Yup, Its going to the Age of Steam facility. See
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2016/10/06-locomotive-auction
xjqcf cefinkjr jeffhergert I had a posting on one of my facebook railroad sites about this engine, to late to give a heads up. The engine is a 2-8-2 and tender going to Clearing Yard and then to the NS. NS routing is through Columbus and Cosochten OH, final destination Sugar Creek OH. Sugar Creek rang a bell so I tried to find it in Google Earth. 15 minutes later, Google Earth had still not finished initializing. When I finally got it canceled, I uninstalled it...no time for that nonsense. Bing Maps found Sugar Creek in under a second (this is a fairly quick machine) and confirmed my memory. Sugar Creek is where a roundhouse was built a few years ago by a collector (the name long since escaped me). Here's a link to the birds eye view of that roundhouse from 500': https://www.bing.com/maps?lvl=11&style=h&FORM=BMSRAV. I've never posted a Bing Maps link before so let me know if this should be my last attempt or this is the way to go (post Google Earth) . ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Well, that didn't work so well ... unless you wanted a view of Collin County, Texas (my location) and environs. If you really want to see that roundhouse, you can do what I did: Start Bing Maps, search for Sugarcreek, OH, find the railroad (NS?) that goes through the middle of town, and follow it south just a little ways. You can't miss the roundhouse on the north side of the tracks. See http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2017/04/12-yreka-headed-east (Trains Newswire, April 12 2017) It's going to Jerry Jacobson's Age of Steam Roundhouse
cefinkjr jeffhergert I had a posting on one of my facebook railroad sites about this engine, to late to give a heads up. The engine is a 2-8-2 and tender going to Clearing Yard and then to the NS. NS routing is through Columbus and Cosochten OH, final destination Sugar Creek OH. Sugar Creek rang a bell so I tried to find it in Google Earth. 15 minutes later, Google Earth had still not finished initializing. When I finally got it canceled, I uninstalled it...no time for that nonsense. Bing Maps found Sugar Creek in under a second (this is a fairly quick machine) and confirmed my memory. Sugar Creek is where a roundhouse was built a few years ago by a collector (the name long since escaped me). Here's a link to the birds eye view of that roundhouse from 500': https://www.bing.com/maps?lvl=11&style=h&FORM=BMSRAV. I've never posted a Bing Maps link before so let me know if this should be my last attempt or this is the way to go (post Google Earth) . ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Well, that didn't work so well ... unless you wanted a view of Collin County, Texas (my location) and environs. If you really want to see that roundhouse, you can do what I did: Start Bing Maps, search for Sugarcreek, OH, find the railroad (NS?) that goes through the middle of town, and follow it south just a little ways. You can't miss the roundhouse on the north side of the tracks.
jeffhergert I had a posting on one of my facebook railroad sites about this engine, to late to give a heads up. The engine is a 2-8-2 and tender going to Clearing Yard and then to the NS. NS routing is through Columbus and Cosochten OH, final destination Sugar Creek OH.
Sugar Creek rang a bell so I tried to find it in Google Earth. 15 minutes later, Google Earth had still not finished initializing. When I finally got it canceled, I uninstalled it...no time for that nonsense.
Bing Maps found Sugar Creek in under a second (this is a fairly quick machine) and confirmed my memory. Sugar Creek is where a roundhouse was built a few years ago by a collector (the name long since escaped me). Here's a link to the birds eye view of that roundhouse from 500': https://www.bing.com/maps?lvl=11&style=h&FORM=BMSRAV.
I've never posted a Bing Maps link before so let me know if this should be my last attempt or this is the way to go (post Google Earth) .
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Well, that didn't work so well ... unless you wanted a view of Collin County, Texas (my location) and environs. If you really want to see that roundhouse, you can do what I did: Start Bing Maps, search for Sugarcreek, OH, find the railroad (NS?) that goes through the middle of town, and follow it south just a little ways. You can't miss the roundhouse on the north side of the tracks.
