Originally posted by Modelcar Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Modelcar Member sinceFebruary 2002 From: Muncie, Indiana...Orig. from Pennsylvania 13,456 posts Posted by Modelcar on Monday, April 11, 2005 8:20 AM ...Must be a she.... Quentin Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Monday, April 11, 2005 8:08 AM it just occurred again a WB UPRR on the south track stopped at the signal bridge before the crossing & a person waiting there again entered the cab & then the train proceeded with the person on board, Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Glen Ellyn Member sinceJuly 2004 From: Chicago Subarbs 638 posts Posted by Glen Ellyn on Saturday, April 9, 2005 9:15 AM Wait, someone got onto a train from Rochelle, and he/she got on the engine? WOW Andrew Barchifowski, Glen Ellyn</font id="red">, LJ, #3300, Scott, FLODO. Reply Modelcar Member sinceFebruary 2002 From: Muncie, Indiana...Orig. from Pennsylvania 13,456 posts Posted by Modelcar on Saturday, April 9, 2005 8:46 AM ...8:40....2 more men looking all around the diamond and what looks like possibly a railroad SUV parked over to the right of the diamond.... Quentin Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Saturday, April 9, 2005 7:40 AM Glad it sounded good to you! [:p][:)][:D] Originally posted by Modelcar [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Modelcar Member sinceFebruary 2002 From: Muncie, Indiana...Orig. from Pennsylvania 13,456 posts Posted by Modelcar on Saturday, April 9, 2005 7:36 AM ....Sounds good enough to me....[8D] Quentin Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Saturday, April 9, 2005 7:31 AM Nor have I. I would have loved to have seen it. For sure though a train coming EB on the UPRR south track can come thru the yard & exit on the BNSF track by the trees. [:o)][:)][:p] Originally posted by Modelcar [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Modelcar Member sinceFebruary 2002 From: Muncie, Indiana...Orig. from Pennsylvania 13,456 posts Posted by Modelcar on Saturday, April 9, 2005 7:27 AM spbed...You may very well be correct in analyzing the situation but I've never witnessed a movement there like that...Especially a train stopped across the diamond. But then I'm not over there watching the op everyday.... Quentin Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Saturday, April 9, 2005 7:07 AM OK I sure would have like to have been the person they picked up! [:p][:D][:)] Originally posted by shrek623 Originally posted by spbed [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Saturday, April 9, 2005 7:04 AM Well when I was their both UPRR & BNSF work the yard out of range of the camera. My only guess would be is a BNSF had been rerouted onto the UPRR & was returning to his home tracks via that track & the UPRR WB was waiting for the train moving onto the BNSF to clear the track so it could proceed. [8D][:D][:)] Originally posted by Modelcar ... Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Modelcar Member sinceFebruary 2002 From: Muncie, Indiana...Orig. from Pennsylvania 13,456 posts Posted by Modelcar on Friday, April 8, 2005 10:40 PM ...Well, late afternoon I saw weird operations there....Believe it was 5:40 pm and a train was stopped across the diamond on Up..WB. Another train was coming towards the camera on the very south track along side the UP and being routed south on the BNSF....it was traveling slow and I believe it had 3 engines on so doubt if it was a local...and it was quite long too.....Then the UP train resumed it's movement {west}, and then the diamond was cleared...Didn't watch beyond that time period so don't know what may have occured right after those operations. I have never seen a train movement of any kind on that track {left side of picture and coming towards the camera and heading south}. It was interesting, but wonder what was really happening. Quentin Reply shrek623 Member sinceJune 2004 From: North central Illinois 120 posts Posted by shrek623 on Friday, April 8, 2005 5:10 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by spbed Well I pass on the sent ahead theroy sorry as at least 20 other UPRR trains has passed on that track today & they did not follow your procedure. No for sure the train stopped to allow him on so the squa***heroy is also no good. Only after he reached the cab did the train proceed. [:o)][:D][:)][:p] Originally posted by edblysard [ UP and BNSF big wigs like to ops test here every now and then. It very well could have been that. They don't do but a couple of trains at a time when they do this because that diamond is so busy. I have been tested once there a few months ago by BNSF. That could explain him flagging thru, because that had to be what he was doing. When I did it there was a suited "official"(it was a superintendent) hiding in the little shack right by the diamond. Shrek Reply Randy Stahl Member sinceJune 2004 From: roundhouse 2,747 posts Posted by Randy Stahl on Friday, April 8, 2005 2:45 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken RFE