Wednesday 4/23/14 #463 out and about.

[Larry Sullivan]

Just happened to take a look at the cameras today, saw a loco down at the water tank -- I assume they watered there, though wasn't on early enough to see it. Now over taking on coal.

[Larry Sullivan]

Here's a couple videos of the move. Video 1 has a nice whistle blow from the engineer right at the tower - we need to get them all to do that!

[Larry Sullivan]

Thought I'd add a couple more videos of the day.

First one is simply 463 initiating the newly laid track, back and forth a couple times which I'm sure helps set it in place, then they come up to the ash pit.



Second video - I thought it would be interesting to show moving one of the track sections. You watch these guys long enough, and get a realization, and appreciation, that working on this railroad isn't an easy thing. I think a lot of people think of track work as machines doing 99% of the work, and that may be true for mainline roads. But really an appreciation of how hard things can be -- track section is picked up, loader driver has to fight with going over the rails, an unbalanced load, and the worker on the ground man handling it to a more balanced load until they get it put down and re-lifted in a more balanced way. For those that may not wish to watch a long video, it does run about 10 minutes. At the end, 463 steams out of the yard - at about 3:15 local time.



And as a final note, 463 returned to the yard about 20 minutes after leaving, so a short test run for the day.

[John Hamman]

Thanks Larry,
I had to step away and wondered if and when the 463 returned. I also missed the to the coal track.
John

[Larry Sullivan]

Thanks Larry,
I had to step away and wondered if and when the 463 returned. I also missed the to the coal track.
John

Your welcome, John. We all probably wish we could watch all day!!!

[Jason Rose]

Thanks for the photos and videos, gents. I haven't had time to watch at all. Our son was born last week (he was quite early) and life is a blur at the moment. It's nice to see what I missed when I have a moment to check in.

[Quentin Lockwood]

Congratulations on the baby. Trust that the baby, your wife, and you do well. Our family holding their breath on grandchildren who seem determined to make an early entrance, a set of twin boys to one son and a little girl to another son. Grace and peace.

[Larry Sullivan]

Jason - congrats, and hope all is well with you and the family.

[Jason Rose]

Thanks guys. Momma and baby are ok. Baby is in the NICU at the moment because he was a bit early. But, everything is good and the little guy will be home in a few weeks.