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QUOTE: Originally posted by spbed Well at least the UPRR has some money for upgrading the plant as a long UPRR WB work train just hit the diamond. [:o)]
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Originally posted by eolafan 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 Thursday, April 28, 2005 1:18 PM If those were the trains on cam it was there also. One was a TOFC train with orange trailers? [:D][:o)] Originally posted by CShaveRR 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 Thursday, April 28, 2005 1:36 PM If that is you near the signal bridge then you have been IDed. [:D][:p] Originally posted by eolafan Originally posted by spbed [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply miniwyo Member sinceJanuary 2003 From: Rock Springs Wy. 1,967 posts Posted by miniwyo on Thursday, April 28, 2005 3:49 PM OK, this may sound like a stupid question but since when did the webcam start streaming pics every few seconds?? RJ "Something hidden, Go and find it. Go and look behind the ranges, Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go." The Explorers - Rudyard Kipling http://sweetwater-photography.com/ Reply mikeyuhas Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Wisconsin, land o' cows 207 posts Posted by mikeyuhas on Thursday, April 28, 2005 3:56 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by miniwyo OK, this may sound like a stupid question but since when did the webcam start streaming pics every few seconds?? May, 2000. Thank you for reading Trains magazine! click here if you dare Reply eolafan Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Aurora, IL 4,515 posts Posted by eolafan on Thursday, April 28, 2005 5:09 PM OK, I'm back from Rochelle and wow was it ever busy! When I arrived I attempted to park at the diamonds but the big white UP trucks (2 of them) blocked my personal parking space (only kidding). I went over to the RailPark and walked down to the bottom of the stairs and waved at the camera (that would have been me in the brown jacket holding the scanner...the "recent pictures" are way backed up and the shots with me in them should be on the site later. Well, I say mostly UP trains. A eastbound coal train had been stuck just east of Rochelle since 11 a.m. with the trailing two of three total units shut down for lack of cooling water. Well, the dispatcher had the power off of a following manifest freight cut off and run light through town and up to the back of the coal train to help push it over "the hill" and into Elburn where a fire truck would meet it and pump water into the two trailing units that were broken down. I heard the ensuing action on my scanner and eventually the "light" power came back after about two hours (a rare consist of a GE Dash 8, an ex-C&NW SD40-2 and a MP15 which was not running). At one point there was a BNSF intermodal coming up the track towards the diamonds as well as the UP light power previously mentioned AND a UP empty coal train westbound with a UP SD9043 and a Dash 9...you had to see this to appreciate it...it was really cool. Well the rest of the afternoon was one train after another on both UP and BNSF but it was getting rather cool (temperature wise that is...55 is kind of cool with no real sun), and I called it a day. Rochelle is one of my favorite spots for just these reasons. Eolafan (a.k.a. Jim) Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 28, 2005 7:02 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by mikeyuhas QUOTE: Originally posted by miniwyo OK, this may sound like a stupid question but since when did the webcam start streaming pics every few seconds?? May, 2000. [(-D]................. Reply Edit miniwyo Member sinceJanuary 2003 From: Rock Springs Wy. 1,967 posts Posted by miniwyo on Friday, April 29, 2005 1:39 AM Until today I always had to refresh my page to see a new image. That is quite odd that it just started doing it for me today. RJ "Something hidden, Go and find it. Go and look behind the ranges, Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go." The Explorers - Rudyard Kipling http://sweetwater-photography.com/ Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Friday, April 29, 2005 6:46 AM Aha so that was you! Hope you saved some pix like my son did when I visited last Oct. [:o)] Originally posted by eolafan [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply eolafan Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Aurora, IL 4,515 posts Posted by eolafan on Friday, April 29, 2005 8:54 AM Yes, that was me in the "recent images" shot taken at 12:32 p.m. yesterday. I can bee