Attendees:Philip Taylor, Skip Barber, Mike Kipps, Wayland Moore, Jerry Ritter (whaym), Charles Curley (d), Doug Barry, Bill Mosteller (tpamym), Glen Downing, Bruce Kaufman, Steve Robbins (o), Dick Munnikhuysen (whym) and Howard Heltman.

November 17, 2012 was the 100th session! Hard to believe it went by that quick. And what a session it was! After a lunch of salad, standing rib roast, baked potato, marinated vegetables, artichokes, rolls and chocolate mousse representing lunches 639 through 652 and before the session started the attendees held a very nice appreciation/roasting session where accolades, insults and gifts were showered on the CEO and Superintendent. The CEO and Superintendent received a commemorative coin, a commemorative plaque, commemorative toilet paper, a gift certificate to Opus 9 in Williamsburg and cash to spend in the casino on our next cruise with the caveat that any winnings must come back to the donators. There was even a letter from the mayor of Hood. After a group picture we went to the crew lounge to start what was supposed to be a routine session. Since it was the 100th I accepted all 13 of the FQOs that signed up. So we had more than enough crews and the crew lounge stayed crowded. To keep the crew in waiting entertained I played some old train tapes of the Pennsy, NYC and UP among others. Charles was assigned to the dispatcher's desk for what looked to be a day with the normal clearances and orders. But that all changed when engine #42 assigned to #30 broke down at Furnace. What ensued changed the rest of the day! And Wayland brought a small camera he mounted on a flat car in front of train #121 and took some videos of #121 in Broadway and #121 just east of Swift Run.