10-24-16 Early activity

[Daniel Rohrbeck]

Good morning everybody,

484 at the ash pit on the early morning

[Sharon Evans]

This early, may be work train duty or yard switching to break down the train and move cars.

10.24.16 484 is getting ready for some work this morning.jpg (83.59 KiB) Viewed 3365 times

[Daniel Rohrbeck]

After a stop at the water tower now getting coaled

[Sharon Evans]

10.24.16 Hostlers are done getting 484 ready so it waits on the road crew.jpg (114.24 KiB) Viewed 3355 times

10.24.16 484 moves forward to clear the switch to the flat cars.jpg (122.25 KiB) Viewed 3333 times

10.24.16 484 has backed down onto the flats.jpg (127.46 KiB) Viewed 3333 times

10.24.16 484 pulls the flat out to the main.jpg (123.27 KiB) Viewed 3330 times

484 comes by the tipple so to clear the switch, that conductor does not look comfortable.

10.24.16 484 shoves back towards south yard.jpg (115.72 KiB) Viewed 3330 times

10.24.16 484 comes out of south yard with a caboose attached to the flats.jpg (122.74 KiB) Viewed 3327 times

10.24.16 484 shoved this consist back near the depot.jpg (75.78 KiB) Viewed 3323 times

Don't know what is going to happen now, but I have to pull the plug on my coverage since have to go to an appointment. Hopefully someone will continue to post the activities and we will get Larry S.'s video later.

[Mike Maguire]

After a LOT of activity and interest in the area between the third flat and the caboose, #484 finally took it's consist north at 10:31

[Sharon Evans]

Well 489 just its usual daily service with fire blown down and water, so it does not look like they are ready to shut things down yet. Could be with the nice weather they are planning to continue maintenance out on the line.

[Mike Maguire]

Sharon, I just missed getting a capture of #489 approaching the ash pit. Smoke everywhere - the crews must choke sometimes. Are you watching for #484's return ? Sadly, I can't.

[Sharon Evans]

I have the stream on as I process my photographs from this weekends New River Train so I will hear it.

Darn, almost missed it.

10.24.16 484 backs into Chama with old ties on the flats.jpg (129.03 KiB) Viewed 3211 times

10.24.16 484 stops to let the conductor open the switch to south yard.jpg (139.92 KiB) Viewed 3209 times

Now we know why the caboose was included, no place to wye the train.

10.24.16 484 is done for the day so the hostlers have taken over.jpg (99.51 KiB) Viewed 3208 times

10.24.16 484 heads back to the house.jpg (110.95 KiB) Viewed 3207 times

484 stopped just inside the west stall then shoved through so would guess that 463 is the first locomotive to go down for the winter since it was in that stall.

[Mike Maguire]

#484 has gone through to the south side of the engine house - not finished yet ?

[Sharon Evans]

Something is going on over by the house, but we cannot see a thing on the south side other than smoke. I am hearing hammering now, maybe a tender is getting unhooked.

We now have smoke coming from the jack on the west stall so 484 probably is in there now after shoving 463 out the south side.

[John Hamman]

Anybody know where they picked up the old ties, how they loaded them, or where they uncoupled the flats with the old ties? That looked like a lot ties.
John

[Sharon Evans]

As to where they uncoupled the train, the bypass track around south yard. Where they picked them up, well guessing since they did not wye the train, somewhere on this side of the pass.

[John Hamman]

Thanks!
John

[Sharon Evans]

Well what activity will tomorrow bring to Chama?

[Larry Sullivan]

Here's some video wrap of the day -

First is the work train setting up and departing the yard, I only had South cam for the departure as North had frozen on me.



Next the very smoky 489 comes to the ash pit, and the work train returns with a load of used ties.



Finally some late day deer grazing around the sand box. They ended up wandering off around the wood shop, I saw them at the coal dock then back to the sand box - in the area for nearly an hour - enjoying the quiet yard.