11/1/18 Thursday

[Sharon Evans]

Guess it depends on the conditions at the work site as to whether we have a ballast train today. Am recording so will post anything that happens.

2018-11-01 Initially this morning, 487 backed into the west stall.jpg (129.79 KiB) Viewed 3222 times

2018-11-01 Later comes out headed to the pit.jpg (114.87 KiB) Viewed 3222 times

2018-11-01 The hostlers blow the ashes out of the pan and clean the fire.jpg (96.38 KiB) Viewed 3222 times

2018-11-01 Then heads back to the house again.jpg (108.81 KiB) Viewed 3222 times

2018-11-01 Now moves down to the tank and stops, but does now take water.jpg (108.92 KiB) Viewed 3222 times

2018-11-01 Backing down with the steam condensing in the cold morning air.jpg (98.75 KiB) Viewed 3222 times

2018-11-01 Now the hostlers load the bunker with coal.jpg (87.39 KiB) Viewed 3222 times

2018-11-01 The road crew is aboard and coupled onto the work train.jpg (114.22 KiB) Viewed 3222 times

2018-11-01 In a cloud of steam, they head to the south end of the yard to fill the hoppers.jpg (116.46 KiB) Viewed 3222 times

2018-11-01 The 487 shoves the loaded hoppers back from the loading station.jpg (111.99 KiB) Viewed 3218 times

2018-11-01 After a brief stop, the train gets moving to head to the work site.jpg (113.85 KiB) Viewed 3218 times

2018-11-01 The caboose takes the main as the 487 shoves hard.jpg (113.27 KiB) Viewed 3218 times

Coming by the tipple as the overnight snow melts

2018-11-01 Past the tipple, the train heads to the north end of the yard.jpg (106.83 KiB) Viewed 3218 times

2018-11-01 The 487 is by the tank without stopping.jpg (119.89 KiB) Viewed 3218 times

2018-11-01 As the train exits the yard, 487 puts out quite the steam and smoke column.jpg (120.17 KiB) Viewed 3218 times

2018-11-01 Rounding the curve as the 487 is almost out of sight.jpg (117.86 KiB) Viewed 3218 times

[Sharon Evans]

They must be working close to Chama today since he was back for a refill within an hour and then was back again just before 2 pm and headed for another load.

2018-11-01 The 487 returns to the yard after a quick turnaround.jpg (107.35 KiB) Viewed 3198 times

2018-11-01 The 487 is back for another load in jst over an hour.jpg (103.68 KiB) Viewed 3216 times

2018-11-01 The 487 is up to the tipple with the empty hoppers.jpg (109.33 KiB) Viewed 3216 times

The 487 heads into the connector track as it goes to the loading site

2018-11-01 The train is in the connector as it heads to the south yard.jpg (105.91 KiB) Viewed 3195 times

2018-11-01 The train is now headed into the south yard bypass.jpg (107.77 KiB) Viewed 3195 times

2018-11-01 The train moves further into south yard.jpg (108.5 KiB) Viewed 3195 times

2018-11-01 The 487 shoves the second run back through south yard after filling the hoppers.jpg (110.06 KiB) Viewed 3187 times

2018-11-01 Into the connector track, the conductor can be see hanging off the cabose directing the locomotive.jpg (105.17 KiB) Viewed 3187 times

2018-11-01 Taking the main as they head back to the work site.jpg (106.47 KiB) Viewed 3187 times

Past the tipple

2018-11-01 The 487 shoves 3 loads of ballast out past north yard.jpg (88.03 KiB) Viewed 3187 times

2018-11-01 Past the tank and they have not stopped yet.jpg (99.63 KiB) Viewed 3187 times

2018-11-01 Out of the yard as the caboose enters the curve.jpg (97.72 KiB) Viewed 3187 times

2018-11-01 All we can see now is the tender as it disappears.jpg (98.78 KiB) Viewed 3187 times

[Craig Kumler]

Web Cams out!

[Jason Rose]

Web Cams out!

Software upgrade. Should be back before too long.

[Sharon Evans]

The ballast train is back for its third fill.

2018-11-01 The 487 is back with its train for another refill.jpg (107.29 KiB) Viewed 3181 times

2018-11-01 The sun angle has shifted as the 487 approaches the tipple.jpg (109.5 KiB) Viewed 3181 times

The train is passing the tipple as it heads into the connector

2018-11-01 The train is in the connector as it heads to the south end of the yard.jpg (116.73 KiB) Viewed 3180 times

2018-11-01 The train is passing the roundhouse as it heads into the south yard bypass.jpg (119.73 KiB) Viewed 3180 times

2018-11-01 The train is moving out of sight for now.jpg (119.56 KiB) Viewed 3180 times

As I said to Jason, lousy timing for the software upgrade. The train was just in sight coming back from the fillup when the stream went down so for now this is it. I will keep checking to see when I comes back.
If the railroad follows pattern, they will be off until Monday. With them running so many trips today would expect them not to work extra to make up for yesterday's snow out. As of 6:30 pm EDT which is 4:30 pm MDT the stream is still not back up so I am calling it quits for today. Will check in the am to see what is happening.



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[Sharon Evans]

The software upgrade is done and the streams are back online. Or NOT. Its off line again.