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At about 1940 hours last night Amtrak's No. 6 pulled into a Reno stop and a crew change. In consist was the private car Metis with Canadian National livery and lettering. About an two hours earlier at 1738 Amtrak's No. 5 pulled out of Reno, NV on its westbound trip with UP 4365 on the point. Just after No. 5 passed an eastbound BNSF trackage rights train that had been recrewed at Lawton, NV (MP 235.5) passed the detector at MP 237.8, the detector malfunctioned. The conductor ended up having to walk both sides of the train. The replacement crew, which was also close on hours of service, almost died on hours and made it into Sparks with only minutes to spare. A UP manifest with UP 4428 died on hours at West Verdi (MP 229.6), and I think the Reno fun train died on hours at Boca, not sure about that, but there was talk about re-crewing it - They didn't arrive at Reno until about 23:15 or so, they had AMTK 184 on the point I think. The fresh crew of UP 4428 removed the snow covering the windshield, took about 10 minutes and was done with a broom. Motive power was all UP; 4428, 7186, 9603 and 5806. They proceed eastbound without bells or whistles. By the time they got down to Reno, all was working. Pictures of No. 6 at Reno and the UP 4428 cane be seen at the following URL: [url]http://ll-photo3.home.att.net/01-07-05.htm[/url] Just heard this morning that UP's railroad repeater on Peavine Mountain is without power and is operating on battery power. There is a crew on its way to this repeater and it has lost battery power or is about too. The crew is in a snow cat, they have encountered 100 MPH winds and heavy snow drifts. SP9033 - Trackside at MP236
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