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jim pastorius posted:

I watch the Curve webcam all the time-the best. Right now the VR cams are  down,falling snow gives them trouble, I guess. I get good info off the chat bout the Lurgan branch which is a half mile away.

Jim,

 It's back up and working as a train of mostly double-stacks and empties is passing by.

Tom

Been watching on and off this afternoon, and the most impressive thing I saw was a westbound train consisting of mostly tank cars being led by 5 locomotives and pushed by another two...

The amount of reflective placards really show at night on the intermodal trains... would be nice to get something like that into our models...

RootBeerRail posted:

 

The amount of reflective placards really show at night on the intermodal trains... would be nice to get something like that into our models...

smokeboxgraphics.com sells  the reflecting stickers in O-HO-and N scales...use ro148 for the cars.....they also have the yellow and white long strips to go on locomotive side frames.....all my locos and cars have these....looks great 

 

John Pignatelli JR. posted:
Farmer_Bill posted:

Ha, I was watching this morning since I'm not feeling well enough to shovel the 6-10" that we got.  At that time it only looked like a couple inches on the ground at The Curve.

 

Same here in Fredericksburg, I looked at it this mornig and started cusing, however I calmed down and sent the wife to shovel it.

LOL John, my wife refused to let me out of the house to shovel and I didn't argue.  She went out by herself and was back inside within 10-15 minutes saying she hired someone -- a driveby who initially wanted $50 and she talked them down to $20. 

Looks like it's starting to accumulate up on Horseshoe Curve.

 

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Last night about 11 PM an east bound NS train lost its air on the Curve right past the park. Watched for a good hour while the conductor walked the train through the deep snow and cold. wa carrying a bright lantern, finally stopped at a freight car and waited. Tied down some brakes because it was on the hill. Never learned what caused the problem but finally headed for Altoona. Almost 500 watching. The guy earned his money on that trip. Good thing it was a  man crew. Real railroading.

I meant to write, "it was a god thing it was a 2 man crew" but  I really think a woman doing that-walking through deep snow, climbing up on the cars and setting he brakes would have been tough for a woman to handle. the Curve is the only camera I watch.  the terrain, weather, the MOW crews and the long freights climbing those grades are the best. A bunch of the other cameras are just IMs and oil trains blowing past the camera at 60mph. Or watching passengers get on and off Amtrak.

I thought the same and only watched the Curve cam...but the video of 2018 in review was pretty nicely done...especially at around 11:00 in when a steamer (Tweetsie 630 at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, I think) and a Norfolk Southern freight pass each other and do the "Shave & a Haircut/Two bits" with their horn and whistle...kind of a wonderful nice nod to the past. 

I probably will still only watch the Curve cam, but there are some other neat locations. I just don't have all the time needed to watch them. 

Tom 

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Hey MNCW.............much tanks for posting a picture of that Sperry Car.  Last night I decided to check on the HorseShoe Curve cam, and I started to see the

S U P E R bright white light(s) just as the car was entering the outer most curve...........it had me wondering what it is and does!  I'll go check this out

But, hey, what a difference to see it compared to freights and passenger trains.....

Meanwhile on the Ashland cam......two inconsiderate nits were PARKED in the road by the clock......I guess waiting to see a train? With all the parking off to the side, I cannot understand.......sure enough some poor VW bug came along and had to flash the high beams (and then left them on) to get the dunderheads to move along!

I enjoyed the 2018 highlights.  Just don’t have much time to watch live.

I live near Ashland, and used to own a house on that line, just south of Ashland.  It’s pretty busy on those rails.

A few comments about some of the highlights I saw from Ashland:

• Drivers getting confused and turning onto the tracks happens all  the time.  With streets running parallel to the tracks, and the nice flat crossing, some people just forget there are tracks between the streets.  Just glad there are cameras now.  I notice the news reporting more stories when it happens because of the camera.  Not just reporting when a car gets hit.  Awareness is the only chance to reduce the problem.  All the signs at the crossing just doesn’t seem to work for some.

•  A decent size college (Randolph Macon) is located on the east side of the tracks.  Many of the off campus hangouts are on the west side of the tracks, including the brew pub.  Having tracks between the kids and their favorite  beer and coffee, gives opportunities to do some really stupid things such as trying to outrun a train on foot and crawling under a stationary train.

• Every year Ashland has a train day festival, in the fall.  I usually work a display for our train club.  At a designated time all the participants wave at the camera.  Unfortunately for 2018, we were located on the other side of the tracks and a slow train blocked us from the camera at the appointed time.  Better luck next year.

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MNCW posted:

No Big Blue of Conrail this evening, but the Penn Central Heritage Loco made an appearance...

Horseshoe Curve PC Heritage Unit June 20 2019

Tom 

I started watching the Horseshoe Curve virtual webcam on the TV in the basement where my layout is. 1st train that came by as I was running my trains had the NS Penn Central heritage unit on the second half on the lead A-A pair. I've been on a PC roll lately so I took it as a good sign!

Ralph M posted:

I started watching the Horseshoe Curve virtual webcam on the TV in the basement where my layout is. 1st train that came by as I was running my trains had the NS Penn Central heritage unit on the second half on the lead A-A pair. I've been on a PC roll lately so I took it as a good sign!

Some years back, just because I was out there, I stayed at that little railfan motel on the tracks leading up to the curve … The Station Inn. While sitting on the porch with the other folks, comes a train with the NS Central of NJ heritage unit in the lead … the railroad I model. 

I guess I good sign for me, too. 

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