on a joyride[swg] agreed, certainly not a joyride for the crew anymore. Reply mudchicken Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Denver / La Junta 10,820 posts Posted by mudchicken on Friday, April 8, 2005 2:08 PM RFE on a joyride[swg] Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Friday, April 8, 2005 1:25 PM Well I pass on the sent ahead theroy sorry as at least 20 other UPRR trains has passed on that track today & they did not follow your procedure. No for sure the train stopped to allow him on so the squa***heroy is also no good. Only after he reached the cab did the train proceed. [:o)][:D][:)][:p] Originally posted by edblysard [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply edblysard Member sinceMarch 2002 9,265 posts Posted by edblysard on Friday, April 8, 2005 12:58 PM Odds are it was a crewmember sent ahead to inspect and flag the interlocker. Several reasons to do this, one being the hi-rail truck you saw yesterday found a small problem, bad joint bar of something of that nature, or the signal system is being worked on, which would make this a manual interlocking plant until the signals are repaired. If he didnt belong in the cab, the engineer wouldnt have stopped. If he jumped on while it was moving, you would have seen him...uhh, well, fall off again right quick! Ed 23 17 46 11 Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Friday, April 8, 2005 12:38 PM OK the sequence was 1st the person appeared walking right next to track. Then you saw the nose of the lead unit come ahead of the signal bridge & then stop where the person was now waiting. He hopped on & you could see him enter the cab & away the they went towards Clinton. [:p][8D][:D][:o)] Originally posted by CShaveRR Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply CShaveRR Member sinceJune 2001 From: Lombard (west of Chicago), Illinois 13,681 posts Posted by CShaveRR on Friday, April 8, 2005 12:34 PM You can bet that that person, whoever he was, is an officer with every right to be on that locomotive. 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) Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts ROCHELLE DIAMOND Posted by spbed on Friday, April 8, 2005 10:21 AM Who just saw a UPRR train pick up a person going WB at the diamond? Looks like somebody is getting a cab ride [:o)][8D][:D][:)] Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
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Originally posted by Modelcar [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Modelcar Member sinceFebruary 2002 From: Muncie, Indiana...Orig. from Pennsylvania 13,456 posts Posted by Modelcar on Saturday, April 9, 2005 7:36 AM ....Sounds good enough to me....[8D] Quentin Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Saturday, April 9, 2005 7:31 AM Nor have I. I would have loved to have seen it. For sure though a train coming EB on the UPRR south track can come thru the yard & exit on the BNSF track by the trees. [:o)][:)][:p] Originally posted by Modelcar [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Modelcar Member sinceFebruary 2002 From: Muncie, Indiana...Orig. from Pennsylvania 13,456 posts Posted by Modelcar on Saturday, April 9, 2005 7:27 AM spbed...You may very well be correct in analyzing the situation but I've never witnessed a movement there like that...Especially a train stopped across the diamond. But then I'm not over there watching the op everyday.... Quentin Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Saturday, April 9, 2005 7:07 AM OK I sure would have like to have been the person they picked up! [:p][:D][:)] Originally posted by shrek623 Originally posted by spbed [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Saturday, April 9, 2005 7:04 AM Well when I was their both UPRR & BNSF work the yard out of range of the camera. My only guess would be is a BNSF had been rerouted onto the UPRR & was returning to his home tracks via that track & the UPRR WB was waiting for the train moving onto the BNSF to clear the track so it could proceed. [8D][:D][:)] Originally posted by Modelcar ... Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Modelcar Member sinceFebruary 2002 From: Muncie, Indiana...Orig. from Pennsylvania 13,456 posts Posted by Modelcar on Friday, April 8, 2005 10:40 PM ...Well, late afternoon I saw weird operations there....Believe it was 5:40 pm and a train was stopped across the diamond on Up..WB. Another train was coming towards the camera on the very south track along side the UP and being routed south on the BNSF....it was traveling slow and I believe it had 3 engines on so doubt if it was a local...and it was quite long too.....Then the UP train resumed it's movement {west}, and then the diamond was cleared...Didn't watch beyond that time period so don't know what may have occured right after those operations. I have never seen a train movement of any kind on that track {left side of picture and coming towards the camera and heading south}. It was interesting, but wonder what was really happening. Quentin