6/28/17 Wednesday, another early start

[Sharon Evans]

Morning preparations:

6-28-17 487 has come out to the pit to begin its day.jpg (107.39 KiB) Viewed 4082 times

6-28-17 487 now fills its tender with water.jpg (113.46 KiB) Viewed 4082 times

6-28-17 The sun has not yet hit the north yard tracks as 487 backs down toward the coal dock.jpg (106.19 KiB) Viewed 4079 times

6-28-17 Bright, early morning sun hits the 487 as it passes the wood shop.jpg (121.64 KiB) Viewed 4079 times

6-28-17 The loader works to even the coal in the bunker.jpg (119.98 KiB) Viewed 4079 times

6-28-17 The hostlers have parked the 487, now the road crew will take over.jpg (131.25 KiB) Viewed 4079 times

The flat car that came in on 215 yesterday is still sitting by the depot. Imagine we will see some switching.

6-28-17 The 487 has backed down to the flat car.jpg (75.88 KiB) Viewed 4074 times

Right now I am having issues with the feed from all cams, so do not know what we will get beyond the above. It is coming and going.

6-28-17 They have now loaded something onto that flat.jpg (76.96 KiB) Viewed 4072 times

6-28-17 487 has now coupled onto the train with the flat.jpg (86.29 KiB) Viewed 4062 times

6-28-17 'Mixed' 216 has now moved into loading position.jpg (92.44 KiB) Viewed 4060 times

[Sharon Evans]

Departure of 'mixed' train 216: 487, flat car with load and 7 coaches

6-28-17 487 gets its 8 car train moving.jpg (127.62 KiB) Viewed 4042 times

6-28-17 487 comes by the wood shop.jpg (131.74 KiB) Viewed 4042 times

6-28-17 We now see that it is a man lift on that flat and it barely fits.jpg (139.12 KiB) Viewed 4042 times

6-28-17 Parlor New Mexico is on the markers on today's 216.jpg (130.51 KiB) Viewed 4042 times

6-28-17 Exiting Chama.jpg (129.16 KiB) Viewed 4042 times

6-28-17 Last cars round the curve north of town.jpg (125.44 KiB) Viewed 4042 times

[Sharon Evans]

6-28-17 The parlor is caught on the Cumbres cam_.jpg (124.34 KiB) Viewed 4019 times

[Sharon Evans]

Arrival of train 215: 489 and 8 cars

6-28-17 489 comes into Chama with its 8 cara train.jpg (137.83 KiB) Viewed 4005 times

6-28-17 489 comes up to the tipple.jpg (132.41 KiB) Viewed 4005 times

6-28-17 The parlor Colorado is passing the wood shop.jpg (134.49 KiB) Viewed 4005 times

6-28-17 The 489 moves by the depot as it slows.jpg (114.04 KiB) Viewed 4005 times

6-28-17 The train has stopped as we see a puff of black smoke from behind the house.jpg (110.19 KiB) Viewed 4005 times

[Edwin Frey]

That puff of black smoke from in front of the engine house was, if I'm not totally mistaken, from #484 slipping its drivers while trying to pull #488? from the house. It happened a couple more times, and whichever engine was pulled out is now sitting in front.

[Pete Dahlberg]

[Manlift was unloaded at Cumbres and is now parked behind the snowshed. No idea of how it will be used or where.

[Edwin Frey]

Perhaps for use in repairing the roof on the pavilion?

[Sharon Evans]

That puff of black smoke from in front of the engine house was, if I'm not totally mistaken, from #484 slipping its drivers while trying to pull #488? from the house. It happened a couple more times, and whichever engine was pulled out is now sitting in front.

Once the locomotive being pulled out was visible, it was 463. I could see its tender with the block writing and circle logo.

[Bruce McDowell]

I didn't get a screen capture but it did seem like 488 was pulled out today. A K-36 pulled another K-36 out at mid-afternoon, pushed it back into the left stall, and then I lost track. There was about 30-40 minutes of of pushing and pulling which did indeed include 463, but judging from the dog houses on the tenders, there were two K-36 moving around in Chama today and two out on the line.

[Sharon Evans]

I have a video clip of this most recent shove of 463 by 484. It went far enough into the east stall to have shoved the 488 out the back or maybe pulled it forward in the stall. Unless we have a reporter on the ground to do "eyes on" we are guessing.

[Bruce McDowell]

Caught a late visitor to the yard. Arrived a bit before 8:00, ran away briefly when someone came out and jumped into the sand pit to remove some pallets, then came back and curled up again with minutes of the interloper departing.

[Pete Dahlberg]

Perhaps for use in repairing the roof on the pavilion?

Evidently the RR will be handling the repairs of the roof. The lift could be used to more fully plan what needs to be done.