8-24-17 Thursday

[Sharon Evans]

Morning preparations:

8-24-17 489 moves away from the house as its day begins.jpg (229.42 KiB) Viewed 4449 times

8-24-17 489 comes over the pit to get its fire cleaned.jpg (214.2 KiB) Viewed 4449 times

8-24-17 489 is at the tank taking on water to get to Cumbres.jpg (206.21 KiB) Viewed 4449 times

8-24-17 489 is backing down the main as it heads to the coal dock as Frank watches.jpg (191.37 KiB) Viewed 4449 times

8-24-17 489 moves forward by the wood shop_.jpg (220.91 KiB) Viewed 4449 times

8-24-17 The loader dumps another bucket full into the bunker of 489's tender.jpg (202.85 KiB) Viewed 4449 times

8-24-17 The hostlers are done for the morning and the 489 waits its road crew.jpg (219.43 KiB) Viewed 4449 times

8-24-17 The 489 has pulled train 216 into loading position.jpg (222.1 KiB) Viewed 4449 times

[Sharon Evans]

Departure of train 216:

8-24-17 The 489 gets 8 car train 216 underway.jpg (231.56 KiB) Viewed 4448 times

8-24-17 Nice steam and smoke this cool, damp morning.jpg (232.99 KiB) Viewed 4448 times

The train is by the tipple and no sign of Frank

8-24-17 The parlor New Mexico has a few passengers enjoying the platform as the train departs.jpg (205.36 KiB) Viewed 4447 times

8-24-17 The 489 is clearing the yard as the parlor passes the tank.jpg (200.33 KiB) Viewed 4447 times

8-24-17 The last cars of the train round the curve north of the yard.jpg (216.78 KiB) Viewed 4447 times

We were very lucky this morning and got the departure. The cams went down shortly after 216 left Chama.

[Frank Smith]

We are taking 489 today, but 487 still has 484s tender. 487 has a tender by the ash pit, but it must not be serviceable. Ray let me ride the turn yesterday. There's a lot of work to it. Of course I wasn't the one doing the work. The sander is being used because there is a pile of sand under the nozzle. I will get some pics if it isn't raining when we come in. I have seen some yard walkers taking sand samples.
There was the loudest clap of thunder I have ever heard by the Depot at 9 o'clock. It scared everyone, but it didn't do any apparent damage.
Gotta go. Gotta train to ride. I'll be waving from the café car.

[Sharon Evans]

Last year I went down to the Wye and watched the operation, very interesting how they do it so they minimize moving switches.

[Bruce McDowell]

I caught that clap of thunder on the depot camera this morning, Frank - had to reach for the mute button fast lest the customer I had on the phone wonder what was blowing up.

Bit later and I caught the train just coming out of the tree line on the way upgrade.

[Sharon Evans]

Right now the cams are still down and I have to go out this evening so would record the arrival of 215 to process once I got home. If they are not back up by the time I leave, then will not have the arrival.

Cams are back up so, if they don't go down again, we will have the arrival of 215 when I get home.

[Sharon Evans]

8-24-17 215 is at Cumbres.jpg (148.31 KiB) Viewed 4427 times

If the train has stopped, this position would indicate 8 cars.

[Sharon Evans]

Arrival of train 215: 488 and 8 cars

8-24-17 488 brings the 8 car train 215 into Chama.jpg (195.3 KiB) Viewed 4399 times

8-24-17 488 comes up to the tipple.jpg (189.41 KiB) Viewed 4399 times

8-24-17 Frank decided it was dry enough to grace us with a wave.jpg (200.82 KiB) Viewed 4398 times

The train is passing the tipple and open wood shop

8-24-17 The parlor Colorado is by the wood shop.jpg (209.31 KiB) Viewed 4398 times

8-24-17 The train has stopped at the depot.jpg (218.47 KiB) Viewed 4398 times

[Rick Calkins]

The eclipse appears to have sucked up much of the sun in Chama, as San Juan Train ##215 arrives at the Chama Depot on a cloudy and overcast day. Hostler and passenger car cleanup crew move in to prepare train for the trip tomorrow to Antonito.

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After relocating a passenger car and placing it in storage, Locomotive #488 moves on to empty its' ashes before taking on a bit more water, and then heads to engine house in part 2.

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[Rick Calkins]

Note: I have made numerous attempts to post Part 2 of Locomotive 488 being prepared to over-night at the engine house. However, only the google-video code shows during a preview. The code does yield a YouTube video when properly entered into the Cliqz browser and the Chrome browser. Your browser should be able to activate that video at the following link:

https://youtu.be/3Z7C708UMjA

The video is best viewed full screen at 1080P.

Today is Friday, August 25, 2017. I have edited this post to try once more to have the video open without the viewer having to utilize the link. Success. I am not even going to guess why it posts properly today. Thanks for your patience.

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