I just found if you click on the arrow to ‘go back to photostream’, your able to click through (backwards), the removal and replacement of the diamonds.
0700, I must log off… maxed out data from server.
UP dispatcher moving trains; form B for the work zone voided for UP only
Did Trains Magazine have anyone there? It would be neat to see an in-depth article on the diamonds replacement process, with photos and explanation of what they accomplished at each stage. Will the pit full of ballast solve the ‘rock-‘n’-roll’ problems? /Mr Lynn
UP dispatcher setting up 2 westbounds on #2, then one eastbound out of global 3. The BNSF tamper if fouling the diamonds; I assume they have the key release to protect it; can’t see if the UP signal is red in the early am sun
BNSF surf gang going to clear up at 8:00; will not get to #2 track until 3:00pm. Don’t know if this means that #2 track will be out of service until that work is completed.
UP trains are stacking up on both sides of the diamond, waiting for the green flag. Nothing on the scanner from BNSF
Thanks to all for the running commentary on the diamonds replacement.[tup]
First train west on UP #1, a Z @ 8:20
#1
…and through at 8:23. Looked pretty steady…finally the end of the rock and roll?
#2
First UP eastbound, another Z, starting through on #1 at 8:27
BNSF dispatcher giving first slow orders, 10 mph
First Wedgie!!
I have been timing the train’s speeds… I get just under 15 MPH. (2.504 seconds for a 53-ft container to pass a given point = 14.4 MPH)
2 eastbound UP’s almost nose to nose. The stack train on #2 first train out of (or in, for all that matters) Global 3, merchandise on #1
The BNSF Rochelle local is back to work. After doing their yard work will be the first movement over the 199 switch since the track panel was installed late last week. It was ballasted but not surfaced.
Did not catch the exact reason, but they abandoned the attempt to enter the track. It involved some discussion with BNSF track person on site.
First BNSF eastbound on #1 just got permission through form B limits.
First BNSF to hit the new diamonds at 9:45 (Not counting the aborted attempt by the local, which would not have crossed any diamonds)