seen in a brown jacket at the edge of the fence watching the light power move across the diamonds to help pu***he eastbound coal train over the hill and into Elburn for water fill up. Eolafan (a.k.a. Jim) 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 Thursday, April 28, 2005 1:18 PM If those were the trains on cam it was there also. One was a TOFC train with orange trailers? [:D][:o)] Originally posted by CShaveRR 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 Thursday, April 28, 2005 1:36 PM If that is you near the signal bridge then you have been IDed. [:D][:p] Originally posted by eolafan Originally posted by spbed [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply miniwyo Member sinceJanuary 2003 From: Rock Springs Wy. 1,967 posts Posted by miniwyo on Thursday, April 28, 2005 3:49 PM OK, this may sound like a stupid question but since when did the webcam start streaming pics every few seconds?? RJ "Something hidden, Go and find it. Go and look behind the ranges, Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go." The Explorers - Rudyard Kipling http://sweetwater-photography.com/ Reply mikeyuhas Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Wisconsin, land o' cows 207 posts Posted by mikeyuhas on Thursday, April 28, 2005 3:56 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by miniwyo OK, this may sound like a stupid question but since when did the webcam start streaming pics every few seconds?? May, 2000. Thank you for reading Trains magazine! click here if you dare Reply eolafan Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Aurora, IL 4,515 posts Posted by eolafan on Thursday, April 28, 2005 5:09 PM OK, I'm back from Rochelle and wow was it ever busy! When I arrived I attempted to park at the diamonds but the big white UP trucks (2 of them) blocked my personal parking space (only kidding). I went over to the RailPark and walked down to the bottom of the stairs and waved at the camera (that would have been me in the brown jacket holding the scanner...the "recent pictures" are way backed up and the shots with me in them should be on the site later. Well, I say mostly UP trains. A eastbound coal train had been stuck just east of Rochelle since 11 a.m. with the trailing two of three total units shut down for lack of cooling water. Well, the dispatcher had the power off of a following manifest freight cut off and run light through town and up to the back of the coal train to help push it over "the hill" and into Elburn where a fire truck would meet it and pump water into the two trailing units that were broken down. I heard the ensuing action on my scanner and eventually the "light" power came back after about two hours (a rare consist of a GE Dash 8, an ex-C&NW SD40-2 and a MP15 which was not running). At one point there was a BNSF intermodal coming up the track towards the diamonds as well as the UP light power previously mentioned AND a UP empty coal train westbound with a UP SD9043 and a Dash 9...you had to see this to appreciate it...it was really cool. Well the rest of the afternoon was one train after another on both UP and BNSF but it was getting rather cool (temperature wise that is...55 is kind of cool with no real sun), and I called it a day. Rochelle is one of my favorite spots for just these reasons. Eolafan (a.k.a. Jim) Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 28, 2005 7:02 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by mikeyuhas QUOTE: Originally posted by miniwyo OK, this may sound like a stupid question but since when did the webcam start streaming pics every few seconds?? May, 2000. [(-D]................. Reply Edit miniwyo Member sinceJanuary 2003 From: Rock Springs Wy. 1,967 posts Posted by miniwyo on Friday, April 29, 2005 1:39 AM Until today I always had to refresh my page to see a new image. That is quite odd that it just started doing it for me today. RJ "Something hidden, Go and find it. Go and look behind the ranges, Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go." The Explorers - Rudyard Kipling http://sweetwater-photography.com/ Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Friday, April 29, 2005 6:46 AM Aha so that was you! Hope you saved some pix like my son did when I visited last Oct. [:o)] Originally posted by eolafan [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply eolafan Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Aurora, IL 4,515 posts Posted by eolafan on Friday, April 29, 2005 8:54 AM Yes, that was me in the "recent images" shot taken at 12:32 p.m. yesterday. I can bee seen in a brown jacket at the edge of the fence watching the light power move across