8/17/17 Thursday and quiet again

[Sharon Evans]

Morning preparations:

8-17-17 488 pulls away from the house to begin its day.jpg (213.64 KiB) Viewed 12149 times

8-17-17 488 comes over the pit for its pre run fire cleaning.jpg (201.67 KiB) Viewed 12149 times

8-17-17 Water is added to the tender of 488.jpg (203.06 KiB) Viewed 12149 times

8-17-17 488 backs by the tipple on its way to the coal dock.jpg (185.11 KiB) Viewed 12149 times

8-17-17 488 pulls by the wood shop with Frank standing on the platform.jpg (210.03 KiB) Viewed 12149 times

8-17-17 The loader does its job as it adds coal to the bunker. Frank is on the grassy spot.jpg (207.54 KiB) Viewed 12149 times

8-17-17 Work done, the hostlers leave the 488 for the road crew.jpg (205.38 KiB) Viewed 12149 times

8-17-17 With the sun finally out, the 488 has pulled the train into loading position.jpg (247.64 KiB) Viewed 12149 times

[Sharon Evans]

Departure of train 216:

8-17-17 488 brings the train by the wood shop as it accelerates away from the depot.jpg (258.8 KiB) Viewed 12148 times

The train comes by the tipple as fans watch from the elevated track

8-17-17 Frank gives a harty wave from the second coach.jpg (232.44 KiB) Viewed 12148 times

8-17-17 The parlor New Mexico has the markers as the conductor readys to give the OK to the locomotive on the running brake test.jpg (213.13 KiB) Viewed 12148 times

8-17-17 The train is clearing north yard.jpg (229 KiB) Viewed 12148 times

8-17-17 The last cars round the curve north of the yard as the speeder readys to follow.jpg (223.49 KiB) Viewed 12148 times

The video this morning is silent secondary to me forgetting to check my player which had defaulted to mute since I had the depot cam muted yesterday afternoon.

[Sharon Evans]

8-17-17 A 9 car train 215 sits at Cumbres.jpg (196.58 KiB) Viewed 12144 times

[Sharon Evans]

Arrival of train 215: 463 and 9 cars.

There may be something wrong with 215. The speeder which normally follows the train 216 moved from its normal parking spot over to the west house lead where I could see people around it. It has now headed out of Chama. Our man on the train, Frank, should be able to report once he is back in Chama.

Ok, as of now, 1935 MDT, still no train into Chama. Will keep watching. Speeder has not returned yet either.

[Bill Grierson]

I was watching 487 and 489 being watered this afternoon and it looks like 489 has a new spark arrestor.

[Sharon Evans]

Possibly, it was in for a boiler wash.

[Bruce McDowell]

Great to see the station camera back up! Now if one of the station staff waiting for the delayed #215 could yell up anything they know to the microphone!

[Sharon Evans]

Great to see the station camera back up! Now if one of the station staff waiting for the delayed #215 could yell up anything they know to the microphone!

At least the cam cooling fan is not roaring right now.

[Allan Kirkpatrick]

The fact that it is over three hours late is very unusual....
There must have been something quite serious.
Let us hope it is only something mechanical.

[Sharon Evans]

We can hope they are on the move, the crew has about 90 minutes left until they "die on the law".

8-17-17 Well the deer are starting to come out.jpg (165.64 KiB) Viewed 12020 times

8-17-17 They probably think everything is now quiet.jpg (158.3 KiB) Viewed 12000 times

One of the buses just headed east on 17. Maybe they are going to pick up people at either 1st or 2d crossing.

[Allan Kirkpatrick]

Does anyone know if someone in authority could post something about this late train?

[Sharon Evans]

Just got word, the tender derailed around Cresco and they have sent buses. This is from Tim Tennant.

2000: The passengers are coming in, just spotted Frank Smith on the depot cam walking with the docent.

[Bill Grierson]

Thanks Sharon and Tim.

Knowing it is something not too serious (I hope) ....priceless!

[Jonathan Cordova]

1st bus is back

[Sharon Evans]

Well the south cam just went black and white, the other should not be far behind. No telling when the train set will finally get into Chama. I am calling it for me, though I will leave the recording running so in the morning we will know.

[Sharon Evans]

My last post of the night, the speeder just returned to Chama.

[Frank Smith]

We just got in . 463s tender jumped the track on the straight a way this side of Cresco we were lucky because we were getting ready to go into the S curves . Even with 9 cars behind her the emergency car brakes stopped us on a dime. It was a long walk back to the Cresco road. The 2 lame ladies with us were real troopers and kept everyone spirits up. I ride every day because I love these trains. I love the railroad people even more. You never know what to expect on a mountain RR. We had Hank as a Docent today. I told everyone not to worry because Hank is a Marine and they are trained to leave no man behind. He said that goes for the ladies too.
Tired but happy Frank the waver.

[Rick Calkins]

3 Deer Across Depot.jpg (278.97 KiB) Viewed 11967 times

Spotted this trio of deer just a few minutes before you posted that the tender derailed, and that the "waver" and a docent were spotted on the depot cam. Thanks for staying with the story until some meaningful information was reported.
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[Allan Kirkpatrick]

463 came in about 8:42pm must
Finally.

[Allan Kirkpatrick]

Autocorrect can be sure be a pain

[Sharon Evans]

463 came in about 8:42pm must
Finally.

So, did they leave the consist out there because its not at the depot? Reviewed the recording and saw that the train came in with 463.

[Ed Horan]

They're turning the train on the wye as I type this. Should be back shortly.

[Rick Calkins]

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At about 9:15 P.M., M.D.T. K-36 Locomotive completes dumping ashes at the pit. She was then shoved to the engine house. I am unable to identify the pushing locomotive. Perhaps another viewer can.

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[Ed Horan]

Rick, I think those engines were both K 36's. 463 is on the pit right now. Looks like they backed 463 into the East side. Both K-36's are on the west side, if my RR compass is working right.

[Larry Gibson]

463, tender, and coach set return from wye at 9:13.

[Rick Calkins]

Rick, I think those engines were both K 36's. 463 is on the pit right now. Looks like they backed 463 into the East side. Both K-36's are on the west side, if my RR compass is working right.

Thanks Ed. I made my judgement based upon the configuration of the smokestack of the locomotive being shoved. Apparently #463 moved onto the pit while I was processing my clip. I notice in the cam that there are 3 locomotives at the engine house and that 2 locomotives are on the west side and the other on the east side. Were you able to identify the locomotive at the pit in the clip? Regardless, I'll correct the post and the video title. Always learning.
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[Ed Horan]

I think the engine on the pit in your clip might have been 489, but that's a guess on my part.

[Sharon Evans]

That was 487 and 489. 488 went over in the on 216.

[Sharon Evans]

The video of the arrival of 4.7 hour late train 215 after having derailed the tender of 463 just west of Cresco.