Monarch & Sand Railroad Pop-Up, Part I

Our December celebration begins at Shaw’s Restaurant & Tavern before moving the festivities to the Monarch and Sand Railroad (Mark Edwards, image).
Waiting for clearance to proceed, the 4-6-2 Pacific illustrates how Lucinda and Will’s native plant garden continues to mature around the large scale railroad (Mark Edwards, image).
Eggliners decorated in ladybird beetle, honey bee, and monarch paint schemes provide kinetic energy as the buzz back and forth in the garden (Mark Edwards, image).
The freight consist proceeds carefully past the newly derailed and burning tank cars (Mark Edwards, image).