the diamonds to help pu***he eastbound coal train over the hill and into Elburn for water fill up. Eolafan (a.k.a. Jim) 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 CShaveRR 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 Thursday, April 28, 2005 1:36 PM If that is you near the signal bridge then you have been IDed. [:D][:p] Originally posted by eolafan Originally posted by spbed [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply miniwyo Member sinceJanuary 2003 From: Rock Springs Wy. 1,967 posts Posted by miniwyo on Thursday, April 28, 2005 3:49 PM OK, this may sound like a stupid question but since when did the webcam start streaming pics every few seconds?? RJ "Something hidden, Go and find it. Go and look behind the ranges, Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go." The Explorers - Rudyard Kipling http://sweetwater-photography.com/ Reply mikeyuhas Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Wisconsin, land o' cows 207 posts Posted by mikeyuhas on Thursday, April 28, 2005 3:56 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by miniwyo OK, this may sound like a stupid question but since when did the webcam start streaming pics every few seconds?? May, 2000. Thank you for reading Trains magazine! click here if you dare Reply eolafan Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Aurora, IL 4,515 posts Posted by eolafan on Thursday, April 28, 2005 5:09 PM OK, I'm back from Rochelle and wow was it ever busy! When I arrived I attempted to park at the diamonds but the big white UP trucks (2 of them) blocked my personal parking space (only kidding). I went over to the RailPark and walked down to the bottom of the stairs and waved at the camera (that would have been me in the brown jacket holding the scanner...the "recent pictures" are way backed up and the shots with me in them should be on the site later. Well, I say mostly UP trains. A eastbound coal train had been stuck just east of Rochelle since 11 a.m. with the trailing two of three total units shut down for lack of cooling water. Well, the dispatcher had the power off of a following manifest freight cut off and run light through town and up to the back of the coal train to help push it over "the hill" and into Elburn where a fire truck would meet it and pump water into the two trailing units that were broken down. I heard the ensuing action on my scanner and eventually the "light" power came back after about two hours (a rare consist of a GE Dash 8, an ex-C&NW SD40-2 and a MP15 which was not running). At one point there was a BNSF intermodal coming up the track towards the diamonds as well as the UP light power previously mentioned AND a UP empty coal train westbound with a UP SD9043 and a Dash 9...you had to see this to appreciate it...it was really cool. Well the rest of the afternoon was one train after another on both UP and BNSF but it was getting rather cool (temperature wise that is...55 is kind of cool with no real sun), and I called it a day. Rochelle is one of my favorite spots for just these reasons. Eolafan (a.k.a. Jim) Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 28, 2005 7:02 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by mikeyuhas QUOTE: Originally posted by miniwyo OK, this may sound like a stupid question but since when did the webcam start streaming pics every few seconds?? May, 2000. [(-D]................. Reply Edit miniwyo Member sinceJanuary 2003 From: Rock Springs Wy. 1,967 posts Posted by miniwyo on Friday, April 29, 2005 1:39 AM Until today I always had to refresh my page to see a new image. That is quite odd that it just started doing it for me today. RJ "Something hidden, Go and find it. Go and look behind the ranges, Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go." The Explorers - Rudyard Kipling http://sweetwater-photography.com/ Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Friday, April 29, 2005 6:46 AM Aha so that was you! Hope you saved some pix like my son did when I visited last Oct. [:o)] Originally posted by eolafan [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply eolafan Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Aurora, IL 4,515 posts Posted by eolafan on Friday, April 29, 2005 8:54 AM Yes, that was me in the "recent images" shot taken at 12:32 p.m. yesterday. I can bee seen in a brown jacket at the edge of the fence watching the light power move across the diamonds to help pu***he eastbound coal train over the hill and into Elburn for water fill up. Eolafan (a.k.a. Jim) 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 eolafan Originally posted by spbed [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply