OK now it is working I didnt do anything
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steve24944Can someone answer my question ?
Below the cam is a link to Web Cam support. I tried it recently and they were helpful with my Firefox browser problem,
I was going to post just now anyway, because a UP WB empty coal train just cleared the diamonds at 1450 CDT. The second unit was still painted Southern Pacific. I thought UP had made a big 'to do' about having all their units painted in yellow and grey by now. I wonder how this unit escaped the paint shop?
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OK Ha Ha Can someone answer my question ? Why is Web Cam just a Black screen ?
It is a bit cloudy, but the sun is no longer being eclipsed (from my viewpoint anyway).
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steve24944 Is it me ? Or Something wrong with the Web Cam ? All I see is a black screen Steve
Is it me ? Or Something wrong with the Web Cam ? All I see is a black screen
Steve
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Just saw two units from the home team - CPR - on a UP EB mixed consist train. Second and third of three on the point. By at 0652 CDT.
Question for our knowledgeable UP veterans (or anyone else who might know)- where does the UP local that services the Rochelle area originate from?
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That explains everything...
I just heard there was a pedestrian fatality at Rochelle (described by Railstream as someone walking in front of a train). No details yet but looks like both cams are down for a while as the investigation takes place.
dh28473 I notice the camera went down
I notice the camera went down
Of course...
Or maybe a load shifted? If one of those blades shifted just a couple of feet in one direction or the other, it would cause problems.
ChuckAllen, TX
And now Track #1 is marked as OOS on ATCS- I wonder if he had a derail further back on his train?
I see it too wonder what happened?
Houston, we have a problem...
Looks like this WB UP blade train has one, anyway, as he's stopped with the engines blocking the diamonds.
cefinkjr BaltACD the Wheeling & Pittsburgh Sub between the named cities Balt: Haven't thought about this in years but your mention of it brings back a pleasant memory. I went to school in Washington, PA in the early 60s. My roommate (another railfan) and I would sometimes walk the B&O RoW from school to a Howard Johnson's restaurant on the other side of town. The operator in the tower near that HoJo's allowed us to visit one time --- I think he was lonely and bored out of his mind. We watched him for a couple of hours while he dispatched the W&P Sub which passed the tower and a branch line --- not connected to the W&P --- that was some distance away and operated under TT&TO rules. We didn't see how he could possibly be bored as there was a substantial amount of traffic on both lines.
BaltACD the Wheeling & Pittsburgh Sub between the named cities
Balt: Haven't thought about this in years but your mention of it brings back a pleasant memory.
I went to school in Washington, PA in the early 60s. My roommate (another railfan) and I would sometimes walk the B&O RoW from school to a Howard Johnson's restaurant on the other side of town. The operator in the tower near that HoJo's allowed us to visit one time --- I think he was lonely and bored out of his mind. We watched him for a couple of hours while he dispatched the W&P Sub which passed the tower and a branch line --- not connected to the W&P --- that was some distance away and operated under TT&TO rules. We didn't see how he could possibly be bored as there was a substantial amount of traffic on both lines.
Worked as a train order operator on the Pittsburgh Division the Summer of 1967. I worked the P&W Sub at FY Tower, Etna, Bakerstown and Eidenau; however, with my parents living in Bethel Park, I got my paycheck at the Agency at Finleyvill on the W&P (direct deposit had not been invented yet).
After the Summer of 1967 I transferred to the Akron-Chicago Divison with headquaters in Akron. I lived in Stow and picked up my paycheck from the Agency at Kent.
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
BaltACDthe Wheeling & Pittsburgh Sub between the named cities
CShaveRRBalt, there's not much local business between Proviso and Rochelle, period. Metra accounts for a bit of left-handed running on this line close in to the city, but even that is no longer hard and fast. I remember BN's line being CTC in 1970, and CNW's was CTC a long time before that.
For the most part - all 2MT lines started out as Current of Traffic signalled lines, CoT signalling is what followed the Manual Block form of operation. CoT signalling was the state of the art in the early 20th Century. The first CTC installations happened in the late 1920's - I have been led to believe that the B&O's installation on the Wheeling & Pittsburgh Sub between the named cities with the Dispatcher operating it from Washington, PA was the first CTC installation in the country in 1927 or 28.
Needless to say the Stock Market Crash of 1929 reduced railroad capital expenditures by orders of magnitude during the early 30's as the carriers either tried to stave off bankruptcy or work their way out of bankruptcy. The WW II revenue bump allowed for the carriers to increase their capital expenditures after the War - most of those capex dollars went to the shiny things - diesel engines, passenger cars, freight cars, track repairs and upgrades. Signalling really didn't start to get 'big' capex money until after the shiny things.
