Second main line was shut down while 4014 was in town.
Was down by the UP transcon today waiting for 4014- watched a hi-rail truck come through and activate the C St. SW crossing gates.
Brian (IA) http://blhanel.rrpicturearchives.net.
jeffhergert tree68 AgentKid It may be for braking purposes, the right number of brakes for the tonnage involved A single coach can be quite slippery - I'm going with brakes. I'm going with assuring correct operation of the signal system. Especially crossing signal circuits. Our version of GCOR requires train and engine moves of 12 physical axles or less to not occupy a crossing until it's known the protection is working and in a position (gates) to provide protection. Jeff
tree68 AgentKid It may be for braking purposes, the right number of brakes for the tonnage involved A single coach can be quite slippery - I'm going with brakes.
AgentKid It may be for braking purposes, the right number of brakes for the tonnage involved
A single coach can be quite slippery - I'm going with brakes.
I'm going with assuring correct operation of the signal system. Especially crossing signal circuits.
Our version of GCOR requires train and engine moves of 12 physical axles or less to not occupy a crossing until it's known the protection is working and in a position (gates) to provide protection.
Jeff
I was thinking someone in the coach really likes pistachios
jeffhergertI'm going with assuring correct operation of the signal system. Especially crossing signal circuits.
Probably both...
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AgentKidIt may be for braking purposes, the right number of brakes for the tonnage involved
Crazy crowd! Grabbed a shot off the webcam...
steve24944Just saw a BNSF Loco with box car and what looked like a old RR passanger coach
That was a BNSF track inspection train. There is automated equipment in the coach and I have heard various resons for the covered hopper being there. It may be for braking purposes, the right number of brakes for the tonnage involved. It may be to have the right number of axles to correctly operate the signal system. Or it may be a buffer car to separate the equipment in the coach from the vibrations of the locomotive.
In any case, it seems to come over both tracks about once a month. At some point today it will go back over the other track, unless it was already by earlier this morning.
Bruce
So shovel the coal, let this rattler roll.
"A Train is a Place Going Somewhere" CP Rail Public Timetable
"O. S. Irricana"
. . . __ . ______
OS Rochelle. Passenger Extra 4014 West by at 11:11 CDT.
BWM
The 4014 departs and so does the crowd.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Just saw a BNSF Loco with box car and what looked like a old RR passanger coach
Lot of people to see Big Boy
Lot of people on the tracks. Suprised I do not see UP officals moving them off.
I'm getting it fine...but am dismayed at the number of people on the tracks for the 4014. It's probably in town now, but as far as I know, the other main line and the tracks of the BNSF are still live, or at least should be regarded as such.
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)
Got the web cam now
had a setting blocking access
Web Cam Down ??
Saw the woodchuck the other morning .. Thinking Warren or Uncle Warren would be good since he is on the BNSF side.
UP4014 will be in Rochelle at the park Tuesday 7/30 9:45am-10:30am
https://www.up.com/heritage/steam/schedule/index.htm
Hey 'Trains' Are you able to put up on the Rochelle Cam page the number of ppl watching the cam at any given point?
How about "Bury" - "B" for BNSF, "U" for UP, "RY" for Railways... and it lives mostly underground.
Semper Vaporo
Pkgs.
Woody would be a good name. I have a pair of woodchucks living under my garden shed for a couple of years. I call them Mr. Woody Chuck and his Wife Gloria.
Anyone have a name for the woodchuck that is living under the top of the steps on the right hand side?
The webcam is working fine on this Tuesday morning. As always, we suggest updating the Adobe Flash Player plugin and trying a different browser, such as Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome.
Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine
Is it down
Stop by here for more information:
http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/111/t/231186.aspx
What computer operating system are you using? What browser?
No it's working just fine
Working for me in Winders 10 IExplorer (6/21/2019 4:44 PM CDT)
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