5/27/18 Sunday before Memorial Day

[Sharon Evans]

Morning Preparations:

2018-05-27 The sun glints off 488 as it moves away from the house.jpg (110.31 KiB) Viewed 2248 times

2018-05-27 The 488 is at the pit for a fire cleaning.jpg (100.81 KiB) Viewed 2248 times

2018-05-27 The 488 backs toward the coal dock lead.jpg (104.46 KiB) Viewed 2243 times

2018-05-27 The 488 comes by the wood shop as it pulls toward the coal dock.jpg (119.3 KiB) Viewed 2241 times

2018-05-27 The loader empties a bucket of coal into the tender of 488.jpg (107.55 KiB) Viewed 2241 times

I think that is engine crewman Tracy Caraway standing next to the cab

2018-05-27 Their work done the hostlers leave the 488 for the road crew.jpg (117.66 KiB) Viewed 2238 times

2018-05-27 The 488 has now coupled onto today's train 216.jpg (79.15 KiB) Viewed 2227 times

[Sharon Evans]

Departure of train 216: 488 and 8 cars, it will be interesting to see if 216 picks up the Cresco as it stops at Cumbres.

2018-05-27 Train 216 has now been pulled into loading position.jpg (89.53 KiB) Viewed 2227 times

2018-05-27 The conductor gives the high ball for today's train 216.jpg (87.68 KiB) Viewed 2218 times

2018-05-27 The conductor climbs aboard the parlor as the car host looks out.jpg (88.35 KiB) Viewed 2218 times

2018-05-27 The 488 gets its 8 car train moving past the wood shop.jpg (107.21 KiB) Viewed 2218 times

2018-05-27 The train is passing the tipple and looks full

2018-05-27 The parlor Colorado is on the markers today.jpg (107.37 KiB) Viewed 2218 times

2018-05-27 The parlor is passing the tank as 488 leaves the yard.jpg (103.89 KiB) Viewed 2218 times

2018-05-27 The last cars round the curve north of the yard.jpg (102.18 KiB) Viewed 2218 times

[Jim Reynolds]

I hope that 19 will get put inside the roundhouse. It sat outside all last summer and looks completely against character on a steam railroad!!

[Frank Smith]

The bad news is I won't be at my home away from home, Chama, until the last week of June. Then I will be there for at least a month. The good news I will be staying at the Hotel and Shops, which is part of the whole Chama experience for me.
Thanks again for all of the work Sharon is doing and will be doing to bring us a complete report on the C&TSRR daily adventure, even if we miss the train times.

[Sharon Evans]

Well good and bad there Frank, look forward to seeing the 'waver' at work on my videos and stills.

The Cresco is still sitting at Cumbres so they must need to do some major work on it which will wait until after the holiday.

[Sharon Evans]

We may not have any audio from the tipple cam mic this afternoon. It is putting out a wicked 60 hertz hum and I have reported it to Jason.

[Sharon Evans]

Arrival of train 215:

2018-05-27 The headlight of 487 shines out of the shadows.jpg (104.49 KiB) Viewed 2135 times

2018-05-27 The 487 brings its 8 car train up to the tipple.jpg (104.73 KiB) Viewed 2135 times

2018-05-27 The parlor New Mexico is passing the wood shop.jpg (134.02 KiB) Viewed 2133 times

2018-05-27 The 487 brings train 215 up to the depot.jpg (114.45 KiB) Viewed 2133 times

2018-05-27 The cleaning crew waits for the train to stop.jpg (109.94 KiB) Viewed 2135 times

[Rick Calkins]

We may not have any audio from the tipple cam mic this afternoon. It is putting out a wicked 60 hertz hum and I have reported it to Jason.

Good Afternoon Sharon. If your using Chrome browser, right click on the speaker icon in the active tab and then left click on mute. The 60 cycle buzzing will disappear, but you also loose the audio signal on Depot cam. Reminds me of my youth, about this time I would be checking the ground on my radio. If that were not a problem, I would open the back of the radio, then thump the tubes and wiggle the wires, Who knew, maybe a rectifier tube was not seated properly. Then, I would pull the tubes, take them to Walgreens, and look for the culprit on their tube checker. How did you handle this situation in "those" days? I don't think there is a Walgreens in Chama.

[Sharon Evans]

Rick, I just mute each of the tipple cams so I keep the depot one.