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12-19-16 Smoke this morning
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Mon Dec 19, 2016 5:40 amby Larry Sullivan
Looks like 489 is still hot today, so perhaps we haven't seen the last steam of the year! For those that missed the activity of the weekend I'll put together some video either today or tomorrow, so will post something soon!
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Re: 12-19-16 Smoke this morning
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Mon Dec 19, 2016 5:59 amby Mike Maguire
I guess there's some tidying-up to do - cars to be repositioned ..
Re: 12-19-16 Smoke this morning
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Mon Dec 19, 2016 6:55 amby John Hamman
At some point do they not have to clean out the firebox and all of that? I do not remember seeing that on posts yesterday. I think last year they put the Christmas train on the station track north of the depot - but maybe that was the year before? Anyway, will be fun to watch whatever.
Re: 12-19-16 Smoke this morning
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Mon Dec 19, 2016 7:56 amby Mike Maguire
#489 heads for the tank ...
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Re: 12-19-16 Smoke this morning
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Mon Dec 19, 2016 8:15 amby Mike Maguire
... and comes back to the ash-pit ...
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Re: 12-19-16 Smoke this morning
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Mon Dec 19, 2016 9:04 amby Mike Maguire
Fire cleaned, #489 heads for the main ...
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Re: 12-19-16 Smoke this morning
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Mon Dec 19, 2016 9:39 amby Larry Gibson
Will the coaches be moved into the parking lot area so to be seen from the street during the winter this year?
Re: 12-19-16 Smoke this morning
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Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:04 amby Mike Maguire
#489 draws its train forward and stops at the road crossing ...
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Re: 12-19-16 Smoke this morning
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Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:29 amby Mike Maguire
... and comes back to the Depot ...
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Re: 12-19-16 Smoke this morning
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Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:34 amby Mike Maguire
The train has been split and #489 draws the first five cars forward ...
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Re: 12-19-16 Smoke this morning
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Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:49 amby Mike Maguire
Leaving the cars on the main, #489 heads north ...
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Re: 12-19-16 Smoke this morning
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Mon Dec 19, 2016 10:56 amby Mike Maguire
... and back to the Engine House ...
... and then to the ash-pit again ...
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Re: 12-19-16 Smoke this morning
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Mon Dec 19, 2016 11:40 amby Mike Maguire
After half an hour at the ash-pit, #489 returns to the west stall. The absence of smoke from the roof stack suggests that the fire has been dropped ...
If that's the end, it's a bit disappointing ...
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Re: 12-19-16 Smoke this morning
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Mon Dec 19, 2016 12:14 pmby Sharon Evans
Nice to see 489 out this morning, but 15 could have split the coaches.
Re: 12-19-16 Smoke this morning
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Mon Dec 19, 2016 12:17 pmby John Hamman
If you look at the car left down by the depot, it appears athe 5th window from the left has been left half-way open.
Re: 12-19-16 Smoke this morning
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Mon Dec 19, 2016 12:20 pmby John Hamman
Sharon Evans wrote:Nice to see 489 out this morning, but 15 could have split the coaches.
It was below zero early on - it it tough starting diesels in cold weather - perhaps that may have had something to do with it. I am just guessing here.
Re: 12-19-16 Smoke this morning
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Mon Dec 19, 2016 3:54 pmby Tom Casper
Plus she was HOT!
Tom C.
Re: 12-19-16 Smoke this morning
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Mon Dec 19, 2016 4:24 pmby Larry Gibson
Correct me if I'm wrong but it looks like the plow cuts up at Cumbres are the deepest since the cameras were installed. Spring opening may get interesting if the pack builds from here.
Re: 12-19-16 Smoke this morning
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Mon Dec 19, 2016 6:11 pmby Sharon Evans
You are correct. It may be bulldozers and loaders taken out on work train to move the snow off the row to get the line open by Memorial Day weekend. Also the flangers may get used for real.
Re: 12-19-16 Smoke this morning
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Tue Dec 20, 2016 9:04 amby Tom Casper
Don't get to excited yet, depends on how the rest of the winter goes.
Tom C.