South Western Wyoming II (Pictures)

Winter storm warning today, looks like they might take it out. This is the Green River east deadhead caboose for the Rawlins and Cheyenne guys.





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Equipment Trace Results for List ()
Total Equipment IDs Requested: 2
Total Equipment IDs Traced: 2

UP 25809 location within the yard information.
(UMLER) Destination: Cheyenne, WY Zone-Track-Spot: 01-531-00 Waybill Information:
Origin: Cheyenne, WY Shipper: Union Pacific Railroad
Commodity: 3742481:Wkeqtl Consignee: Union Pacific Railroad
Waybill No.: 767594 Party to Bill:
Waybill Date: Feb 1
Conditions: Company Material
134 Ton Heavy Car Category
Speed Restricted Car
Current Status:
Order: Service Issue No.:
Equipment Status: General Hold Service Issue Status:


Diversion/Reconsignment Information:
No Diversion/Reconsignment information exists for UP 25809.



Route Information:
Road Junction


Accomplished Events:
Status Event City, State Local Time Train ID or Road
Load Departed Cheyenne, WY Apr 28 14:30 ECYCY 28
Load Departed Greriver, WY Apr 29 12:20 EGRCY 29
Load Arrived Cheyenne, WY Apr 30 13:00 EGRCY 29
Load Departed Nplawest, NE Jun 7 4:34 MNPNY 07
Load Arrived Nyard, CO Jun 7 23:25 MNPNY 07
Load Yard Departure Nyard, CO Jun 9 19:00 YNYDV 09
Load Yard Arrival Denver, CO Jun 10 2:47 YNYDV 09
Load Departed Denver, CO Jun 14 5:35 MDVNP 14
Load Arrived Nplaeast, NE Jun 15 4:23 MDVNP 14
Load Yard Departure Nplaeast, NE Jun 15 10:00 YNP93 15
Load Yard Arrival Nplawest, NE Jun 15 11:30 YNP93 15
Load Yard Departure Nplaeast, NE Jun 15 12:19 YNCSC 10
Load Yard Arrival Nplawest, NE Jun 15 12:20 YNCSC 10
Load Yard Departure Nplaeast, NE Jun 15 12:20 YNCSC 10
Load Yard Arrival Nplawest, NE Jun 15 12:21 YNCSC 10
Load Departed Nplawest, NE Jun 17 2:30 MNPNY 17
Load Arrived Nyard, CO Jun 17 15:12 MNPNY 17
Load Yard Departure Nyard, CO Jun 18 18:02 YNYDV 18
Load Yard Arrival Denver, CO Jun 18 18:39 YNYDV 18
Load Departed Denver, CO Jun 20 4:15 MDVNP 20
Load General Hold Cheyenne, WY Oct 2 3:37 IY
Load Released from Hold Cheyenne, WY Oct 2 3:38 IY
Load Estimated Departure Cheyenne, WY Nov 28 1:39 ECYNP 28
Load Arrived Nplaeast, NE Nov 28 13:28 ECYNP 28
Load Departed Nplaeast, NE Nov 29 14:00 MNPCB 29
Load Arrived Graisland, NE Nov 30 4:00 MNPCB 29
Load Departed Graisland, NE Dec 1 11:46 LFG58 01
Load Arrived Nplawest, NE Dec 1 16:19 LFG58 01
Load Departed Nplawest, NE Dec 2 13:12 QNPFRP 02
Load Arrived Rocspring, WY Dec 3 10:43 QNPFRP 02
Load Departed Rocspring, WY Dec 3 13:56 MDVGR 02
Load Arrived Greriver, WY Dec 3 14:39 MDVGR 02
Load Departed Greriver, WY Dec 6 15:16 MGRCY 06
Load Arrived Cheyenne, WY Dec 7 7:31 MGRCY 06
Load Bad Order Cheyenne, WY Dec 7 10:51 AB
Load Maintenance of Way Cheyenne, WY Dec 7 18:00
Load Released Bad Order Cheyenne, WY Dec 7 18:00 AB
Load Departed Cheyenne, WY Dec 8 14:01 ECYGR 08
Load General Hold Cheyenne, WY Dec 17 17:15 PJ
Load Bad Order Placement Cheyenne, WY Nov 8 11:14 SL
Load Released Bad Order Cheyenne, WY Nov 8 14:31 SL
Load Released from Hold Cheyenne, WY Dec 20 12:47 PJ
Load Departed Cheyenne, WY Dec 20 14:56 MCYGR 20
Load Arrived Greriver, WY Dec 21 4:11 MCYGR 20
Load General Hold Greriver, WY Dec 30 0:47 IY
Load Released from Hold Cheyenne, WY Jan 3 9:03 PJ
Load Released from Hold Greriver, WY Jan 3 9:03 IY
Load Departed Cheyenne, WY Jan 3 13:03 MCYGR 03
Load Arrived Greriver, WY Jan 4 1:21 MCYGR 03
Load General Hold Greriver, WY Jan 5 7:00 PJ
* Indicates an offline event.

Scheduled Events:
No scheduled event information exists for UP 25809.

Ok-you speed freaks. I work on a slow stretch of rail---max speed 50 mph. I need a couple pictures of some speedometers in the 60"s and 70"s-----me and a couple of other Engineer buddies are gonna send it to our RFE with the caption of -------------------GUESS WHO?

Heres you pictures there CSX-Coal. Hard to hold the camara steady.





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I was moving some light power from Westvaco to Granger to head around the wye.

Inside the Chevron Plant, just pulled in far enough where the plant guys could pull the cars off us. This is a look as i shove back out to go get on our pick up.

