9/15/16 School's out quiet day????????

[Sharon Evans]

The 4 people who participated in this years advanced engineer school can file the wonderful memories away and the railroad gets back to normal activities until the fall leaf rush begins in a few weeks.

[Sharon Evans]

Morning preparations for train 216: 463 road locomotive and 489 helper
463 comes out first and we have 2 extra coaches staged already since 215 came in yesterday with 9 cars. They really must be getting a good charter business since this will be the second double header this week.

9.15.16 463 is first to pit.jpg (127.09 KiB) Viewed 3146 times

9.15.16 489 is now out waiting its turn at the pit.jpg (123.25 KiB) Viewed 3146 times

489 now is out to the pit getting its fire cleaned as 463 steams down to the tank. Man, that brown makes the tank almost disappear in the shadows.

9.15.16 463 is at the dock as the early bird crewman starts his day.jpg (110.47 KiB) Viewed 3137 times

9.15.16 463 gets its bunker topped off as 489 is now at the -brown blob- tank.jpg (111.51 KiB) Viewed 3135 times

9.15.16 463 is starting to back away from the coal dock as 489 back down the main.jpg (106.15 KiB) Viewed 3130 times

463 has almost backed onto the main as 489 waits by the tipple for its turn to get in.

9.15.16 489 moves into the coal dock lead as 463 couples onto the extra coaches.jpg (120.01 KiB) Viewed 3130 times

9.15.16 463 has now shoved the 2 extra coaches onto train 216.jpg (78.49 KiB) Viewed 3130 times

9.15.16 489 takes on coal for its run to Cumbres.jpg (96.07 KiB) Viewed 3130 times

[Edwin Frey]

You're right, Sharon. That brown is dismal. Wonder if that's another movie-related paint job. They hit the handcar shed, fuel/fire shed, and the tank, all the same drab color. Hopefully, we'll get our "trademark" colors back. The tank has needed repainting for a while anyway, but the current color just leaves me feeling "blah".

[Sharon Evans]

Ed, note my last picture, its now the "brown blob" to me. With the light on it, the east side of the flammables locker still looks red. I do hope that they did not do what movie crews sometimes do, only paint the side of something that will be in the shot.

Does anyone know the name of the crewman who comes out early to get the locomotive ready, he seems to always wear black overalls.

[Sharon Evans]

Morning preparations continued and departure of train 216: 463 road locomotive and 489 helper with 9 car train

9.15.16 With its bunker filled, the 489 is now out on the main waiting for 463 to pull the train into load position.jpg (131.52 KiB) Viewed 3127 times

9.15.16 One of the road crew members for 489 walk up to it.jpg (128.56 KiB) Viewed 3126 times

9.15.16 Train 216 is now in loading position.jpg (97.97 KiB) Viewed 3124 times

9.15.16 The 489 has now coupled onto the 216.jpg (126.46 KiB) Viewed 3124 times

The south tipple cam died just as the train departed.

9.15.16 The conductor gives train 216 the hi ball.jpg (96.76 KiB) Viewed 3110 times

9.15.16 Hi ball gives the conductor boards the Colorado.jpg (98.44 KiB) Viewed 3110 times

9.15.16 As the train passes the tipple we see both locomotives working to get the train up to speed.jpg (97.73 KiB) Viewed 3110 times

The gentleman in the gray is waving at us, though it looks like he is signaling a 'touchdown'.

9.15.16 216 by tipple.jpg (120.6 KiB) Viewed 3110 times

9.15.16 The Colorado is by the tipple.jpg (120.72 KiB) Viewed 3110 times

9.15.16 Train 216 is headed out of Chama.jpg (122.09 KiB) Viewed 3110 times

[Steve Ritchie]

I agree, hate ( and hate is such a strong word ) hate the brown paint. Does anyone know what movie is being filmed, this question may have already been asked and answered but I have not seen any postings about it.

[Sharon Evans]

Steve, its been asked and we only are told its a movie in the X-Man series and that came during work session E when we repainted the RPO.

[Sharon Evans]

Arrival of train 215: 487 cars
If you look behind 215 on the left side of the picture you can see 489 which is still at Cumbres after it helped 216 this morning.

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[Pete Dahlberg]

Ed, note my last picture, its now the "brown blob" to me. With the light on it, the east side of the flammables locker still looks red. I do hope that they did not do what movie crews sometimes do, only paint the side of something that will be in the shot.

Does anyone know the name of the crewman who comes out early to get the locomotive ready, he seems to always wear black overalls.

I'd have to check the pictures to see if it is Tracy or Harry. Tracy usually wears T-shirts while Harry wears collared. In the picture above it looks like Tracy. Tracy is also significantly taller than Harry.

[Pete Dahlberg]

You're right, Sharon. That brown is dismal. Wonder if that's another movie-related paint job. They hit the handcar shed, fuel/fire shed, and the tank, all the same drab color. Hopefully, we'll get our "trademark" colors back. The tank has needed repainting for a while anyway, but the current color just leaves me feeling "blah".

Brown could have been chosen to be non-descript. I think even non-railroad people recognize Rio Grande Gold.
I'm going to guess that there is going to be a lot of repainting, either by the crew that did the brown or by the Friends.

[Sharon Evans]

Sorry everyone, computer decided to do weird things right when 215 was due in.

[Sharon Evans]

You're right, Sharon. That brown is dismal. Wonder if that's another movie-related paint job. They hit the handcar shed, fuel/fire shed, and the tank, all the same drab color. Hopefully, we'll get our "trademark" colors back. The tank has needed repainting for a while anyway, but the current color just leaves me feeling "blah".

Brown could have been chosen to be non-descript. I think even non-railroad people recognize Rio Grande Gold.
I'm going to guess that there is going to be a lot of repainting, either by the crew that did the brown or by the Friends.

Actually that is what I was thinking as I noted earlier that it just blended into the background.

[Sharon Evans]

Ed, note my last picture, its now the "brown blob" to me. With the light on it, the east side of the flammables locker still looks red. I do hope that they did not do what movie crews sometimes do, only paint the side of something that will be in the shot.

Does anyone know the name of the crewman who comes out early to get the locomotive ready, he seems to always wear black overalls.

I'd have to check the pictures to see if it is Tracy or Harry. Tracy usually wears T-shirts while Harry wears collared. In the picture above it looks like Tracy. Tracy is also significantly taller than Harry.

Thanks Pete...

[Larry Sullivan]

Here's the video of the day. A much quieter day around the yard, though the painters did walk down with a couple ladders to the area of the tank this afternoon. They also had the high-lift truck down there, though I never saw them actually use it, so some work still going on with painting.

Train 216 departure - another doubleheader today, and once again, I think the same person, waving madly at us from the open gondola.



215 returned this afternoon with 487 in the lead. Not on the video, but after turning the train they pulled one of the box cars out from next to the roundhouse and brought it to the South yard, along with doing some other switching back there.



489, helper from this mornings train, returned about 6pm, well after 215 arrived. Have to wonder what they were up to all day.

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[Sharon Evans]

That explains what I saw in my grab of 215 crossing 17. If you look closely on the left side behind 215, there is 489.