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[Ralph@Train-Puzz...]

Hi Steve!

I just wanted to stop by and thank you for a most enjoyable six hours that I spent yesterday and today working the Havre - Great Falls leg of this route (I actually just went to Ft Benton). Very nice!

I did have one head-scratching occurrence at Ft Benton. As I entered Ft Benton from the East, the switch into Ft Benton Elevator 3 was set for the through path (correctly) and I proceeded on into the town. A few minutes later, I backed up through this same switch, and when I moved forward again, it had become set to the diverging path (into the siding) and I couldn't pull forward because one of the cars was tangled in the switch. I had to back up until the entire train was clear of the switch, and then reset it. No problems after that.

I'm familiar with the "spring switch" problem of moving through a switch from the diverging side and then trying to back up, but this is the first time I've encountered this situation. Since I couldn't have operated the switch from the side that I was on, and the "dispatcher" would have had no reason to operate it, I'm at a loss as to how it got changed.

Anyway, good job (again)! Thanks for your efforts.