AgentKidSo, 5 million tons out each day must mean five million tons in, but that wouldn't account for the weight of goods in transit. Looks like it is back to the drawing board. Bruce
Looks like it is back to the drawing board.
Bruce
So find an 'average trainsit time' and multiply it against the 5M tons per day figure.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Olympic unit acting as one-unit wonder this morning...
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
I just watched the longest train I ever remember seeing. It was a mixed freight with two units up front and one in the middle. I wish i had timed it. It was on UP.
Our sticky expired .. :)
rdamon Our sticky expired .. :)
It's back!
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
I do appreciate the updated camera view, but wish I could see the completesignal in the upper right hand corner as it would add to the enticement of the movement of west bound trains.
Wow .. never thought it would be a odd thing to see a EMD Unit on a BNSF train ..
The two Olympic sister units are back together and heading east ...
Worse than the problem we saw last winter with not being able to get the switch to the spur open, would be the problem I just saw getting the switch closed again on maniline trackage.
After judicious use of steel toed work boots and actually jumping on the mechanism the trainman finally got the result he wanted at 1146 CST.
I presume it is more than the switch appearing to be closed, but also getting favourable indications on the signals. At 14ºF, was it contraction of the mechanism or the electrical contacts?
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
"A Train is a Place Going Somewhere" CP Rail Public Timetable
"O. S. Irricana"
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Looks like they're working on that switch this morning...
blhanelLooks like they're working on that switch this morning...
They will be working on the switch every week of the year - sometimes more than one day a week.
BaltACD blhanel Looks like they're working on that switch this morning... They will be working on the switch every week of the year - sometimes more than one day a week.
blhanel Looks like they're working on that switch this morning...
Night work on the switch...
Just watched a Eastbound BNSF train hauling a lot of snow :)
Left some at the diamonds
I am new here, and tried to access the webcam for the first time. I got an error message. I subscribe to Classic Train but not Trains; is that the problem?
Still in training.
No ... and Welcome!!
Check your browser and security settings. I have had luck with Chrome on a W10 Machine.
If you can post here, then you should be able to view the webcam.
Works for me in Windows 10 with both IE-11 and Edge.
Right now, 8:30 in the evening (CST) all I see are two LARGE orange circles (looks a lot like the moon). The camera keeps trying to focus on anything it can, and fails miserably when it is dark.
What error message did you get?
Semper Vaporo
Pkgs.
Logged on at ~2150 to see your "moons". Yeah, I saw a couple of bright white lights but the interesting thing was that I caught a WB BNSF train going about as fast as any train I've ever seen there. I could only hear it and see the occasional reflection off the side of a car (container?). Then the FRED sailed by and, I swear, it only blinked 4 times before it disappeared and everything got quiet.
ChuckAllen, TX
Picture is a little snowy now!!
rdamonPicture is a little snowy now!!
Yes it appears snowy - and there seem to be a number of small birds flying around - suspect a grain car going through had been leaking.
rdamon Picture is a little snowy now!!
Bit of color on this cold day ..
Assuming there was a UP unit leading, then there were four Class 1's represented in seven units on one EB train. Cool.
Crew is working on the diamond today - in 3degree weather.
Showing -8F with a couple of the big trucks there today.
UP's snowblower!!
Thank you! That's the machine we saw on the tracks when we got there (sometime after 1:00 p.m. yesterday), except that it was on the other track. Guess I couldn't have gone over and checked it out, after all, with all of those trucks parked there.
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)
Just caught UP 1982 headed west, second unit of a trio leading an intermodal.
Any info on Rochelle today? seems to be a train stopped with crossing bells sounding for over an hour ?
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Looks like things are about to get very interesting weather-wise in Rochelle...
Some Hy-rail activity ... noticed things were noisy yesterday on BNSF Main 1
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