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A locomotive - and I am going to guess 463 is down on the main with the small set of cars left there yesterday after the afternoon switching. After 215 turned yesterday, they came back up and pulled on the back of the 215 set a caboose, 2 coaches, gondola, coach, gondola out of the South yard. All but the caboose were left on the main, the 215 set with caboose on the rear was put in the track next to the main. So this may be a very short train going over by itself? Perhaps this is something with the movie shoot? Lots of guesswork here.



Hard to see with lack of light, but folks are setting something up in one of the gondolas

There is all kinds of early activity around that special train with 463 in the lead. I missed it yesterday, but the regular train is on yard 1. The people setting up the train are not speaking English, it sounds like either a Germanic or scannadivian language.




463 just blew the 5 minute warning for departure. It would be hard to capture but there are a whole lot of people milling around the train now but it is east of the depot. The last car of this train is again the open gon with step ladder. Looking at the age of the passengers, this is some type of youth group. For lack of anything better, I am going to call this train extra 463 east.


As extra 463 east passes the tipple we can see people in both open gons but the back one is full.


The riders on the bus to Antonito had a treat this morning as they passed the extra 463 east.

The Cumbres cam has caught smoke.

Preparations for today's 216: Right now 489 is getting steam up and the house lead switch is to the west where 489 is sitting.

Preparations continued:
489 has stopped the train just at the tipple as the engineer waits for the signal to shove back.



There will be donuts in the parlor today.

Departure of train 216: 489 with 7 cars and added caboose



216 is by the coal tipple

Most interesting is now they have 2 locomotives in Antonito if the special train went all the way through and does not turn at the summit or Osier. Guess another possibility is they combine the 2 trains at Osier and 463 take the whole thing into Antonito and 489 comes back light.

A little wet at Cumbres as 215 crosses HWY 17

Doing before 215 arrives in Chama and preparations for the Sunset Diner Train:



We are doing great catches at both ends today.






Interesting point to think about, today all 4 operational locomotives were pulling trains.

Arrival of train 215: 484 and 8 cars from what I can see at Cumbres
487 is getting ready for tonight's Sunset Diner train.

By the coal tipple and still a number of folks in the open gon



Now the mad dash begins to clean, spin and restock the train and back out by 5 pm MDT.

Departure of 226, Sunset Diner train: 487






Smoke for 487 almost obscures it as they pass the tipple

Interesting piece of information over on Roger's threads. That early morning train with 463 was a lease by some game show company and they were recording the show in the back gon.

487 brings the dinner train home, closing out a long busy day at the railroad.



Video of all will be posted in the morning.

Very nice work folks - surely was a great day to be had no the C & T. Just finished catching up. Looking forward to the video!
John

John Hamman wrote:Very nice work folks - surely was a great day to be had no the C & T. Just finished catching up. Looking forward to the video!
John

Thanks John - most of the credit has to go to Sharon, who spends quite a bit of time daily to cover all the activities!!

Today's video --

In what is a fairly rare occurrence, we had all 4 operational locomotives at work pulling different trains. As usual the railroad put it all together and things seemed to go off without a hitch. Job well done to those that keep these locomotives and equipment running every day!!!

First off what we found out to be a chartered train for a game show -- looks like it would have been a fun ride. Would love to know what game show, and if it's broadcast where we could see it. 463 leads this train with two coaches, then a gondola, another coach and 2nd gondola - looks like most of the show was in the rear car.



Next up is 489 taking out our daily train 216



After 216 departed there was a fairly good size parade that went through town, lasted around 40 minutes or so. Here just a couple minutes to show it, if anyone wants more just ask, but not a ton to really see or hear from the cams.



484 brings in the afternoon train 215. 463 and 489 are now in Antonito for the night. Will be interesting to see if one comes back to Chama light on Sunday, or if both stay on the other side for a while. With the school train this week, likely they would keep 463 in Antonito, and work out getting the other K36 back to Chama.



Finally we see 487 in action with the dinner train.





Grand day on the Cumbres and Toltec -- those chasing trains today had a great day to do so.

Larry Sullivan wrote:

John Hamman wrote:Very nice work folks - surely was a great day to be had no the C & T. Just finished catching up. Looking forward to the video!
John

Thanks John - most of the credit has to go to Sharon, who spends quite a bit of time daily to cover all the activities!!

Thank you Larry, it is a non-labor of love to follow the doings on the C&TS.