11/6/18 Tuesday

[Sharon Evans]

There is activity with the 487 this morning.

2018-11-06 Its not even 7 am in Chama and the hostlers have the 487 at the pit.jpg (63.33 KiB) Viewed 1908 times

2018-11-06 The 487 has now moved to the tank to fill its cistern.jpg (73.67 KiB) Viewed 1829 times

2018-11-06 The hostlers now back the 487 toward the lead to the coal dock.jpg (77.28 KiB) Viewed 1829 times

2018-11-06 The hostlers load the bunker of 487 for the day's duties at moving ballast.jpg (71.7 KiB) Viewed 1829 times

Looks like another day of track work in the offing.

2018-11-06 The 487 is now hooked onto the ballast train, not the frost over everything.jpg (83.82 KiB) Viewed 1898 times

2018-11-06 The 487 now heads for the wye to get the hoppers loaded with ballast.jpg (89.75 KiB) Viewed 1829 times

2018-11-06 After filling the hoppers, the train heads out on its first run of the day.jpg (94.97 KiB) Viewed 1825 times

2018-11-06 The 487 shoves the train toward the main.jpg (95.23 KiB) Viewed 1825 times

The train is almost on the main as it passes the tipple

2018-11-06 The 487 shoves hard on its heavy load.jpg (73.03 KiB) Viewed 1825 times

2018-11-06 The train is by the tank.jpg (80.62 KiB) Viewed 1825 times

2018-11-06 The train is almost out of the yard.jpg (87.77 KiB) Viewed 1824 times

2018-11-06 The 487 is almost out of sight as it shoves the train to the work site.jpg (87.09 KiB) Viewed 1824 times

They went to the close in work site this morning.

2018-11-06 The 487 brings the train back into Chama after an hour.jpg (86.53 KiB) Viewed 1824 times

2018-11-06 The 487 passes the tank as it comes in for another load.jpg (86.57 KiB) Viewed 1824 times

2018-11-06 The train is up to the tipple as we see 3 empty hoppers.jpg (89.96 KiB) Viewed 1824 times

2018-11-06 The train is in the connector as it heads to the wye.jpg (95.9 KiB) Viewed 1824 times

2018-11-06 The train is moving into the south yard bypass.jpg (95.22 KiB) Viewed 1824 times

[Sharon Evans]

Second run of the day:

2018-11-06 With the hoppers full again, the train heads out for a second run.jpg (101.7 KiB) Viewed 1820 times

2018-11-06 The 487 shoves onto the main as it passes the tipple.jpg (99.15 KiB) Viewed 1820 times

2018-11-06 The 487 is past the tipple and begins to slow for a water stop.jpg (85.77 KiB) Viewed 1820 times

2018-11-06 The 487 gets its cistern topped off before heading out.jpg (81.34 KiB) Viewed 1820 times

2018-11-06 Watering done, the 487 shoves on its train to get going again.jpg (84.43 KiB) Viewed 1820 times

2018-11-06 The 487 is leaving Chama as the speeder waits to follow.jpg (83.89 KiB) Viewed 1820 times

2018-11-06 The 487 is shoving the train into the curve.jpg (84.11 KiB) Viewed 1820 times

2018-11-06 The 487 is rounding the curve as it blows for the Chama River bridge.jpg (83.93 KiB) Viewed 1820 times

2018-11-06 The second run ended at Cumbres Pass.jpg (129.74 KiB) Viewed 1820 times

2018-11-06 The 487 returns to Chama after its last run.jpg (85.73 KiB) Viewed 1809 times

2018-11-06 The 487 comes past the tank with its train.jpg (86.49 KiB) Viewed 1809 times

2018-11-06 As it nears the tipple, we see that they left the 3 hoppers at Cumbres.jpg (86.83 KiB) Viewed 1810 times

2018-11-06 The 487 with its little train head into the connector.jpg (82.5 KiB) Viewed 1810 times

2018-11-06 The 487 takes its train toward the south yard bypass and on to the wye.jpg (85.14 KiB) Viewed 1810 times

After coming back from the wye, they did some switching in south yard and left the rider gon and 2 cabeese on the connector track. With the hoppers left at Cumbres, wonder if this is it until the Christmas trains?

2018-11-06 The hostlers take the 487 to the house after a day's work.jpg (93.54 KiB) Viewed 1808 times

2018-11-06 The hostlers back the 487 down the house lead.jpg (91.66 KiB) Viewed 1808 times

2018-11-06 The hostlers have the 487 at the pit to clean its fire after the day's steaming.jpg (87.59 KiB) Viewed 1808 times