Another EB CWR train just went through on UP #1...
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xjqcf rdamon The new diamond is already here .. behind the "Del Monte Wall" .. Once we see the orange locate paint and flags show up we know things are getting ready. Just saw a two man team walking around apparently taking measurements
rdamon The new diamond is already here .. behind the "Del Monte Wall" .. Once we see the orange locate paint and flags show up we know things are getting ready.
The new diamond is already here .. behind the "Del Monte Wall" .. Once we see the orange locate paint and flags show up we know things are getting ready.
Just saw a two man team walking around apparently taking measurements
My guess is that installation of the diamonds will take place over the Memorial Day weekend when volume is traditionally lighter. My former employer always scheduled big projects that could cause service disruptions over holiday weekends when the effects would be less severe.
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[quote user="rdamon"]The new diamond is already here .. behind the "Del Monte Wall" .. Once we see the orange locate paint and flags show up we know things are getting ready.[/quote]
Ballast pile in front of the Del Monte facade as well as on the side of the port-a-pot.
Re the spider, I would suggest a little application of Home Defense MAX could deter it for awhile...
So far, when the web has been swept away, she returns and spins again.
Johnny
The spider is winning!
A can of Raid.Or a broom should do the trick.Somebody.
First you bring in the ballast, then the rails. Yesterday I saw a loaded CWR train headed east, and just now, aprox. 1732 CDT, I saw an empty CWR train headed back west, trailed by two hoppers whose identity I couldn't make out because of the glare.
I can't say if it was the same equipment because the EB yesterday was trailed by a single, what had to be, ancient Southern Pacific hopper. In OCS service, as its' revenue earning days were long past. It was small and it was old. It would have been worth a photo in itself.
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
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At least they did not put a pile in our quadrant!!
It is only a matter of time for the swap out .. we may need to ask nicely for a spider cleaning before the work.
I'm not sure the spider is winning; she has to respin her web after it gets wiped off. She just won't give up.
xjqcf is used to support the dumping conveyor when it is stowed for movement to a new site
That is what it was for. It took a couple of attempts to exactly centre the second conveyor before the operator set it firmly down. Then it seemed like there were dozens of things he had to secure and levers to throw before he went back to his cab and they left.
That operators job would be a hard one to hire for. Having to find the right person to combine high tech knowledge with a willingness to do brute force labour.
Semper Vaporo I knew it was "Herzog" because that is what was lettered on all of the cars! But the final conveyor/discharge car I think was smaller than what was shown in that video and I could only see rock on the 1st conveyor, the last one was not being used as far as I could tell, and since it was all discharged on the other side of the track from the camera's viewpoint, I don't know how it was actually piled there.
I knew it was "Herzog" because that is what was lettered on all of the cars!
But the final conveyor/discharge car I think was smaller than what was shown in that video and I could only see rock on the 1st conveyor, the last one was not being used as far as I could tell, and since it was all discharged on the other side of the track from the camera's viewpoint, I don't know how it was actually piled there.
The second conveyor was the one rotated to the side for depositing the stone, fed by the first conveyor. There appeared to be an inclined plane structure extending to the end cab which did not carry any stone; it might not be designed for that or is used to support the dumping conveyor when it is stowed for movement to a new site
xjqcf It was Herzog's Automated Conveyor Train.
That was it. I started watching as soon as it pulled up by the warehouse. I saw them swing around to get under the far signal bridge and then reset on this side of the diamonds. They had to move that second belt S. V. mentioned several times. I even guessed that the car in the middle of the consist was the unit that powered the whole thing, even though I had never seen anything like when it passed by.
The one thing I got wrong was, I wasn't expecting belts under the cars. I was thinking it was going to be more like a 21st Century souped up version of steam engine coal stokers. They must have some pretty smart guys at Herzog.
Semper Vaporo
Pkgs.
CShaveRR What you're describing, with the belt unloader(s) sounds more like the Georgetown Dump Train, not the Herzog ballast unoading system (which discharges ballast like ordinary hoppers, but much faster and more precisely). The Dump Trains do have a belt that runs the length of the train, underneath the carbodies but above the couplers, leading to the conveyor unloader, This makes it easy to pile stone, dirt, or whatever in a location off the track.
