10/5/17 Thrusday Normal day, maybe?

[Sharon Evans]

Morning preparations:

10-5-17 488 is moving out from the house.jpg (164.85 KiB) Viewed 3324 times

10-5-17 488 comes over the pit for its morning cleaning.jpg (151.06 KiB) Viewed 3324 times

10-5-17 488 has moved down to the tank and is getting water.jpg (194.65 KiB) Viewed 3266 times

10-5-17 488 is backing down toward the lead to the coal dock and that sure looks like Tracy on the tender.jpg (198.46 KiB) Viewed 3266 times

It is hard to tell at this distance whether they are pallets of 50 lb bags or those large bags which hold maybe 500 lbs.

10-5-17 488 is now pulling into the coal lead and you can see the truck and trailer with the white sand bags on it.jpg (202.98 KiB) Viewed 3266 times

10-5-17 488 is getting coal added by the loader.jpg (173.38 KiB) Viewed 3266 times

10-5-17 488 is waiting for the rest of its crew, since Tracy was already there.jpg (208.08 KiB) Viewed 3266 times

10-5-17 The 488 has pulled the 8 car train into loading position.jpg (206.3 KiB) Viewed 3266 times

[Sharon Evans]

Departure of train 216:

10-5-17 The 488 gets is 8 car train 216 underway.jpg (210.54 KiB) Viewed 3265 times

10-5-17 The 488 has the train up to speed as it passes the wood shop.jpg (205.64 KiB) Viewed 3265 times

As the train passes the tipple, we can see how wet it is this morning

10-5-17 The conductor is still standing on the platform of the parlor New Mexico as the train passes the tipple.jpg (185.81 KiB) Viewed 3265 times

10-5-17 The 488 is exiting the yard as the parlor passes the tank.jpg (173.77 KiB) Viewed 3265 times

10-5-17 The last cars are rounding the curve with the smoke haze obscuring visibility.jpg (166.12 KiB) Viewed 3265 times

[Frank Smith]

It is a good thing the sand is wrapped well since they were unloading it in the rain and storing it in the shops. that was a humongus trailer to be pulled by a pickup truck. Sharon please post a clip. It was around 8 to 8:30 am. Thanks for all of your hard work and dedication posting everyday.

[Sharon Evans]

Will do Frank, thanks for your heads up. Guess they have stopped using the sand house for now.

[Sharon Evans]

Arrival of train 215: 463 and 9 cars

10-5-17 The 463 comes around the curve.jpg (171.95 KiB) Viewed 3249 times

10-5-17 The 463 comes up to the tank with its 8 car train.jpg (170.13 KiB) Viewed 3249 times

10-5-17 The 463 is almost to the tipple in wet Chama.jpg (148.76 KiB) Viewed 3249 times

10-5-17 The open gon has a few hardy passengers still in it.jpg (166.19 KiB) Viewed 3249 times

10-5-17 The parlor Colorado is on the markers.jpg (179.93 KiB) Viewed 3249 times

10-5-17 The 463 comes by the depot.jpg (134.73 KiB) Viewed 3249 times

10-5-17 The ride is over and the passengers disembark.jpg (155.32 KiB) Viewed 3249 times

[Sharon Evans]

Friday's 216 right now has 10 cars staged for it so another double header if that holds.