I noticed on the my line-up the train I tentatively line up for was near Rochelle. I went to the webcam to see if I could catch it. With the sun setting almost directly in front of the camera, you could see the strands of the web catch the sunlight.
There was a westbound manifest stopping over the diamond. From the DP on the rear, it was the one I was looking for. I had the sound turned on. I could hear the air coming back through the train line as the brakes released. When the engineer whistled off (two blasts on the horn) my cat, sleeping on the windowsill next to the computer, heard it and looked up.
Jeff
MKT DaveThe used car lot
Russell
csxns Just heard two gun shots on the webcam and they were close to the park.
Just heard two gun shots on the webcam and they were close to the park.
The used car lot, I have seen him out with a gun shooting towards the diamond, not sure what he is shooting at. With all the flags and stuff, I asume he has a vedetta with birds.
Fall is in the air and spidey is back!!
Just saw a UP train with C40-8 #9115 trailing .. thought all of those were in storage in the desert ...
Did UP put some fresh ballast on the far track?
A hirail truck just shoved 5 ballast cars east on BNSF track 2
EB BNSF coal train with 2+1 tail-end DPU power configuration by at 1550 CDT.
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
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Ladder1There is a sand plant south of town on the City tracks.
Thanks for that info, and thanks to DennisHeld for the info about the white reefers. Seeing the old units and the hoppers is what caught my attention originaly, but reefers are quite common as well.
I think we have this mystery under control.
There is a sand plant south of town on the City tracks. There is a very large number of covered hoppers in and out there. Use to get sand in by truck only, now some inbound by hopper. All outgoing by rail.
AgentKid blhanel Just went across WB Now that is interesting. The turnaround point must be much closer than I imagined. Even though I didn't post right when it crossed EB, they came back just over an hour later. I'm not sure what is involved in setting out the one consist and lifting the other, such as setting up the EOT, and whatever, but it seems like there is not much travel time. I am going to delay supper a bit for the next few days and try to get a handle on this. I like watching the camera to see what freight goes by when, maybe moreso that seeing the equipment used to move it. Seeing, new to me, locos and cars is always good too though. Bruce
blhanel Just went across WB
Now that is interesting. The turnaround point must be much closer than I imagined.
Even though I didn't post right when it crossed EB, they came back just over an hour later. I'm not sure what is involved in setting out the one consist and lifting the other, such as setting up the EOT, and whatever, but it seems like there is not much travel time.
I am going to delay supper a bit for the next few days and try to get a handle on this.
I like watching the camera to see what freight goes by when, maybe moreso that seeing the equipment used to move it. Seeing, new to me, locos and cars is always good too though.
I think this local is the LPG04. I don't know where it originates, but they usually travel to/from Nelson, the location of a small yard and the connection to the Peoria subdivision. The inbound train pulls east to clear a switch connecting to tracks owned by the City of Rochelle, operated by contract terminal switching company Burlington Junction Railway; the switch location is called "Cold Storage".
I know this. It also frees up the interlocking for BNSF.
DennisHeldI didn't see the train. However, if it was reefers, UP often sets out the reefers to the industry to the east of town. I've seen that happen while at Rochelle. UP will leave most of the consist west of town and pull reefers to the east and drop them at the siding east of town. They will, then, return to the their train to the west and pull it eastbound.
It is done that way to keep from blocking road crossings!
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
I didn't see the train. However, if it was reefers, UP often sets out the reefers to the industry to the east of town. I've seen that happen while at Rochelle. UP will leave most of the consist west of town and pull reefers to the east and drop them at the siding east of town. They will, then, return to the their train to the west and pull it eastbound.
blhanelJust went across WB
AgentKid Just saw what I am beginning to call the 1700 white hopper train. It is an EB UP local made up of white covered hoppers and sometimes other cars as well. It really has held to its' schedule for two or three weeks now. It is powered by one of what we were calling the antque trio on the EB point, and what I think are two SD40-2's, or whatever UP calls them. Now in a couple of hours the same three units, unturned, will come back west with more white covered hoppers, but I haven't figured out that schedule yet. Bruce
Just saw what I am beginning to call the 1700 white hopper train. It is an EB UP local made up of white covered hoppers and sometimes other cars as well. It really has held to its' schedule for two or three weeks now. It is powered by one of what we were calling the antque trio on the EB point, and what I think are two SD40-2's, or whatever UP calls them.
Now in a couple of hours the same three units, unturned, will come back west with more white covered hoppers, but I haven't figured out that schedule yet.
Just went across WB, had to stop for Global 3 inbound ahead of it. 12 reefers and five boxes, no covered hoppers.
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I'm running Firefox on Windows 7 and it is mostly working. There were some issues on either Tues. or Wed., but so far today everything is smooth. The jerkiness some have mentioned comes and goes here.
David, seems to be working fine now. Thanks for getting it straightened out.
David,
The Firefox/Flash issue was resolved a few years ago. I'm running Firefox and have no problem viewing.
Norm
As I recall, iPads have an issue with Flash, and the webcam uses Flash. (One of the standard instructions we have for people with issues with the webcam is to ask them to be sure they're running the latest version of Flash.) I'm not sure this is a solveable problem for an iPad, but I'll ask.Also, I'm told that the webcam does not like the Firefox browser, so that's another issue to be aware of.
Working for me, but kinda "jumpy".
I too, have been experiencing random freezes of the image and a black screen.
The "jumpiness" makes it hard to measure the speeds of the trains. I time how long it takes for a car to pass a landmark (utility pole or the edge of the screen) and knowing the length of any particular car I can calculate the speed, but when the image freezes and then jumps ahead I can miss either end of the car passing the landmark.
Windows 10 and IE-11.
There may be many servers (computers) in the path between the camera and the viewer's computer that can be having trouble keeping up with the video stream. Each viewer may be seeing the video through a different path and thus may or may not experience the problems. Even next door neighbors could be viewing the scene via different internet paths.
Semper Vaporo
Pkgs.
Having the same issue with my iPad. I get a still image and a button but the button does nothing. I checked and my software is up to date. This is a recent problem. The Roanoke cam works fine as well as other railfan webcams I frequent.
Same issue as state by several. Pressing the play button on the iPad won't make it open or run. Okay for the Roanoke site. Works fine on my desktop running IE11. Running the latest software update on the iPad.
For the last month or so I have had the feed freeze-- not the time-out with the "start" button. I can back out and re start it, but it keeps freezing again, sometimes in just a few seconds. Sometimes it comes back with a black screen or a gray screen with the message that "Your connection may be insufficient or the camera may be temporarily unavailable." Windows 10, Edge, and at 60mbps I think I've got enough bandwidth.
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MJones1PaThe last several days I have been unable to get the stream to run on my devices. I get a nice real-time still picture. The "Play" button is there, but clicking on it does nothing. Is there something new going on? Maybe a setting to change? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Working ok for me - W10 machine using Chrome browser
MJones1Pa The last several days I have been unable to get the stream to run on my devices. I get a nice real-time still picture. The "Play" button is there, but clicking on it does nothing. Is there something new going on? Maybe a setting to change? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
The last several days I have been unable to get the stream to run on my devices. I get a nice real-time still picture. The "Play" button is there, but clicking on it does nothing. Is there something new going on? Maybe a setting to change? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Just checked and it's working fine here in the office. So many of these problems are device-related. What devices are you using? Have you done any software upgrades in the last few days? We'll try to help but need more information.
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