miniwyo Member sinceJanuary 2003 From: Rock Springs Wy. 1,967 posts Posted by miniwyo on Thursday, April 28, 2005 3:49 PM OK, this may sound like a stupid question but since when did the webcam start streaming pics every few seconds?? RJ "Something hidden, Go and find it. Go and look behind the ranges, Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go." The Explorers - Rudyard Kipling http://sweetwater-photography.com/ Reply mikeyuhas Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Wisconsin, land o' cows 207 posts Posted by mikeyuhas on Thursday, April 28, 2005 3:56 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by miniwyo OK, this may sound like a stupid question but since when did the webcam start streaming pics every few seconds?? May, 2000. Thank you for reading Trains magazine! click here if you dare Reply eolafan Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Aurora, IL 4,515 posts Posted by eolafan on Thursday, April 28, 2005 5:09 PM OK, I'm back from Rochelle and wow was it ever busy! When I arrived I attempted to park at the diamonds but the big white UP trucks (2 of them) blocked my personal parking space (only kidding). I went over to the RailPark and walked down to the bottom of the stairs and waved at the camera (that would have been me in the brown jacket holding the scanner...the "recent pictures" are way backed up and the shots with me in them should be on the site later. Well, I say mostly UP trains. A eastbound coal train had been stuck just east of Rochelle since 11 a.m. with the trailing two of three total units shut down for lack of cooling water. Well, the dispatcher had the power off of a following manifest freight cut off and run light through town and up to the back of the coal train to help push it over "the hill" and into Elburn where a fire truck would meet it and pump water into the two trailing units that were broken down. I heard the ensuing action on my scanner and eventually the "light" power came back after about two hours (a rare consist of a GE Dash 8, an ex-C&NW SD40-2 and a MP15 which was not running). At one point there was a BNSF intermodal coming up the track towards the diamonds as well as the UP light power previously mentioned AND a UP empty coal train westbound with a UP SD9043 and a Dash 9...you had to see this to appreciate it...it was really cool. Well the rest of the afternoon was one train after another on both UP and BNSF but it was getting rather cool (temperature wise that is...55 is kind of cool with no real sun), and I called it a day. Rochelle is one of my favorite spots for just these reasons. Eolafan (a.k.a. Jim) Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 28, 2005 7:02 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by mikeyuhas QUOTE: Originally posted by miniwyo OK, this may sound like a stupid question but since when did the webcam start streaming pics every few seconds?? May, 2000. [(-D]................. Reply Edit miniwyo Member sinceJanuary 2003 From: Rock Springs Wy. 1,967 posts Posted by miniwyo on Friday, April 29, 2005 1:39 AM Until today I always had to refresh my page to see a new image. That is quite odd that it just started doing it for me today. RJ "Something hidden, Go and find it. Go and look behind the ranges, Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go." The Explorers - Rudyard Kipling http://sweetwater-photography.com/ Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Friday, April 29, 2005 6:46 AM Aha so that was you! Hope you saved some pix like my son did when I visited last Oct. [:o)] Originally posted by eolafan [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply eolafan Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Aurora, IL 4,515 posts Posted by eolafan on Friday, April 29, 2005 8:54 AM Yes, that was me in the "recent images" shot taken at 12:32 p.m. yesterday. I can bee seen in a brown jacket at the edge of the fence watching the light power move across the diamonds to help pu***he eastbound coal train over the hill and into Elburn for water fill up. Eolafan (a.k.a. Jim) 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 miniwyo Member sinceJanuary 2003 From: Rock Springs Wy. 1,967 posts Posted by miniwyo on Thursday, April 28, 2005 3:49 PM OK, this may sound like a stupid question but since when did the webcam start streaming pics every few seconds?? RJ "Something hidden, Go and find it. Go and look behind the ranges, Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go." The Explorers - Rudyard Kipling http://sweetwater-photography.com/ Reply mikeyuhas Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Wisconsin, land