See http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2017/04/12-yreka-headed-east (Trains Newswire, April 12 2017) It's going to Jerry Jacobson's Age of Steam Roundhouse
Electroliner 1935 Yup, Its going to the Age of Steam facility. See http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2016/10/06-locomotive-auction Age of Steam buys Yreka Western locomotive October 6, 2016
THAT's the critter UP was hauling east the other day.
The article says the tender was to be trucked east but somebody changed their mind after that article was written. The tender was on that flat with No. 19.
ChuckAllen, TX
Another system track gang train went west on BNSF
BNSF WB at 2:10pm with 73 auto carriers ... and nine units! Must be a power transfer --- surplus power on the east end of the line and a shortage on the west.
cefinkjrBNSF WB at 2:10pm with 73 auto carriers ... and nine units! Must be a power transfer --- surplus power on the east end of the line and a shortage on the west.
Or junk power in Chicago headed to the shop for repair.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
The critter that looked like a baggage car to you on that UP business train could have been one of their power cars. At least one of those has a three-axle truck on one end and a two-axle truck on the other; that would make the 21-axle count possible, and probably correct.
Carl
Railroader Emeritus (practiced railroading for 46 years--and in 2010 I finally got it right!)
CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
Just a few minutes ago, before the sun went down, a Union Pacific intermodal freight with one of those sloped things at the front, passed through heading Northeast (to Chicago?).
I wanted to take a still photograph of it, and I thought I did.
But, I didn't!
What the Sam Hill did I do wrong?
In the past, when snapping photographs, it always worked, but this time it didn't.
I clicked on the camera icon, then I opened my "PAINT" program and hit the clipboard icon, but nothing happened.
Again, I tested it by trying to take another photograph of just the diamond, but again, I got nothing.
This is very discouraging and frustrating!
I use the snipper, comes with windows 10, You'll find it in the 'Windows Accessories' named 'Snipping Tool'. I put the window to full screen, (upper right hand square full screen) leaves the task bar accessible. hope this helps
CShaveRR The critter that looked like a baggage car to you on that UP business train could have been one of their power cars. At least one of those has a three-axle truck on one end and a two-axle truck on the other; that would make the 21-axle count possible, and probably correct.
Thanks. After I did a bit googling I found a not very detailed reference to UP having such kinds of cars. I knew it wasn't used for baggage or mail, but power car did not come to mind (duh!). It's interesting that none of the cars had the same number of axles - 4, 5, and 6. Add a 6 axle engine and, voila, 21 axles.
MKT Dave I use the snipper, comes with windows 10, You'll find it in the 'Windows Accessories' named 'Snipping Tool'. I put the window to full screen, (upper right hand square full screen) leaves the task bar accessible. hope this helps
Snipping Tool was available at least as far back as Win8.1, maybe earlier. Win8.1 is when I first learned about it. I was very glad to see it in Win10; being part of more than one version means it will probably be around for a long time.
Printing from the Snipping Tool was pretty cumbersome in Win8.1. You had to copy the snipped image into some other app and then print that. With Win10, there's a Print... option on the File menu in the snipped image window; a great improvement.
I use it frequently in Rectangular Snip mode, sometimes in Window Snip, but never thought to try it in Full Screen Snip mode with the web cam. I'll have to try it. Does anyone have much use for the Free-form Snip mode? My hand isn't steady enought for that.
I find using the Snipping Tool to be way too cumberson and slow to make much use of it. Especially if I am watching a webcam, stuff happens so fast that sometimes reaching for the keyboard PrtSc key takes too long and I miss the best image of the reason for capturing the scene.
If the image I want is in a small window of the full screen, it is easy to paste the clipboard into Windows Paint and shift the image so the upper left corner of what I want is in the upper left corner of the Paint window, then drag the bottom up and the right side in, to crop those edges, then save the image. But that is too complicated and time consuming to capture but one image of an event. I wish the clipboard would hold a series of images! And I miss watching the rest of the event while I am saving the 1st image.
I used to have a program that would start a video capture of the screen that I could later extract single images to store or share. The only problems with it were that I had to have it already running and it required a two handed multiple keystrokes to initiate the video screen capture (it is bad enough to remember where the PrtSc key is when I am suddenly wanting to capture something!). I no longer remember the name of that program, but it quit working in one of the newer incarnations of Winders and I have not since then found anything SIMPLE enough to be worthwhile to install.
