02-12-15 Busy yard morning

[Larry Sullivan]

Currently they just started up #15. Previously they were working over near the coal pile, bringing a couple buckets full of coal to the back of the shop, guessing that 463 was brought out the back and they are loading the tender with some coal. Perhaps we'll see some steam before the day is over.

[Larry Sullivan]

After a short back and forth test, #15 moved over and pushed 488 back a bit further. Then went down slowly past the water tank, now back up near the tipple with the workers obviously clearing some snow.
#1 - #15 moves forward, then back as a test, then moves #488 a little further back. Then heads down past the tipple.

#2 - Heading down past the water tank, then back up near the tipple stopping and backing a couple times to get through the snow, then seems there was some ice to clear near the tipple before they could move past.

#3 - #15 continued down behind the shop, currently working there out of camera view. If anything else happens for the day I'll get it posted later on.

[Sharon Evans]

Could the 15 possibly be attaching the tender to 463?

[Larry Sullivan]

Could the 15 possibly be attaching the tender to 463?

Sharon I think they just moved 15 out back so that it's not visible for the movie shoot they did today. I did see the smoke and hear them start it once after getting back of the shop, could have been used to move 463 but I would guess the tender was pushed inside by the bucket loader, they don't really need to use 15 to move the tender. We'll never really know for sure, but that's my best guess!