What you're describing, with the belt unloader(s) sounds more like the Georgetown Dump Train, not the Herzog ballast unoading system (which discharges ballast like ordinary hoppers, but much faster and more precisely).
The Dump Trains do have a belt that runs the length of the train, underneath the carbodies but above the couplers, leading to the conveyor unloader, This makes it easy to pile stone, dirt, or whatever in a location off the track.
I looked it up. It was Herzog's Automated Conveyor Train. A promotional video of it isfound at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGwc9gfHF9w .
From listening to the scanner feed they had about 6 carloads left which they took to DeKalb for unloading after which they were to tie up someplace yet further east.
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)
Inquiring minds want to know. That job sure would have tied up the streets if it had been brought in by truck.
Do those Herzog hopper cars have a method of transfering rock from one car to the next? Looks like the last car in that train is some sort of lifting conveyor machine that is moving rock from the front, up to the middle and then discharging it to the side in the big piles. I can't figure how it is getting the rock unless it is coming from all the cars in front of it.... but how?
Looks like they're unloading ballast to the side; There's now a big pile west of the diamonds around the eastbound signal bridge The train moved just east of the diamonds and is now unloading there. I assume this is for the diamond replacement project.
xjqcf Ballast train working UP No. 1 track across the diamond. Lots of rock dust.
Ballast train working UP No. 1 track across the diamond. Lots of rock dust.
ChuckAllen, TX
re: Your window arrangement. Why not go Full Confusion mode? You can have the live Bailey Yard web cam as your background while you work in other windows.
WARNING: This solution may reduce your productivity.
Seriously, I tried Bailey Yard as a background a couple of times and got nothing else done. A slide show of 15 favorite locomotive photos as my background is bad enough.
(Did you accidently zoom in?)
playing aroung with the controls, looked at zoomed in one notch... I think you are right, it was zoomed in... my bust
it's back to normal now. BUT, It is more to the right than usual. Nice spider web too, can clearly see the strands right now.
But FYI, I don't even use that feature. I logged in abouts O' dark hundred and watched the sun come up, a lot earlier there then here, East central Oklahoma and we were still dark.
I keep the cam at a 4"X5" cause I do a lot of work at home stuff. trains cam on top left, Baily Yard cam below it, then my word proccessor on the right. Then I listen to various music. That's why I asked about a volumn control on the stream.
nuff said
MKT Dave Looks like the train center got shifted to the Left Can't even see the light at all. Noting this as a UP WB on TK 2 Autorack with a BNSF as a DPU... (Hey, your on the wrong track!!) as always, they never listen. Keep expecting a ferris wheel, and a roller coaster to show up with all the fluttering flags around the 'garden' to the left center. He has some kind of fan thing, on a black pole and a red body. Hey Trains... is it possible to add a volumn control to the stream?
Looks like the train center got shifted to the Left Can't even see the light at all. Noting this as a UP WB on TK 2 Autorack with a BNSF as a DPU... (Hey, your on the wrong track!!) as always, they never listen.
Keep expecting a ferris wheel, and a roller coaster to show up with all the fluttering flags around the 'garden' to the left center. He has some kind of fan thing, on a black pole and a red body.
Hey Trains... is it possible to add a volumn control to the stream?
Did you accidently zoom in? Roll the mouse wheel back toward you... or click the "Minus" sign ("-") in the lower left corner of the video area (it should be there when the mouse arrow is over the video area).
Not good for the area ...
https://www.rochellenews-leader.com/article/another-round-of-layoffs-announced-at-rochelle-rail-car-facility
“We continue to confront technical complications and delays with the bi-level rail car project that have forced us to evaluate the volume of work and the needs at our Rochelle facility. As a result, we have made the difficult decision to reduce our workforce at the plant by approximately 110 people. This reduction will come from all areas of the company - both hourly and salary employees will be impacted by this announcement.
trainmaster247 The spider was busy again....
The spider was busy again....
I think the spider has figured out that sunlight reflecting off the camera lens will attract prey.
Of course, that's just speculation, as I'm not an entomologist.
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