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Early morning sunlight on the yard finds two hot locos outside.

Continue to check back for additions and Larry's videos during the day.

The 489 sits in front of the engine house simmering and the friends are hard at work on the final day of this session. I keep loosing track of which engine is where so not sure which one is leading other then 489 which has the plow so no problem identifying it.

Sharon Evans wrote:The 489 sits in front of the engine house simmering and the friends are hard at work on the final day of this session. I keep loosing track of which engine is where so not sure which one is leading other then 489 which has the plow so no problem identifying it.

It's 484 today Sharon. 463 is behind 489 in front of the shop, and 488 in Antonito -- I hear you on losing track, very easy to do these days!

Lots of activity in the yard right now. 484 is picking something up from the south yard and 489 just moved to the ash pit. 484 just pulled forward with 2 of the older coaches now to see if both head out on 216. Murphy's law, it was the second coach that is to go out on 216 so 484 had to put the one behind it back into the yard. 489 is now at the water tower. Maybe it rained last night since I am seeing one of the cleaners doing the windows on the cars this morning. Now after a little fire cleaning and a drink of water, 489 is back at the house. As I watch the speeder head out to the end of the engine house lead to wait for 216 to leave, one of my wishes would be to ride it up to Cumbres. Bet that would be a great ride and the visibility would be great. I rode a speeder at the V&T when the TO trip was there and it was really a fun ride.

Is that the back of in bound 216 by the water tower?

it is i think

It looks like the newly repaired and painted caboose came over today on 215.

Here's the videos of the day --
06-26-15 Train 216 Departure - South and North cam views.



06-26-15 Train 215 Returns with caboose.


06-26-15 After turning at wye, #488 drops off the caboose on one of the South yard tracks.