6/4/2021

[Jack Spencer]

487 in action this morning undergoing routine servicing. Currently she is the only hot engine in Chama so it is likely that she will haul the first train out of Chama tomorrow.

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Now a stop at the tank.

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After this 487 went straight back to the house.

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487 pulls 484 out of the west stall and to the tank to fill her tender.

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[Jack Spencer]

An interesting operation currently going on, they are filling the new foundations with concrete.

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[Jack Spencer]

Tender filled, 484 is shoved back to the house so the heavy loader can fill the tender with coal.

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[Jack Spencer]

484 is now hot.

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[Edward Morris]

Thanks Jack,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,great news. TWO HOT LOCO''s in Chama.

[jack pfleeger]

the sight of two hot locos makes my day