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The snow storm seemed to have disrupted the signal from the coal tower cams as they are off line. Lets hope Jason can get them restored soon.

Tom C>

All cameras down! I'm guessing it is a power issue.

It is now Saturday and they are still down. Snow or whatever caused the problem, but guys, there has been only a little snow this year, and that will be an issue for the railroad this season. As I understand it the plan is to only use oil fired engines this year which means some trains may see that new (to the C&TS) diesel in use although it was not planned to be used for regular trains. I retired as a docent after the 2023 season and because my wife insisted on not going there in 24. Now at 86, I would be more of a liability. But we do plan one last ride in late Sept. and we have our Parlor car reservations & lodging reservations already. The lack of snow is a BIG issue for the agricultural interests in the Chama valley. We have me several of the ranchers and farmers when we were out there and worshipped at the 1st (and only) Baptist church in Chama.

Jerry Sullivan

We apologize for the webcam outage. We are working on the problem, but think it is a hardware issue that may take some time to fix.

Thank you for your patience.

Kathleen Walser
Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
Social Media Coordinator

Thank you Kathleen for the note. Lets hope it can be fixed soon.

Tom C.

We hope so, too, Tom. If I hear any updates about repair timelines, I will share them here and on our social media platforms.

Kathleen Walser
Friends of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
Social Media Coordinator

This is definitely a hardware failure. We're working to get it resolved.

Please understand that we're all volunteers with "real" jobs, families, and busy lives. It doesn't help that I'm also 1000 miles away.

Understand it Jason. I'm more than 1500 miles from Chama which is another reason I had to give up being a docent. I appreciate all that you folks do and a lot of things cannot be fixed by remote control, so it will not be the end of the world if the issue is not fixed before Memorial Day but we can hope it is by then. I get a kick seeing a certain individual break a safety rule every time I watch and being retired from the broad gauge (CSX) myself I am tough on safety.

Thank you, Jason, for all that you do, and we REALLY appreciate you!

BTW, whenever we are in Chama, I would be more than happy, with your guidance, of course, to check on anything for you. I am a "techy" since the 1980's with a broad background in "stuff." I don't know if guiding someone remotely would be realistic or not. And, I'm also a new docent as of July 2024 :-)

Best - Melanie Bliss
[melaniehoagbliss@gmail.com Hutto, TX]

Well Melanie, maybe I'll see you on the Eastbound, Sept. 26 but I'll be nice to whoever. In the meantime, if you are on a train with Kim Garcia, give her a hug for me - nicest young lady I know out there. My wife and I both hope we see her in Sept. Best conductor is Lucas Maez and a good friend too. I hope you started the docent thing at a relatively young age. I was 80 the year I trained for it which was no big deal as I had been a car host on New River trains in WV but I regret not going out and starting it when I retired in 2001 from CSX.

Because all three cameras are off line, I don't think the problem is on the coaling tower. It looks like the issue is with the equipment that interfaces with the network in Chama. Have you tried to reboot the equipment? Try leaving the stuff off for about an hour. Due to a power problem a cisco router ( that also was the phone system) with one of our customers was knocked out. Cisco logged into the router and spent two days, and the system was still down. For some reason we turned the router off for about an hour and the system came back up. Can't hurt.

Parts have been procured for the router and now needs some onsite hands to work on it. Gaining on getting it UP!

Tom C.