Inside the tipple












Theres the plant goat

Worked local 3 on the 2nd of this month. Working with two protected guys. Both my grandpa's worked together on this job, they use to call them the Family. Three big motors lite power out.


Waiting on short 8 to get out of the Green River yard. (WX817)







Stop at the top end of Bryan (830) while my conductor Ralphy hangs fred on the rear of our pick up.




Headed down to the bottom end.


Stopped at the bottom near the crossing.


Brakemen working on getting us lined in.


Better look at the switches.


Pumping them up while they kick the hand brakes off.


Got the 108 cars out on the main and the brakemen is running the air test in the van.


Where the headend is at.


Ralphy getting me lined in to head up the Stauffer Branch at mile post 834.


In this picture you can see the D-rail at the bottom of the hill. Dont wanna go down that piece of track.

Stopped near the D-rail just before we pull in.


Didnt get any pictures as we went up and over the hill, figured it would still be daylight when we came back over again. Took this as we showed up at the plant. Contractors up there waiting for us so they can put the empties away.



We park our power in that track to the left after we cut off the cars.

Those guys have to turn the crossbuck lights on (the orange box) and move the crossing gates over by hand before they can move across the crossing.



Moving down to grab some cars.

Helper headed down in the truck to get a pin.


Our silver bullet scale test car up there ahead of me. They wanted us to take it back to Green River today, we passed. Ralphy said he was gonna get it tomarrow.


A look at the westend of the tipple.

Here they come with the first cut. Buford Betty GP can only pull about 35 cars up the hill at a time.


Plant doesnt want those guys to go over 5 mph, think when they first showed up they were running a bunch of those switches so they figured they better slow them down??


Got the first sting pulled in, helper is about to tie the hand brakes the wrong way as you'll see in a minute.






Steps on the rail and then stands on the pin lifter, and as if that aint bad enough he has both hands on the brake wheel and spins it like a steering wheel. Every time i come out here i always see something like this, drawbar jumping and not getting on and off the cars the right way.

Rearend view of the mine as i head down to the bottom as those guys go buckle.

Headend view.

Lower end of the load tracks from the runner.

And another look twards the plant as i wait on those guys to finish.


Odd things ive never saw before, this sticker...


...and this plug under the conductor desk. Must have spent some time in Canada i guess. Hot plate plug im guessing.



Our water and ice buckets, figured not alot of guys have saw them.


Ralphy finally heading to the switch.


Kim and Ralph going over the dope one more time before i pull the first cut out.

Kim walking up the runner switch right before i start to pull.





A bunch of pictures twards knuckle hill. Last count i heard there was 65 broken knuckles up there. My grandpa said once they had there train bilt they would run up and down the hill two or three times with the motors laying sand before they would try to pull the hill.

Kinda hard on the hoghead at this crossing when its shift change at the mine, never know when those guys are gonna speed up to try to beat you.

All done switching, time to head over. About half the train is on the hill as we leave the plant with 78 cars. With it in the 8th run think the slowest we got down to was 7mph. Brakemen told me to put it in the 7th run cause the motor started bucking and kicking, afraid we were gonna get one..."We'll be alright" Theres a dirt crossing up there dead center in the photo where the track cross the center of the picture, make it over that and your gonna be ok.

Almost to the very top of the hill before we start down into the pass.

Headed twards the pass.

Nice shots. Is that snow in the first one?

This is C3RS here:

http://www.closecallsrail.org/

They're doing it in North Platte.

Threw the pass now, scary time now. Just crested the hill to start down to the mainline D-rail. General Chemical mine over there.


Two pics of where i finally got her shut down, bout half a car from the switch.

Telaphone pole line back there is a good marker, 15mph or less and have ahold of her, and you'll be able to get her stopped, if your over 15 and it doesnt feel right, better do something else, set more air, dump it, and or get ready to jump.

Dont know what the purpose of that is? Looks like an aftermarket add on.

Side look at half a truck.

Thats all i took of that day, took awhile to get out and running, made it town with a few minutes to spare.

LCJ wrote:Nice shots. Is that snow in the first one?

This is C3RS here:

http://www.closecallsrail.org/

They're doing it in North Platte.

Nope soda ash, looks like snow doesnt it? When i was little looking at the Green River yard from the overpass i use to argue with my parents that it was snow not soda ash. That stuff sure is hard on the ties, cab signals, stuff under the units, and work boots.

Thanks for for telling me what that was buddy.

SolidStick flange lubrication from MPL Technologies:

http://www.mpltechnology.com/

You'll find it on all BNSF road units, and all C45ACCTE (Evo) UP units since 2005.

We're testing to see if it saves fuel and wheel wear.

Humm glad i took a picture of it. When i was at the pit looking things over it caught my eye.

That train turned into a run threw after we clipped the junk off the rear, didnt save any fuel from the time i jumped on it till it hit NOP. Auto start messed up on the 4000 back there, pit guy had to use a screw driver to shove the contactors up to get it to fire up, had to leave the reverser throw the whole time to keep it from killing itself.

Before we tie up buddy we have to report inspecting the units and defects and what not on the computer, (probably knew that) anyways... theres nothing in there for an autostart problem. In the interest of saving fuel, think you might wanna try to get the ball rolling to get that fixed for me buddy. Theres a section about Engine dies account of: overspeed trips, low water, ect. ect but theres nothing to report autostart so in a case like that day i have to lie and hope someone reads the comments i put in.

Nother favor buddy, can ya find a good Power Desk number for me sometime. Sometimes i think my buddies at the pit dont put those road failures in the computer for me on some of those trains i dogcatch.