o' cows 207 posts Posted by mikeyuhas on Thursday, April 28, 2005 3:56 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by miniwyo OK, this may sound like a stupid question but since when did the webcam start streaming pics every few seconds?? May, 2000. Thank you for reading Trains magazine! click here if you dare Reply eolafan Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Aurora, IL 4,515 posts Posted by eolafan on Thursday, April 28, 2005 5:09 PM OK, I'm back from Rochelle and wow was it ever busy! When I arrived I attempted to park at the diamonds but the big white UP trucks (2 of them) blocked my personal parking space (only kidding). I went over to the RailPark and walked down to the bottom of the stairs and waved at the camera (that would have been me in the brown jacket holding the scanner...the "recent pictures" are way backed up and the shots with me in them should be on the site later. Well, I say mostly UP trains. A eastbound coal train had been stuck just east of Rochelle since 11 a.m. with the trailing two of three total units shut down for lack of cooling water. Well, the dispatcher had the power off of a following manifest freight cut off and run light through town and up to the back of the coal train to help push it over "the hill" and into Elburn where a fire truck would meet it and pump water into the two trailing units that were broken down. I heard the ensuing action on my scanner and eventually the "light" power came back after about two hours (a rare consist of a GE Dash 8, an ex-C&NW SD40-2 and a MP15 which was not running). At one point there was a BNSF intermodal coming up the track towards the diamonds as well as the UP light power previously mentioned AND a UP empty coal train westbound with a UP SD9043 and a Dash 9...you had to see this to appreciate it...it was really cool. Well the rest of the afternoon was one train after another on both UP and BNSF but it was getting rather cool (temperature wise that is...55 is kind of cool with no real sun), and I called it a day. Rochelle is one of my favorite spots for just these reasons. Eolafan (a.k.a. Jim) Reply Anonymous Member sinceApril 2003 305,205 posts Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 28, 2005 7:02 PM QUOTE: Originally posted by mikeyuhas QUOTE: Originally posted by miniwyo OK, this may sound like a stupid question but since when did the webcam start streaming pics every few seconds?? May, 2000. [(-D]................. Reply Edit miniwyo Member sinceJanuary 2003 From: Rock Springs Wy. 1,967 posts Posted by miniwyo on Friday, April 29, 2005 1:39 AM Until today I always had to refresh my page to see a new image. That is quite odd that it just started doing it for me today. RJ "Something hidden, Go and find it. Go and look behind the ranges, Something lost behind the ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go." The Explorers - Rudyard Kipling http://sweetwater-photography.com/ Reply spbed Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Austin TX 4,941 posts Posted by spbed on Friday, April 29, 2005 6:46 AM Aha so that was you! Hope you saved some pix like my son did when I visited last Oct. [:o)] Originally posted by eolafan [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply eolafan Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Aurora, IL 4,515 posts Posted by eolafan on Friday, April 29, 2005 8:54 AM Yes, that was me in the "recent images" shot taken at 12:32 p.m. yesterday. I can bee seen in a brown jacket at the edge of the fence watching the light power move across the diamonds to help pu***he eastbound coal train over the hill and into Elburn for water fill up. Eolafan (a.k.a. Jim) 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 miniwyo OK, this may sound like a stupid question but since when did the webcam start streaming pics every few seconds??
QUOTE: Originally posted by mikeyuhas QUOTE: Originally posted by miniwyo OK, this may sound like a stupid question but since when did the webcam start streaming pics every few seconds?? May, 2000.
Originally posted by eolafan [ Living nearby to MP 186 of the UPRR Austin TX Sub Reply eolafan Member sinceDecember 2001 From: Aurora, IL 4,515 posts Posted by eolafan on Friday, April 29, 2005 8:54 AM Yes, that was me in the "recent images" shot taken at 12:32 p.m. yesterday. I can bee seen in a brown jacket at the edge of the fence watching the light power move across the diamonds to help pu***he eastbound coal train over the hill and into Elburn for water fill up. Eolafan (a.k.a. Jim) 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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