7/2/17 Sunday and lets take a ride on the double header

[Sharon Evans]

Three hot locomotives sitting in front of the house early this morning and possibly the one in front on the east lead is the 488. Has that new look to it, dark jacket and bright front end. There is still a lot to do after initial fire up, check for leaks, set the low and high pressure pops and, I think, a final FRA check. Nope that was the 463 sitting in front on the east side. The 484 is on the east lead behind the 463, before the move, and 489 is on the west side. 488 must be back inside the house.

7-2-17 488 maybe hot.jpg (109.17 KiB) Viewed 3179 times

7-2-17 463 moves over to the west lead.jpg (111.5 KiB) Viewed 3176 times

7-2-17 484 just backed into the house.jpg (110.04 KiB) Viewed 3174 times

7-2-17 484 may have pulled the 488 back out.jpg (110.9 KiB) Viewed 3174 times

[Sharon Evans]

Morning preparations: 463 is leading out so double header today

7-2-17 463 is moving out from the house.jpg (125.85 KiB) Viewed 3157 times

7-2-17 and comes up to the pit.jpg (126.54 KiB) Viewed 3157 times

7-2-17 With the pit clear, 489 now moves away from the house.jpg (127.96 KiB) Viewed 3155 times

7-2-17 and it approaches the pit.jpg (127.25 KiB) Viewed 3155 times

7-2-17 463 is now taking water.jpg (133.69 KiB) Viewed 3155 times

7-2-17 463 backs down the main as it moves to the coal dock.jpg (125.62 KiB) Viewed 3151 times

7-2-17 463 takes on coal for the run to Antonito.jpg (130.32 KiB) Viewed 3151 times

7-2-17 The 484 has snuggled up behind the 489 as it switches lead tracks and now the 488 is visible.jpg (110.93 KiB) Viewed 3148 times

7-2-17 The 489 has now headed to the tank as the 463 is finishing up at the coal dock.jpg (123.47 KiB) Viewed 3148 times

7-2-17 The 463 backs away from the coal dock past the wood shop.jpg (131.42 KiB) Viewed 3148 times

[Sharon Evans]

Morning preparations continued:

7-2-17 The 463 wastes no time heading into south yard.jpg (127.87 KiB) Viewed 3148 times

7-2-17 Now the 489 backs toward the coal dock as 463 is retreiving cars.jpg (130.37 KiB) Viewed 3147 times

7-2-17 The 489 pulls by the wood shop as 463 is ready to move out of south yard.jpg (143.29 KiB) Viewed 3143 times

We can see that 463 has retrieved one extra coach from south yard while 489 has arrived at the coal dock

463 has backed onto the train with the extra coach while up at the coal dock the engineer of the helper is checking around his steed

7-2-17 The 489 has now moved forward on the main to wait for the train is move to loading position.jpg (148.08 KiB) Viewed 3139 times

7-2-17 The 463 has moved the 8 car train 216 into load position.jpg (140.48 KiB) Viewed 3135 times

7-2-17 The 489 has now coupled onto train 216.jpg (137.85 KiB) Viewed 3134 times

[Sharon Evans]

Departure of train 216: 463 road locomotive, 489 helper to Cumbres Summit and 8 cars

7-2-17 The 489 and 463 work to get the 8 car train moving.jpg (124.45 KiB) Viewed 3113 times

7-2-17 The 489 and 463 are passing the wood shop.jpg (130.05 KiB) Viewed 3113 times

7-2-17 The parlor New Mexico has the markers today.jpg (130.43 KiB) Viewed 3113 times

7-2-17 The train is exiting Chama.jpg (121.28 KiB) Viewed 3113 times

7-2-17 The last cars are rounding the curve north of town.jpg (128.35 KiB) Viewed 3113 times

[Sharon Evans]

With the return of 487 this afternoon on train 215, we will have 4 hot K36's in Chama for the first time since the end of the 2015 season.

[Sharon Evans]

7-2-17 The Cumbres cam caught the parlor.jpg (95.94 KiB) Viewed 3079 times

Arrival of train 215: 487 and 8 cars

7-2-17 487 brings the 215 into Chama.jpg (108.52 KiB) Viewed 3063 times

As the 215 passes the tipple we see 488, under its own power, coming out from the house towing the 484

7-2-17 The Parlor Colorado is by the tipple as 488 pulls 484.jpg (117.49 KiB) Viewed 3063 times

7-2-17 488 comes over the pit as the 215 nears the depot.jpg (119.49 KiB) Viewed 3063 times

7-2-17 Train 215 has stopped at the depot.jpg (125.72 KiB) Viewed 3063 times