Semper Vaporo
Pkgs.
Did anyone else just catch the EB UP mixed consist train that passed at 1526 CDT?
Forget the weed sprayer, someone is going to have to line up a combine. There was a covered hopper that rocked so bad almost a wheelbarrow full of grain shot out the bottom, just past the diamond, into the middle area.
There where a number of different cars that rocked over the diamond but there was no discernible pattern as to which ones would rock. Age or apparent condition didn't seem to be factors.
Someone is going to be annoyed when they receive a mostly empty car.
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
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Folks,
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As of 9:18 am Monday, I see a crew looking at the diamond and an eastbound Union Pacific stack train passing the park.
Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine
It may only be my computer, but it appears that the vedeo camera angle has been shifted down some. Previously with full screen, I was able to see the red train control light at the upper right hand corner of the screen. With full screen now, I can't see that red light. Is anyone else having that same problem?
AgentKidThere was a covered hopper that rocked so bad almost a wheelbarrow full of grain shot out the bottom, just past the diamond, into the middle area. There where a number of different cars that rocked over the diamond but there was no discernible pattern as to which ones would rock. Age or apparent condition didn't seem to be factors
I noticed a couple of days ago that a couple of covered hoppers seemed to rock fairly violently over the diamonds on the near UP track, but locomotives and other cars were pretty steady on them. Could suspension problems be a factor? Side bearings?
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"A stranger's just a friend you ain't met yet." --- Dave Gardner
USCGR is describing what has occured to me also -- a slight downward shift in the camera view. The ideal would be to adjust it up a few degrees so that the entire signal is in view, not just the bottom light.
Dakguy201USCGR is describing what has occured to me also -- a slight downward shift in the camera view. The ideal would be to adjust it up a few degrees so that the entire signal is in view, not just the bottom light.
agree!
Maybe the pavillion is sinking ...
USCGR Tom It may only be my computer, but it appears that the vedeo camera angle has been shifted down some. Previously with full screen, I was able to see the red train control light at the upper right hand corner of the screen. With full screen now, I can't see that red light. Is anyone else having that same problem?
I'm seeing the same thing. I used to be able to see the bottom light on that signal head but can't now.
I'd like to see the camera angle adjusted so we can see at least the bottom light on that signal head. In fact, I'd like to see it adjusted so we can see all of both signal heads. I know that would mean losing part of the BNSF but seeing both heads would be very informative.
BTW, I'm assuming these signals are 'approach lit'. Does anyone know for sure?
Agree the view has moved. I would also like to get a view of the UP signals. I have raised this issue with the people who manage the camera and they are reluctant to reduce the view of the BNSF facilities, but how about a change for just a month say and then restore to the current view. I have noticed the red light out while a BNSF train was crossing the diamond. The only explanation I have for that is approach lighting for the UP signals.
Nope, they're always lit. I suspect UP (or Homeland Security) doesn't want us to see the signals.
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
I wonder if someone that cleaned/wiped spider webs away from the lens may have shifted the camera angle down some. Maybe it can be pushed upward back to the previous angle.
Tom Allen, VA
USCGR Tom I wonder if someone that cleaned/wiped spider webs away from the lens may have shifted the camera angle down some. Maybe it can be pushed upward back to the previous angle. Tom Allen, VA
That's very likely what happened. But I see that our resident spider is busily providing another opportunity to readjust the wed cam's aim.
Semper Vaporo:
Just tried your PrtScr, paste to Paint, edit, copy, paste to post method and it worked perfectly (of course). The image below is the result. I didn't really know what I was grabbing; I was doing something else, heard a Diesel approaching, double clicked the web cam window, and punched the PrtScr key. Even so, it looks like I got something that's a bit rare these days; a single unit hauling containers -- must be a transfer move to Global III. Wish I had gotten the 5 units on a WB BNSF stack train a few minutes before.
Interestingly enough, Preview Post shows an empty post! I could understand it not including the image but there's no text either.
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So much for "worked perfectly". The image simply disappeared.
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