6/2/2021 Hot loco

[Jack Spencer]

487 appears to have had her tender reattached as she is smoking outside the house.

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[Edward Morris]

#15 pulled 487 out over the pit, with her tender attached yesterday afternoon. Then a front end loader came out and worked behind the tender for a few minutes. #15 then pushed 487 and tender back to the house. Great to ee the smoke this morning.

[Jack Spencer]

#15 pulled 487 out over the pit, with her tender attached yesterday afternoon. Then a front end loader came out and worked behind the tender for a few minutes. #15 then pushed 487 and tender back to the house. Great to ee the smoke this morning.

Thanks for the explanation Ed, I wasn't watching then. Always great to see a hot engine!

[Claude Wilkerson]

i wonder when 484 will make an appearance

[Jack Spencer]

i wonder when 484 will make an appearance

Shouldn't be too long now. I am guessing that they will need two locos for when the Chama trains start, and as 488 still isn't ready, they will probably need 484.

[Jack Spencer]

487 comes up to the ashpit to get a clean.

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After a relatively brief time at the pit, it heads straight past the tank without stopping for water.

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Backs down the main with no coal stop either.

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487 reverses through the yard.

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She now appears to have backed down onto the coaches. Since then a portion of the train has been detached. And have now been reattached. Strange. Possibly removing coaches from the consist, but was hard to tell.

[Jack Spencer]

After much switching, 487 leaves a portion of the coaches in the yard and backs onto the rest.

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