Yup, turntable. It is the last one they installed when the Yellowstone were in service here. Flaky sunshine, yup! And more is forecast for next weekend! I expect to see more when headed to Helena at the end of the month! Did last year, and before!
Digging up bones! MP 3, BNSF Crosby Sub, north of Berthold, ND: Just north of Hartland, ND and a plow train clearing the BNSF Crosby Sub (Northgate Branch). North of Aurelia, ND:
I donno if power short, or it was just what was hanging out at diesel service at Gavin Yard. I was hoping for the Geep/SD set they usually use on the branch, as that would have been cleaner and worlds more desirable. I tried to hide that old CSX Dash-8 when I could...
CP 499 rests between switching moves while making pickups and setouts in the Minot, ND ex-Soo Line yard.
It was quite cold this day, single digit. You can see a few snowflakes blowing past the car. This PCC car was in dedicated service between the CHS elevator in Kalispell, Montana and a company in Illinois.
A CP train 293 thunders west out of Minot near milepost 473. CP 198 drifts eastward into Minot in a snow squall. Insert ditch light here...
It is really a blowin and a snowin here today! But, 6179 and 6180 were leading a coaltrain, so.......
The rails scream hard when it is an E44C4 up front. It has to do with the way the center wheel rises off the rail....
And it was still snowing today, which gave us maybe 5 inches. That is a lot for here! I caught this slow moving coal train after the conductor cleared the switch. Brrrr!!
Only if it looks to be a quick fix. Anything serious and they wait for section. This is a heated switch, so my guess is that the indication at Ft. Worth was wrong or unsteady due to blowing snow and ice and the cold. It was a chilly 0 F and blowing while snowing. That is what I gleaned from the radio chatter.
We have the same issues--the switch heaters sometimes can't cope with lots of blowing snow. The poor crews then deal with it. CP has a maintenance crew that takes care of their switches sometimes... With of all things, a leaf blower! The local foreman gets track & time from the dispatcher, sets their guys to work. One does the real work while the other stands watch.
