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by **Larry Sullivan** » Thu Nov 17, 2016 5:43 am

In the early morning darkness there is a fair amount of steam in the air, and coming from the shops stack - so likely 489 will be used again today.

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by **Sharon Evans** » Thu Nov 17, 2016 6:43 am

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by **Mike Maguire** » Thu Nov 17, 2016 6:50 am

#489 is having its fire cleaned ...and then back to the west lead

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by **Larry Sullivan** » Thu Nov 17, 2016 8:00 am

After another stop at the water tank, 489 heads out once again.

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by **Mike Maguire** » Thu Nov 17, 2016 8:03 am

After another stop at the tank (with steam to spare), #489 is away on its travels again ...

Silly idea - are they using it to consolidate fresh ballast ?

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by **James Hook** » Thu Nov 17, 2016 10:15 am

Winter has Arrived!

btw guys, the sign at La Manga Pass has been knocked down

btw again, how is anyone able to post pictures from the Chama webcams?

by **Mike Maguire** » Thu Nov 17, 2016 10:25 am

Chama cams seem to be off at the moment ...

by **Larry Sullivan** » Thu Nov 17, 2016 10:38 am

This was the scene in the yard just before the cams went down. Power goes off easy in bad weather in Chama, so I suspect that's the issue here.

by **Larry Sullivan** » Thu Nov 17, 2016 10:44 am

Cams are back up.

by **Jason Rose** » Thu Nov 17, 2016 11:47 am

Mike Maguire wrote:Chama cams seem to be off at the moment ...

Power outage. Quite common in the winter up there.

by **Larry Sullivan** » Thu Nov 17, 2016 2:59 pm

489 has returned to Chama

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Looks like a good dusting of snow today at Cumbres, didn't melt off as in the yard.

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by **Mike Maguire** » Thu Nov 17, 2016 3:06 pm

#489 has been at the ash-pit for about an hour thus far - much hissing of steam, but nothing to see ...

Fortyfive minutes later it looks like the fire's been dropped ...

by **Mike Maguire** » Thu Nov 17, 2016 3:31 pm

#489's return. Fire dropped & running on reserve, backs into the west stall.

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by **Sharon Evans** » Thu Nov 17, 2016 4:07 pm

It is Thursday and they do not work on Friday, so dropping the fire over the weekend makes sense. We will have to wait until Sunday evening/Monday morning to see if the 489 runs next week. Also we could get 487 coming back with the coaches, but probably will be after Thanksgiving since they will probably be off after Wednesday.