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*DS4.1A* Gene St. John is a friend and the namesake for St. John Junction on the SVRR. Gene was an inspiration and mentor. He built and operated a huge layout in Waverly, NY: Carolsburg and Genesville (C&G). The layout was 70 x 35 and employed up to 30 operators during train sessions. Gene was a Master Model Railroader. and taught me a lot about modeling. The C&G, CVRR and Keays Coal were all members of the Railroad Consortium, headed by the SVRR.


*DS4.1 Northbound passenger train approaches Lucyville Station*	*DS4.2 Diamond Jim's is a favorite watering hole in Lucyville. The local "fuzz" may have nabbed a train crew taking on a snoot-full before a train run*


*DS4.3 Uncle Paul Andrews is remembered in Lucyville*	*DS4.4* CVRR FTs at Sallytoon for refueling - with a NB coal train


*DS4.5 Johnstone Hardwood Lumber Co. is named for Marge*	*DS4.6 SVRR RS-1 is ready at Sallytoon for northbound run*


*DS4.7 Venters Grain Elevator in Lucyville is named for Venters Family*	*DS4.8 SVRR FTs ready at Sallytoon for northbound run*


*DS4.9 Venters Market in Lucyville is named for Venters Family*	*DS4.10 Peabody Grain Co. in Lucyville is for the Peabody Family*


*DS4.11 Cibolo Valley Railroad mixed freight southbound approaches Petesboro*	*DS4.12 Pete's News Stand at the Petesboro Station is always busy*


*DS4.13 Lucyville's only lawyer is A. Schister*	*DS4.14 'Dangersome' operations at Chico Mills*


*DS4.15 SVRR GP-7 ready at Sallytoon for northbound run*	*DS4.16 Passenger stop at Johnstone Hardwood Lumber Co.*


*DS4.17 Northbound Keays Coal Co. train passes St. John Junction*	*DS4.18 A passenger meet at St. John Junction - NB Gas Electric from Esther meets 2 RDCs SB at St. John*


*DS4.19 A busy day at El Guapo Coal Mine at St. John - 15 coal loads each weekday plus Saturday*	*DS4.20 McGuirk Sand and Gravel is a major operation at St. John*


*DS4.21 A northbound RDC stops at St. John - the silver "pipe" sticking up above the RDC is the water spout from the tank behind on the left*	*DS4.22 A street preacher holds the crowd at Spikerton*


*DS4.23* Phleebagg Arms is a local hotel and lunch room at Spikerton	*DS4.24* A local market at Spikerton


*DS4.25 Hardwood logs are brought into Johmsone company via flatcars and dumped into the pond there, loaded onto a conveyer and into the debarker*	*DS4.26 Political discussions with the locals get serious*


*DS4.27 Scrimgers at Sassyburg is a major watering spot for the locals*	*DS4.28 Behind Scrimgers, the local hot rod club has a car wash*


*DS4.29* A railroad "meet" at St. John Junction - the C&O waits for the SVRR	*DS4.30 St. John freight depot is a busy place on the SVRR*



*DS4.31 Employee housing lines a road at Spikerton*	*DS4.32 Johnstone Hardwood Lumber Co looking north*


*DS4.33 RDCs southbound stop at St. John Junction passenger depot*	*DS4.34 Johnstone Hardwood ships out wood chips to paper mills*


*DS4.35 Shops at St. John Junction - Cec's is from Decatur*	*DS4.36 Some scenes at Spikerton on the SVRR*


*DS4.37* Spikerton's passenger shelter has some folks waiting	*DS4.38 The team track is a busy place at Spikerton today*


*DS4.39 Spikerton tower handles the traffic on the SVRR*	*DS4.40 General view of Spikerton looking north - the mainline is on the left*

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