Reply shrek623 Member sinceJune 2004 From: North central Illinois 120 posts Posted by shrek623 on Friday, April 8, 2005 5:10 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by spbed Well I pass on the sent ahead theroy sorry as at least 20 other UPRR trains has passed on that track today & they did not follow your procedure. No for sure the train stopped to allow him on so the squa***heroy is also no good. Only after he reached the cab did the train proceed. [:o)][:D][:)][:p] Originally posted by edblysard [ UP and BNSF big wigs like to ops test here every now and then. It very well could have been that. They don't do but a couple of trains at a time when they do this because that diamond is so busy. I have been tested once there a few months ago by BNSF. That could explain him flagging thru, because that had to be what he was doing. When I did it there was a suited "official"(it was a superintendent) hiding in the little shack right by the diamond. Shrek Reply Randy Stahl Member sinceJune 2004 From: roundhouse 2,747 posts Posted by Randy Stahl on Friday, April 8, 2005 2:45 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken RFE on a joyride[swg] agreed, certainly not a joyride for the crew anymore. Reply mudchicken Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Denver / La Junta 10,820 posts Posted by mudchicken on Friday, April 8, 2005 2:08 PM RFE on a joyride[swg] Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Friday, April 8, 2005 1:25 PM Well I pass on the sent ahead theroy sorry as at least 20 other UPRR trains has passed on that track today & they did not follow your procedure. No for sure the train stopped to allow him on so the squa***heroy is also no good. Only after he reached the cab did the train proceed. [:o)][:D][:)][:p] Originally posted by edblysard [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply edblysard Member sinceMarch 2002 9,265 posts Posted by edblysard on Friday, April 8, 2005 12:58 PM Odds are it was a crewmember sent ahead to inspect and flag the interlocker. Several reasons to do this, one being the hi-rail truck you saw yesterday found a small problem, bad joint bar of something of that nature, or the signal system is being worked on, which would make this a manual interlocking plant until the signals are repaired. If he didnt belong in the cab, the engineer wouldnt have stopped. If he jumped on while it was moving, you would have seen him...uhh, well, fall off again right quick! Ed 23 17 46 11 Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Friday, April 8, 2005 12:38 PM OK the sequence was 1st the person appeared walking right next to track. Then you saw the nose of the lead unit come ahead of the signal bridge & then stop where the person was now waiting. He hopped on & you could see him enter the cab & away the they went towards Clinton. [:p][8D][:D][:o)] Originally posted by CShaveRR Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply CShaveRR Member sinceJune 2001 From: Lombard (west of Chicago), Illinois 13,681 posts Posted by CShaveRR on Friday, April 8, 2005 12:34 PM You can bet that that person, whoever he was, is an officer with every right to be on that locomotive. 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) Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts ROCHELLE DIAMOND Posted by spbed on Friday, April 8, 2005 10:21 AM Who just saw a UPRR train pick up a person going WB at the diamond? Looks like somebody is getting a cab ride [:o)][8D][:D][:)] Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
Originally posted by Modelcar [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Modelcar Member sinceFebruary 2002 From: Muncie, Indiana...Orig. from Pennsylvania 13,456 posts Posted by Modelcar on Saturday, April 9, 2005 7:27 AM spbed...You may very well be correct in analyzing the situation but I've never witnessed a movement there like that...Especially a train stopped across the diamond. But then I'm not over there watching the op everyday.... Quentin Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Saturday, April 9, 2005 7:07 AM OK I sure would have like to have been the person they picked up! [:p][:D][:)] Originally posted by shrek623 Originally posted by spbed [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Saturday, April 9, 2005 7:04 AM Well when I was their both UPRR & BNSF work the yard out of range of the camera. My only guess would be is a BNSF had been rerouted onto the UPRR & was returning to his home tracks via that track & the UPRR WB was waiting for the train moving onto the BNSF to clear the track so it could proceed. [8D][:D][:)] Originally posted by Modelcar ... Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Modelcar Member sinceFebruary 2002 From: Muncie, Indiana...Orig. from Pennsylvania 13,456 posts Posted by Modelcar on Friday, April 8, 2005 10:40 PM ...Well, late afternoon I saw weird operations there....Believe it was 5:40 pm and a train was stopped across the diamond on Up..WB. Another train was coming towards the camera on the very south track along side the UP and being routed south on the BNSF....it was traveling slow and I believe it had 3 engines on so doubt if it was a local...and it was quite long too.....Then the UP train resumed it's movement {west}, and then the diamond was cleared...Didn't watch beyond that time period so don't know what may have occured right after those operations. I have never seen a train movement of any kind on that track {left side of picture and coming towards the camera and heading south}. It was interesting, but wonder what was really happening. Quentin Reply shrek623 Member sinceJune 2004 From: North central Illinois 120 posts Posted by shrek623 on Friday, April 8, 2005 5:10 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by spbed Well I pass on the sent ahead theroy sorry as at least 20 other UPRR trains has passed on that track today & they did not follow your procedure. No for sure the train stopped to allow him on so the squa***heroy is also no good. Only after he reached the cab did the train proceed. [:o)][:D][:)][:p] Originally posted by edblysard [ UP and BNSF big wigs like to ops test here every now and then. It very well could have been that. They don't do but a couple of trains at a time when they do this because that diamond is so busy. I have been tested once there a few months ago by BNSF. That could explain him flagging thru, because that had to be what he was doing. When I did it there was a suited "official"(it was a superintendent) hiding in the little shack right by the diamond. Shrek Reply Randy Stahl Member sinceJune 2004 From: roundhouse 2,747 posts Posted by Randy Stahl on Friday, April 8, 2005 2:45 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken RFE on a joyride[swg] agreed, certainly not a joyride for the crew anymore. Reply mudchicken Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Denver / La Junta 10,820 posts Posted by mudchicken on Friday, April 8, 2005 2:08 PM RFE on a joyride[swg] Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Friday, April 8, 2005 1:25 PM Well I pass on the sent ahead theroy sorry as at least 20 other UPRR trains has passed on that track today & they did not follow your procedure. No for sure the train stopped to allow him on so the squa***heroy is also no good. Only after he reached the cab did the train proceed. [:o)][:D][:)][:p] Originally posted by edblysard [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply edblysard Member sinceMarch 2002 9,265 posts Posted by edblysard on Friday, April 8, 2005 12:58 PM Odds are it was a crewmember sent ahead to inspect and flag the interlocker. Several reasons to do this, one being the hi-rail truck you saw yesterday found a small problem, bad joint bar of something of that nature, or the signal system is being worked on, which would make this a manual interlocking plant until the signals are repaired. If he didnt belong in the cab, the engineer wouldnt have stopped. If he jumped on while it was moving, you would have seen him...uhh, well, fall off again right quick! Ed 23 17 46 11 Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Friday, April 8, 2005 12:38 PM OK the sequence was 1st the person appeared walking right next to track. Then you saw the nose of the lead unit come ahead of the signal bridge & then stop where the person was now waiting. He hopped on & you could see him enter the cab & away the they went towards Clinton. [:p][8D][:D][:o)] Originally posted by CShaveRR Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply CShaveRR Member sinceJune 2001 From: Lombard (west of Chicago), Illinois 13,681 posts Posted by CShaveRR on Friday, April 8, 2005 12:34 PM You can bet that that person, whoever he was, is an officer with every right to be on that locomotive. 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) Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts ROCHELLE DIAMOND Posted by spbed on Friday, April 8, 2005 10:21 AM Who just saw a UPRR train pick up a person going WB at the diamond? Looks like somebody is getting a cab ride [:o)][8D][:D][:)] Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
Originally posted by shrek623 Originally posted by spbed [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Saturday, April 9, 2005 7:04 AM Well when I was their both UPRR & BNSF work the yard out of range of the camera. My only guess would be is a BNSF had been rerouted onto the UPRR & was returning to his home tracks via that track & the UPRR WB was waiting for the train moving onto the BNSF to clear the track so it could proceed. [8D][:D][:)] Originally posted by Modelcar ... Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Modelcar Member sinceFebruary 2002 From: Muncie, Indiana...Orig. from Pennsylvania 13,456 posts Posted by Modelcar on Friday, April 8, 2005 10:40 PM ...Well, late afternoon I saw weird operations there....Believe it was 5:40 pm and a train was stopped across the diamond on Up..WB. Another train was coming towards the camera on the very south track along side the UP and being routed south on the BNSF....it was traveling slow and I believe it had 3 engines on so doubt if it was a local...and it was quite long too.....Then the UP train resumed it's movement {west}, and then the diamond was cleared...Didn't watch beyond that time period so don't know what may have occured right after those operations. I have never seen a train movement of any kind on that track {left side of picture and coming towards the camera and heading south}. It was interesting, but wonder what was really happening. Quentin Reply shrek623 Member sinceJune 2004 From: North central Illinois 120 posts Posted by shrek623 on Friday, April 8, 2005 5:10 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by spbed Well I pass on the sent ahead theroy sorry as at least 20 other UPRR trains has passed on that track today & they did not follow your procedure. No for sure the train stopped to allow him on so the squa***heroy is also no good. Only after he reached the cab did the train proceed. [:o)][:D][:)][:p] Originally posted by edblysard [ UP and BNSF big wigs like to ops test here every now and then. It very well could have been that. They don't do but a couple of trains at a time when they do this because that diamond is so busy. I have been tested once there a few months ago by BNSF. That could explain him flagging thru, because that had to be what he was doing. When I did it there was a suited "official"(it was a superintendent) hiding in the little shack right by the diamond. Shrek Reply Randy Stahl Member sinceJune 2004 From: roundhouse 2,747 posts Posted by Randy Stahl on Friday, April 8, 2005 2:45 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken RFE on a joyride[swg] agreed, certainly not a joyride for the crew anymore. Reply mudchicken Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Denver / La Junta 10,820 posts Posted by mudchicken on Friday, April 8, 2005 2:08 PM RFE on a joyride[swg] Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Friday, April 8, 2005 1:25 PM Well I pass on the sent ahead theroy sorry as at least 20 other UPRR trains has passed on that track today & they did not follow your procedure. No for sure the train stopped to allow him on so the squa***heroy is also no good. Only after he reached the cab did the train proceed. [:o)][:D][:)][:p] Originally posted by edblysard [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply edblysard Member sinceMarch 2002 9,265 posts Posted by edblysard on Friday, April 8, 2005 12:58 PM Odds are it was a crewmember sent ahead to inspect and flag the interlocker. Several reasons to do this, one being the hi-rail truck you saw yesterday found a small problem, bad joint bar of something of that nature, or the signal system is being worked on, which would make this a manual interlocking plant until the signals are repaired. If he didnt belong in the cab, the engineer wouldnt have stopped. If he jumped on while it was moving, you would have seen him...uhh, well, fall off again right quick! Ed 23 17 46 11 Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Friday, April 8, 2005 12:38 PM OK the sequence was 1st the person appeared walking right next to track. Then you saw the nose of the lead unit come ahead of the signal bridge & then stop where the person was now waiting. He hopped on & you could see him enter the cab & away the they went towards Clinton. [:p][8D][:D][:o)] Originally posted by CShaveRR Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply CShaveRR Member sinceJune 2001 From: Lombard (west of Chicago), Illinois 13,681 posts Posted by CShaveRR on Friday, April 8, 2005 12:34 PM You can bet that that person, whoever he was, is an officer with every right to be on that locomotive. 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) Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts ROCHELLE DIAMOND Posted by spbed on Friday, April 8, 2005 10:21 AM Who just saw a UPRR train pick up a person going WB at the diamond? Looks like somebody is getting a cab ride [:o)][8D][:D][:)] Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
Originally posted by spbed [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Saturday, April 9, 2005 7:04 AM Well when I was their both UPRR & BNSF work the yard out of range of the camera. My only guess would be is a BNSF had been rerouted onto the UPRR & was returning to his home tracks via that track & the UPRR WB was waiting for the train moving onto the BNSF to clear the track so it could proceed. [8D][:D][:)] Originally posted by Modelcar ... Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Modelcar Member sinceFebruary 2002 From: Muncie, Indiana...Orig. from Pennsylvania 13,456 posts Posted by Modelcar on Friday, April 8, 2005 10:40 PM ...Well, late afternoon I saw weird operations there....Believe it was 5:40 pm and a train was stopped across the diamond on Up..WB. Another train was coming towards the camera on the very south track along side the UP and being routed south on the BNSF....it was traveling slow and I believe it had 3 engines on so doubt if it was a local...and it was quite long too.....Then the UP train resumed it's movement {west}, and then the diamond was cleared...Didn't watch beyond that time period so don't know what may have occured right after those operations. I have never seen a train movement of any kind on that track {left side of picture and coming towards the camera and heading south}. It was interesting, but wonder what was really happening. Quentin Reply shrek623 Member sinceJune 2004 From: North central Illinois 120 posts Posted by shrek623 on Friday, April 8, 2005 5:10 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by spbed Well I pass on the sent ahead theroy sorry as at least 20 other UPRR trains has passed on that track today & they did not follow your procedure. No for sure the train stopped to allow him on so the squa***heroy is also no good. Only after he reached the cab did the train proceed. [:o)][:D][:)][:p] Originally posted by edblysard [ UP and BNSF big wigs like to ops test here every now and then. It very well could have been that. They don't do but a couple of trains at a time when they do this because that diamond is so busy. I have been tested once there a few months ago by BNSF. That could explain him flagging thru, because that had to be what he was doing. When I did it there was a suited "official"(it was a superintendent) hiding in the little shack right by the diamond. Shrek Reply Randy Stahl Member sinceJune 2004 From: roundhouse 2,747 posts Posted by Randy Stahl on Friday, April 8, 2005 2:45 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken RFE on a joyride[swg] agreed, certainly not a joyride for the crew anymore. Reply mudchicken Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Denver / La Junta 10,820 posts Posted by mudchicken on Friday, April 8, 2005 2:08 PM RFE on a joyride[swg] Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Friday, April 8, 2005 1:25 PM Well I pass on the sent ahead theroy sorry as at least 20 other UPRR trains has passed on that track today & they did not follow your procedure. No for sure the train stopped to allow him on so the squa***heroy is also no good. Only after he reached the cab did the train proceed. [:o)][:D][:)][:p] Originally posted by edblysard [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply edblysard Member sinceMarch 2002 9,265 posts Posted by edblysard on Friday, April 8, 2005 12:58 PM Odds are it was a crewmember sent ahead to inspect and flag the interlocker. Several reasons to do this, one being the hi-rail truck you saw yesterday found a small problem, bad joint bar of something of that nature, or the signal system is being worked on, which would make this a manual interlocking plant until the signals are repaired. If he didnt belong in the cab, the engineer wouldnt have stopped. If he jumped on while it was moving, you would have seen him...uhh, well, fall off again right quick! Ed 23 17 46 11 Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Friday, April 8, 2005 12:38 PM OK the sequence was 1st the person appeared walking right next to track. Then you saw the nose of the lead unit come ahead of the signal bridge & then stop where the person was now waiting. He hopped on & you could see him enter the cab & away the they went towards Clinton. [:p][8D][:D][:o)] Originally posted by CShaveRR Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply CShaveRR Member sinceJune 2001 From: Lombard (west of Chicago), Illinois 13,681 posts Posted by CShaveRR on Friday, April 8, 2005 12:34 PM You can bet that that person, whoever he was, is an officer with every right to be on that locomotive. 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) Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts ROCHELLE DIAMOND Posted by spbed on Friday, April 8, 2005 10:21 AM Who just saw a UPRR train pick up a person going WB at the diamond? Looks like somebody is getting a cab ride [:o)][8D][:D][:)] Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
Originally posted by Modelcar ... Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Modelcar Member sinceFebruary 2002 From: Muncie, Indiana...Orig. from Pennsylvania 13,456 posts Posted by Modelcar on Friday, April 8, 2005 10:40 PM ...Well, late afternoon I saw weird operations there....Believe it was 5:40 pm and a train was stopped across the diamond on Up..WB. Another train was coming towards the camera on the very south track along side the UP and being routed south on the BNSF....it was traveling slow and I believe it had 3 engines on so doubt if it was a local...and it was quite long too.....Then the UP train resumed it's movement {west}, and then the diamond was cleared...Didn't watch beyond that time period so don't know what may have occured right after those operations. I have never seen a train movement of any kind on that track {left side of picture and coming towards the camera and heading south}. It was interesting, but wonder what was really happening. Quentin Reply shrek623 Member sinceJune 2004 From: North central Illinois 120 posts Posted by shrek623 on Friday, April 8, 2005 5:10 