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Posted by narig01 on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 1:55 PM
Ok so it had a bug.
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Posted by rdamon on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 10:01 AM

Got scared when I saw some MoW vehicles cross the diamond and then a giant spider attacked them!!

 

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Posted by tree68 on Saturday, October 11, 2014 4:51 PM

It'll be even worse when the spider starts wearing earmuffs and mittens....

Without having seen the new camera, I do wonder if there is anything under the lens that will allow snow to accumulate (besides the roof).  I gotta imagine the designers of such enclosures are smart than that, though...

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Posted by eolafan on Friday, October 10, 2014 4:19 PM

It appears Mr. and / or Mrs. Spider have been busy building another web over the lens on the Rochelle webcam...looks like we need yet another rain storm to wash it away for a clearer view.

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Posted by eolafan on Thursday, August 21, 2014 9:19 AM
Well, either the overnight rain at Rochelle washed away the growing spider web being built on the webcam lens or somebody kindly got up on a ladder and cleaned it off...whatever happened I'm grateful.
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Posted by ChuckCobleigh on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 8:57 PM

dknelson

Keep watching - perhaps a Southern Pacific engine in the black widow paint scheme will pass by. 

Funny you should mention that, as I saw what looked like an Espee engine in a consist heading an EB UP train today.  Couldn't tell if it was the heritage unit or some remaining patched engine.  It wasn't a black widow, though.

After all, it is a web cam.

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Posted by chad s thomas on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 7:57 PM

Laugh BRING BACK THE SP!!!! LaughSmile, Wink & GrinBig Smile

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Posted by dknelson on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 6:36 PM

The late afternoon sun is highlighting a number of raindrop spots on the lens, and yes the web is flapping in the wind, suggesting that the spider may have abandoned it, or became lunch for a bird (or a larger spider).

Keep watching - perhaps a Southern Pacific engine in the black widow paint scheme will pass by. 

 

 

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Posted by ChuckCobleigh on Monday, August 18, 2014 11:21 AM

Looks like the web cam has reverted to its internet meaning this morning.  We'll see how it looks this afternoon when sunlight falls directly on the web location.

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Monday, August 18, 2014 6:58 AM

CShaveRR

I just caught a westbound BNSF manifest, and the spider just caught a bug of some sort.

A flu bug, perhaps?Whistling

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Posted by CShaveRR on Sunday, August 17, 2014 7:55 PM

I just caught a westbound BNSF manifest, and the spider just caught a bug of some sort.

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Posted by ChuckCobleigh on Sunday, August 17, 2014 3:10 PM

Don't see the spider but some web still appears to be flapping in the breeze at 3:11 pm CDT.

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Posted by locomutt on Sunday, August 17, 2014 11:01 AM

Maybe it's just leaving us it's "Web Address".......

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Posted by train18393 on Sunday, August 17, 2014 7:34 AM

Maybe a younger spider and a case of photo(video) bombing. So sorry about the stupid post, but sometimes I can't help myself.

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Posted by edblysard on Saturday, August 16, 2014 10:46 PM

Darn tagger....

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Posted by ChuckCobleigh on Saturday, August 16, 2014 10:21 PM

Semper Vaporo

Care to name WHICH CAMERA?

Uh, that would be the Rochelle camera.

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Posted by Semper Vaporo on Saturday, August 16, 2014 10:17 PM

Care to name WHICH CAMERA?

Semper Vaporo

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Posted by ChuckCobleigh on Saturday, August 16, 2014 7:25 PM

Still spinning at 7:23 PM CDT this evening.  Anybody up for a viewing of "Arachnophobia" tonight?

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Posted by chad s thomas on Saturday, August 16, 2014 7:04 PM

I guess trolling isn't limited humans Smile, Wink & Grin

Sorry Jim, couldn't resist.Cool

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Spider web alert!!!!
Posted by eolafan on Saturday, August 16, 2014 11:12 AM
ALERT!!! There is a spider just starting to weave a web on the lens of the web cam that will eventually get in the way of our viewing pleasure unless a wind or rain storm clears it away. I saw what looked like dirt on the lens earlier this morning and just now saw the spider himself crawling along across the lens.
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