9-9-17 Saturday

[Sharon Evans]

Morning Preparations:

9-9-17 488 comes out from the house to begin its day.jpg (186.04 KiB) Viewed 2433 times

9-9-17 488 comes over the pit for a cleaning_.jpg (180.58 KiB) Viewed 2433 times

9-9-17 488 backs toward the coal dock lead.jpg (165.99 KiB) Viewed 2429 times

9-9-17 488 pulls by the wood shop on its way to the coal dock.jpg (177.1 KiB) Viewed 2429 times

9-9-17 The loader dumps coal into the bunker of 488.jpg (186.69 KiB) Viewed 2428 times

9-9-17 The hostlers are done for the morning and 488 awaits the road crew.jpg (232.14 KiB) Viewed 2404 times

9-9-17 The 488 went into south yard but did not pull anything out.jpg (242.2 KiB) Viewed 2404 times

The 487 is headed back to the house after its morning watering and cleaning

9-9-17 The 488 has pulled the 7 car train forward for loading.jpg (225.17 KiB) Viewed 2404 times

[Sharon Evans]

Departure of train 216: 488 and 7 cars

9-9-17 The 488 works a little getting its 7 car train moving.jpg (235.4 KiB) Viewed 2404 times

9-9-17 The 488 comes up to the tipple with its train.jpg (226.48 KiB) Viewed 2404 times

The train is passing the tipple as the engineer blows for the running brake test

9-9-17 As the parlor New Mexico comes into sight, we see a passenger enjoying the day.jpg (192.53 KiB) Viewed 2404 times

9-9-17 The smoke from the 488 is laying down over the train today.jpg (193.6 KiB) Viewed 2404 times

9-9-17 The last cars of the train round the curve north of the yard as the smoke hangs thick.jpg (204.51 KiB) Viewed 2404 times

[Sharon Evans]

Early this afternoon, Chama time, the 487 came over to the sand tower and sat awhile. I could hear the air compressor working, so would guess that they were sending sand up to the separator/storage vessel since it did not take on sand itself. Nice to see a routine being established on using the new, working sand tower.

9-9-17 The 487 at the sand tower.jpg (198.05 KiB) Viewed 2393 times

In my review of the video, 487 went into south yard and sat for a brief time, then came back to the house without doing any switching. Would guess that the 487 will be the student locomotive starting tomorrow.

[Sharon Evans]

Arrival of train 215: 489 and 7 cars

9-9-17 The 489 brings the 7 car train 215 into Chama.jpg (167.38 KiB) Viewed 2381 times

9-9-17 The 489 comes up to the tipple with its train.jpg (154.2 KiB) Viewed 2381 times

As the train passes the tipple, the tops of the cars are dry today

9-9-17 The parlor Colorado is on the markers.jpg (169.8 KiB) Viewed 2380 times

9-9-17 The 489 slows as it passes the depot.jpg (120.55 KiB) Viewed 2380 times

9-9-17 The train has stopped.jpg (123.82 KiB) Viewed 2380 times