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by spbed Well I pass on the sent ahead theroy sorry as at least 20 other UPRR trains has passed on that track today & they did not follow your procedure. No for sure the train stopped to allow him on so the squa***heroy is also no good. Only after he reached the cab did the train proceed. [:o)][:D][:)][:p] Originally posted by edblysard [ UP and BNSF big wigs like to ops test here every now and then. It very well could have been that. They don't do but a couple of trains at a time when they do this because that diamond is so busy. I have been tested once there a few months ago by BNSF. That could explain him flagging thru, because that had to be what he was doing. When I did it there was a suited "official"(it was a superintendent) hiding in the little shack right by the diamond. Shrek Reply Randy Stahl Member sinceJune 2004 From: roundhouse 2,747 posts Posted by Randy Stahl on Friday, April 8, 2005 2:45 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken RFE on a joyride[swg] agreed, certainly not a joyride for the crew anymore. Reply mudchicken Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Denver / La Junta 10,820 posts Posted by mudchicken on Friday, April 8, 2005 2:08 PM RFE on a joyride[swg] Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Friday, April 8, 2005 1:25 PM Well I pass on the sent ahead theroy sorry as at least 20 other UPRR trains has passed on that track today & they did not follow your procedure. No for sure the train stopped to allow him on so the squa***heroy is also no good. Only after he reached the cab did the train proceed. [:o)][:D][:)][:p] Originally posted by edblysard [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply edblysard Member sinceMarch 2002 9,265 posts Posted by edblysard on Friday, April 8, 2005 12:58 PM Odds are it was a crewmember sent ahead to inspect and flag the interlocker. Several reasons to do this, one being the hi-rail truck you saw yesterday found a small problem, bad joint bar of something of that nature, or the signal system is being worked on, which would make this a manual interlocking plant until the signals are repaired. If he didnt belong in the cab, the engineer wouldnt have stopped. If he jumped on while it was moving, you would have seen him...uhh, well, fall off again right quick! Ed 23 17 46 11 Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Friday, April 8, 2005 12:38 PM OK the sequence was 1st the person appeared walking right next to track. Then you saw the nose of the lead unit come ahead of the signal bridge & then stop where the person was now waiting. He hopped on & you could see him enter the cab & away the they went towards Clinton. [:p][8D][:D][:o)] Originally posted by CShaveRR Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply CShaveRR Member sinceJune 2001 From: Lombard (west of Chicago), Illinois 13,681 posts Posted by CShaveRR on Friday, April 8, 2005 12:34 PM You can bet that that person, whoever he was, is an officer with every right to be on that locomotive. 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) Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts ROCHELLE DIAMOND Posted by spbed on Friday, April 8, 2005 10:21 AM Who just saw a UPRR train pick up a person going WB at the diamond? Looks like somebody is getting a cab ride [:o)][8D][:D][:)] Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
QUOTE: Originally posted by spbed Well I pass on the sent ahead theroy sorry as at least 20 other UPRR trains has passed on that track today & they did not follow your procedure. No for sure the train stopped to allow him on so the squa***heroy is also no good. Only after he reached the cab did the train proceed. [:o)][:D][:)][:p] Originally posted by edblysard [ UP and BNSF big wigs like to ops test here every now and then. It very well could have been that. They don't do but a couple of trains at a time when they do this because that diamond is so busy. I have been tested once there a few months ago by BNSF. That could explain him flagging thru, because that had to be what he was doing. When I did it there was a suited "official"(it was a superintendent) hiding in the little shack right by the diamond. Shrek Reply Randy Stahl Member sinceJune 2004 From: roundhouse 2,747 posts Posted by Randy Stahl on Friday, April 8, 2005 2:45 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken RFE on a joyride[swg] agreed, certainly not a joyride for the crew anymore. Reply mudchicken Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Denver / La Junta 10,820 posts Posted by mudchicken on Friday, April 8, 2005 2:08 PM RFE on a joyride[swg] Mudchicken Nothing is worth taking the risk of losing a life over. Come home tonight in the same condition that you left home this morning in. Safety begins with ME.... cinscocom-west Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Friday, April 8, 2005 1:25 PM Well I pass on the sent ahead theroy sorry as at least 20 other UPRR trains has passed on that track today & they did not follow your