[:-^] Today being an (omen) fri. 13 N/S is running short hood forward .
P.S. looking for 4 leaf clover ~~ HEH HEH
Jim
It seems to me like traffic has slacked off quite a bit in Roanoke . I go to the web cam at all different times of the day and night , so it`s not just one time in the day . Has anyone else noticed this ? RON
Our resident spider is back from vacation and hard at work . RON
Busy day in Roanoke . Seems like there is more traffic than normal . RON
Cam is down again . It has been a long time since there have been any problems . Hopefully they will have it working again soon . RON
The cam is working for me right now.
Tom
…Last night, I did get the black screen, and the word “buffering”, and it wouldn’t go to a live shot, but this morning, it’s doing fine for me.
Working fine again for me this morning also . This cam has become an addiction . Whenever it goes down , I go into withdrawel shock . RON
That makes more than a week. I hope it’s not down for good.
Wonder what the problem is with this cam? The museum cam works - sort of. Usually it is almost totally worthless.
I wish they would run a contiuous stream like the other one at the Hotel.
Ron W
I haven’t checked in with the Roanoke Hotel cam lately until just a few minutes ago.
Surprise…What’s going on…? Appears to be construction material, equipment, etc…Where are all the cars parked that normally park there…
Who is anticipating doing construction there…Is it the railroad…? Anyone have any info…?
The two lamp posts in the passenger platform between the near and 2nd tracks are also down.
I am having lots of trouble getting to any of the 3 methods of viewing the cam… the most reliable seems to be the 1-sec update rate cam from Trains dot com. The Hotel version has not come up for several weeks… shows the site, but the windows remains black. The “good” version that opens in Windows Media Player works sometimes and just seems to hang other times. It is working right now (3:32 CDT 9/7/2012)
Watching the streaming version this morning- giving me some trouble, but can usually get it back with a refresh. Just watched an autorack move slowly left to right and stop just beyond the crossover, and then a mixed consist going in the same direction on the far track with a HUGE Schnabel on the end.
…Are we still void of any info regarding what is the construction crew / equipment doing there in the view of the hotel cam…? Surely, someone on here can shed a bit of light on this “project”…
Hi, Quentin!
I just checked this webcam (after an absence for some time), and all that construction equipment is present. Ever hear what is going on? I can’t imagine the railroad would allow that on their property unless it was railroad related.
Take care,
K.P.
K P:
I still have no idea what the RR is doing in the area we’re seeing in view of the hotel cam. It appears to me…they removed the former passenger platform of concrete…{I believe that is what it was}, and then graded the surface under that…and I watched a roller work across that surface then…but that’s as far as I’ve seen any action.
I’ve not seen any answers on here as to what the RR is doing.
Those two light poles that I imagine were in use during passenger days were removed as they were in the construction area…
I even thought perhaps a new road bed was being created for another track there, but just a thought…So K P, can’t provide any answers to your question…I certainly have done my share of wondering what really is happening there…??
Hello,
I work in the high rise building across the tracks that is visible in the left side of the web cam. The construction visible is an upgrade project for the tracks.
http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/310306
Work so far has included removal of concrete passenger service platforms and light poles and has progressed to laying rock and grading. A fair amount of piping has been uncovered and salavaged. The area disturbed so far is between Jefferson Street to the other side of the I-581 bridge near the East End Shops.
Last week they were grading, working on overhead wires, and removing material from the area near the shops. They also have filled part of an old pedestrian tunnel near Jefferson Street and seem to be working on drainage pipe near the shops.
They seem to be working toward two straighter through tracks. I wish I could see some plans of the finished product. The current tracks so a lot of branching of offsetting between the web cam and the yard. Straightening this section of track makes sense.
The boiler pollution precipitator at the East Ends Shops is going to be removed to make way for a pedestrian bridge. This structure has a large sign and flag pole.
Bill
Bill - Thanks for your update. I was surprised to see them working yesterday. Maybe they were trying to get something accomplished befor the weather turns sour. When they first stated working, I watched guys going up and steps into what I would assume was some kind of an underground room or vault. Then I watched concrete trucks pumping some concrete in that area. Then yesterday they were digging that area up and putting in stone or ballast, so I guess they have no use for whatever that was. All very interesting. I just went to view the cam a few minutes ago, but it was down.
Tom
Tom,
The vault like structure that you saw was a tunnel entrance and they had partially filled it with concrete. There was a tunnel that bridged the tracks several decades ago. Our speculation is the steps allowed for access to passenger trains in the center, and the tunnel had 3 entrances.
They do work strange hours. Some days they don’t work at all and other days start late and others work late. They take off some Mondays and Fridays, but not all. I imagine some of the randomness is to allow for rail traffic.
I was out of the building for half the day, but I didn’t see any construction while I was in. It was a windy and raw day with some occasional drizzle.
Bill
BIll - At last, the mystery of the secret underground access is solved. It’s been kind of frustrating watching from all these many miles away and not knowing what the heck they are doing. Web cam is still down and I miss it. I usually take a peek at it a couple of times a day and have seen many interesting things. So I miss it when it’s not available. Tom