds tonight that could displace the precarious state of the boat lift and cause much more damage.