procedure. No for sure the train stopped to allow him on so the squa***heroy is also no good. Only after he reached the cab did the train proceed. [:o)][:D][:)][:p] Originally posted by edblysard [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply edblysard Member sinceMarch 2002 9,265 posts Posted by edblysard on Friday, April 8, 2005 12:58 PM Odds are it was a crewmember sent ahead to inspect and flag the interlocker. Several reasons to do this, one being the hi-rail truck you saw yesterday found a small problem, bad joint bar of something of that nature, or the signal system is being worked on, which would make this a manual interlocking plant until the signals are repaired. If he didnt belong in the cab, the engineer wouldnt have stopped. If he jumped on while it was moving, you would have seen him...uhh, well, fall off again right quick! Ed 23 17 46 11 Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Friday, April 8, 2005 12:38 PM OK the sequence was 1st the person appeared walking right next to track. Then you saw the nose of the lead unit come ahead of the signal bridge & then stop where the person was now waiting. He hopped on & you could see him enter the cab & away the they went towards Clinton. [:p][8D][:D][:o)] Originally posted by CShaveRR Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply CShaveRR Member sinceJune 2001 From: Lombard (west of Chicago), Illinois 13,681 posts Posted by CShaveRR on Friday, April 8, 2005 12:34 PM You can bet that that person, whoever he was, is an officer with every right to be on that locomotive. 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) Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts ROCHELLE DIAMOND Posted by spbed on Friday, April 8, 2005 10:21 AM Who just saw a UPRR train pick up a person going WB at the diamond? Looks like somebody is getting a cab ride [:o)][8D][:D][:)] Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
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QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken RFE on a joyride[swg]
Originally posted by edblysard [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply edblysard Member sinceMarch 2002 9,265 posts Posted by edblysard on Friday, April 8, 2005 12:58 PM Odds are it was a crewmember sent ahead to inspect and flag the interlocker. Several reasons to do this, one being the hi-rail truck you saw yesterday found a small problem, bad joint bar of something of that nature, or the signal system is being worked on, which would make this a manual interlocking plant until the signals are repaired. If he didnt belong in the cab, the engineer wouldnt have stopped. If he jumped on while it was moving, you would have seen him...uhh, well, fall off again right quick! Ed 23 17 46 11 Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Friday, April 8, 2005 12:38 PM OK the sequence was 1st the person appeared walking right next to track. Then you saw the nose of the lead unit come ahead of the signal bridge & then stop where the person was now waiting. He hopped on & you could see him enter the cab & away the they went towards Clinton. [:p][8D][:D][:o)] Originally posted by CShaveRR Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply CShaveRR Member sinceJune 2001 From: Lombard (west of Chicago), Illinois 13,681 posts Posted by CShaveRR on Friday, April 8, 2005 12:34 PM You can bet that that person, whoever he was, is an officer with every right to be on that locomotive. 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) Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts ROCHELLE DIAMOND Posted by spbed on Friday, April 8, 2005 10:21 AM Who just saw a UPRR train pick up a person going WB at the diamond? Looks like somebody is getting a cab ride [:o)][8D][:D][:)] Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
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Originally posted by CShaveRR Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply CShaveRR Member sinceJune 2001 From: Lombard (west of Chicago), Illinois 13,681 posts Posted by CShaveRR on Friday, April 8, 2005 12:34 PM You can bet that that person, whoever he was, is an officer with every right to be on that locomotive. 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) Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts ROCHELLE DIAMOND Posted by spbed on Friday, April 8, 2005 10:21 AM Who just saw a UPRR train pick up a person going WB at the diamond? Looks like somebody is getting a cab ride [:o)][8D][:D][:)] Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply Join our Community! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login » Register » Search the Community Newsletter Sign-Up By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our privacy policy More great sites from Kalmbach Media Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy
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CAACSCOCOM--I don't want to behave improperly, so I just won't behave at all. (SM)
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