So's the spider...
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Virginia Railway Express coaches just went through eastbound on UP, sandwiched between two flats. Pulled by a patched ex CNW.
10000 feet and no dynamics? Today is going to be a good day ...
Must have hit a quiet spell. I have a tendency to do that. Better get off line so others can see trains...
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ChuckAllen, TX
Just went to it, seconds later a UP intermodal went past. Nice!
Seconding request for broomsticking the spider web. Can someone take care of this? Its very annoying to have a dead bug in a web jiggling in the direct center of the diamond
Have fun with your trains
Does anyone know what BNSF is loading/unloading with the cars on the Del Monte spur? I just saw a number of boxcars, and a lumber spine car being pushed down the spur. Thanks for your help!
vsmithSeconding request for broomsticking the spider web. Can someone take care of this? Its very annoying to have a dead bug in a web jiggling in the direct center of the diamond
Gotta be careful suggesting that "someone" go "take care of" the spiderweb... those cameras and their mounts are not really all that rugged, and at the distance the "broom" would have to reach (without the aid of a ladder to get on the roof and then up the slope of the roof to the camera at the peak), the "helpful person" would have a difficult time doing the desired task without whacking the camera, either breaking it or getting it pointed at the sky or the roof.
Semper Vaporo
Pkgs.
Happened to catch something just before dark that swiped the lens. Spider gone so far this morning.
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
The 'old wives tale" is that you have to destroy a web 3 times before it will give up on that location and move on, but that just hangs an "Available" sign for the next spider.
Semper Vaporo The 'old wives tale" is that you have to destroy a web 3 times before it will give up on that location and move on, but that just hangs an "Available" sign for the next spider.
Location. Location. Location.
What are those bars that resemble a piece of panel rail (but obviously is not)
that are just to the left of the benches in the foreground?
nyc#25What are those bars that resemble a piece of panel rail (but obviously is not) that are just to the left of the benches in the foreground?
What are those bars that resemble a piece of panel rail (but obviously is not) that are just to the left of the benches in the foreground?
About how often is the connecting track between the UP and the BNSF used?
Johnny
DeggestyAbout how often is the connecting track between the UP and the BNSF used?
Look further west and you will see that it does eventually connect to the UP line.
That is a example of the earliest metal track. it's a thin strip of iron attached to a wooden timber. There was a sign there years ago that gave info about it.
STEVEL That is a example of the earliest metal track. it's a thin strip of iron attached to a wooden timber. There was a sign there years ago that gave info about it.
There's a short blurb about it, and an illustration, here:
http://www.buffalohistoryworks.com/ptracks/chapter4/chapter4.htm
There is a connection with the Union Pacific through a small yard "around the corner." BNSF uses the track in question to reach a few customers with joint access to both railroads. It seems to run once a day on weekdays only.
Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine
I don't believe UP or BNSF use the track to the south of the diamonds as any interchange. I do know that BNSF, the Rochelle RR (or whatever it's name is) and another short line using BNSF trackage rights from the northwest all switch the yard.
UP does have a spur coming off the south track to the east of Rochelle which serves the east side industries and they set out many refrigerated cars from time to time. I think the Rochelle RR handles it.
Just before 5pm a string of 12 locos went through heading for Savanna. I assume only the lead BNSF was active, but the rest were in a gray color scheme (hard to be precise at this time of day when the sun is almost directly into the lens). Were they bound for some short line I don't recognise?
GrinandbearitA UP crew worked on the south UP track at the diamond from about 1030 to 1430 Wednesday September 3. The rocking of the freights across the diamond should be minimal after their work.
Aside to UP Track Supervisor: No thanks necessary. Several Division Engineers I worked for and with made me do it.
I just noticed a westbound train of reefers go through on the UP. Every car--except those that had an orange stripe near the top and at the bottom--had been defaced. I could not tell anything more about the cars that had escaped the work of the egotists.
DeggestyI just noticed a westbound train of reefers go through on the UP. Every car--except those that had an orange stripe near the top and at the bottom--had been defaced. I could not tell anything more about the cars that had escaped the work of the egotists.
I think the reefers with the orange stripes are just newer and haven't had their turn under the spray cans yet.
There are some of these cars, maybe some of the very same ones (they come up from the US), that CP spots to two different plants in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba.
The Cyro-Trans ones (orange bar) seem less tagged than the white ones ... which like said above ... are all covered.
They come and go to the same spots so why is one group only being tagged?
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