The big push for CTC started in the middle 50's as it was being sold that a single track CTC installation could handle the traffic that was being handled with 2MT and Current of Traffic signalling and on top of they all the tower operators could be eliminated. Some carriers ran their own numbers and realized that their traffic levels required 2MT PERIOD - no matter if they were Current of Traffic or CTC.
Railroads and their operations are historical in nature - you have to understand what came before to be able to apprciate what you have today. Understanding today might or might not give an insight to what the future will hold.
Balt, there's not much local business between Proviso and Rochelle, period. Metra accounts for a bit of left-handed running on this line close in to the city, but even that is no longer hard and fast. I remember BN's line being CTC in 1970, and CNW's was CTC a long time before that.
Carl
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MKT Dave google earth did these photos in 2007, it shows tracks 1 UP, joined with track 1 BNSF, anyone know when it was removed?llast photo shows the track starting to merge with the BNSF.
google earth did these photos in 2007, it shows tracks 1 UP, joined with track 1 BNSF, anyone know when it was removed?llast photo shows the track starting to merge with the BNSF.
The connector track disappeared shortly after CNW was merged into UP. Or I should say, it was never used since. 2007 seems a bit late for that track to still be in the photo. The CNW went into UP in 1995. I don't think that track servived the 12 years to 2007. I am fairly certain it has been gone before 2007. But I cannot give you a date.
cefinkjr And Track 2, nearer the webcam, would have been (and is still typically) eastbound with Track 1, further from the webcam westbound . . . which is what I said in the first place.
And Track 2, nearer the webcam, would have been (and is still typically) eastbound with Track 1, further from the webcam westbound . . . which is what I said in the first place.
If you are refering to the UP, since the line is ex-CNW, the eastbound track would have been the northern track and westbound, the southern. The CNW ran reverse since forever.
google earth did these photos in 2007, it shows tracks 1 UP, joined with track 1 BNSF, anyone know when it was removed?last photo shows the track starting to merge with the BNSF.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/15158681@N00/46652316065/in/dateposted-public/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/15158681@N00/46652315965/in/dateposted-public/https://www.flickr.com/photos/15158681@N00/40601824173/in/dateposted-public/
I'll let the photo's speak for themselves, clearly marked OCT 2007,
BaltACD jeffhergert CShaveRR Please forget Eastbound and Westbound tracks at this point. Both lines have Centralized Traffic Control; directional operation is, for all intents and purposes, meaningless.On the UP, pairs of tracks running east-west are numbered north-south. Thus the track farther from the camera is Track 1. I'm pretty sure the same holds for BNSF [meaning that the near track is Track 1]; if not; expect to see a correction soon. Both roads are governed by GCOR. Just like Carl said, on east/west subdivisions the northernmost track is #1. If the UP line was still current of track/directional traffic, #1 would've been the eastbound main here. Jeff While the tracks are bi-directional now - the customer sidings and leads were installed (for the most part) when the tracks were operated with current of traffic signalling systems - with this being the case, line of road locals and road switchers that serve these customers must be on the proper track.
jeffhergert CShaveRR Please forget Eastbound and Westbound tracks at this point. Both lines have Centralized Traffic Control; directional operation is, for all intents and purposes, meaningless.On the UP, pairs of tracks running east-west are numbered north-south. Thus the track farther from the camera is Track 1. I'm pretty sure the same holds for BNSF [meaning that the near track is Track 1]; if not; expect to see a correction soon. Both roads are governed by GCOR. Just like Carl said, on east/west subdivisions the northernmost track is #1. If the UP line was still current of track/directional traffic, #1 would've been the eastbound main here. Jeff
CShaveRR Please forget Eastbound and Westbound tracks at this point. Both lines have Centralized Traffic Control; directional operation is, for all intents and purposes, meaningless.On the UP, pairs of tracks running east-west are numbered north-south. Thus the track farther from the camera is Track 1. I'm pretty sure the same holds for BNSF [meaning that the near track is Track 1]; if not; expect to see a correction soon.
Please forget Eastbound and Westbound tracks at this point. Both lines have Centralized Traffic Control; directional operation is, for all intents and purposes, meaningless.On the UP, pairs of tracks running east-west are numbered north-south. Thus the track farther from the camera is Track 1. I'm pretty sure the same holds for BNSF [meaning that the near track is Track 1]; if not; expect to see a correction soon.
Both roads are governed by GCOR. Just like Carl said, on east/west subdivisions the northernmost track is #1.
If the UP line was still current of track/directional traffic, #1 would've been the eastbound main here.
Jeff
While the tracks are bi-directional now - the customer sidings and leads were installed (for the most part) when the tracks were operated with current of traffic signalling systems - with this being the case, line of road locals and road switchers that serve these customers must be on the proper track.
Looks like you'll be able to hear it before you see it this morning...
Once you get outside Rochelle, BNSF is single track - the double track through the diamond is essentially part of a long passing siding.
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