RMweb Premium melmerby Posted May 13, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 13, 2023 They do zoom in to some trains, even picked out an Amtrak train as it starts the climb from Denver's suburbs. Must've followed it for 15mins or more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 On 13/05/2023 at 00:18, melmerby said: New Camera at a residence on a hill west of Denver. Big 10 Curve, Arvada in view, where trains are definitely in the landscape: Big 10 curve sounds like some ditty with suspect lyrics by Judge Dread! I think he did get up to that number with his "songs"........ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted May 16, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 16, 2023 29 minutes ago, Johann Marsbar said: Big 10 curve sounds like some ditty with suspect lyrics by Judge Dread! I think he did get up to that number with his "songs"........ Hey, hey diddle dum day........... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted June 9, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 9, 2023 (edited) How's this for shuffling trains around on Big 10 curve: Edited June 9, 2023 by melmerby 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted June 11, 2023 Share Posted June 11, 2023 (edited) A couple of new cameras provided by Steel Highway Railcams have appeared in the past 6 weeks, the most recent being in Galesburg, IL..... There is another one in Fort Madison, on Lost Duck Brewing, which is jus a bit further down the road from the Kingsley Inn VR camera..... The beer isn't bad at Lost Duck Brewing either (having been there once..) ! . Edited July 1, 2023 by Johann Marsbar New address on YouTube for one of the streams 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted June 11, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 11, 2023 3 hours ago, Johann Marsbar said: A couple of new cameras provided by Steel Highway Railcams have appeared in the past 6 weeks, the most recent being in Galesburg, IL..... There is another one in Fort Madison, on Lost Duck Brewing, which is jus a bit further down the road from the Kingsley Inn VR camera..... The beer isn't bad at Lost Duck Brewing either (having been there once..) ! Another set of decent webcams are "South West Rail Cams" They cover California, Arizona and New Mexico: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxaKME3e34j3aTESZZ3h7Sg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 The surprisingly popular world of online trainspotting: ‘Some people keep it on 24 hours a day https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jun/25/online-trainspotting-rail-streaming 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Steel Highway now have a camera overlooking the Ogilvie Transportation Centre in Chicago.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted July 7, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 7, 2023 Bit of a problem at St Louis (Caught On Live Trains camera) (they've removed it from the live video backtrack) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted July 7, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 7, 2023 (edited) On 09/06/2023 at 23:25, melmerby said: How's this for shuffling trains around on Big 10 curve: This camera was taken off the free streams only 2 months after it came on. Edited July 7, 2023 by melmerby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted July 8, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 8, 2023 (edited) On 01/07/2023 at 05:42, Johann Marsbar said: Steel Highway now have a camera overlooking the Ogilvie Transportation Centre in Chicago.... The've now got three, South, North & East The north camera shows the street level tracks from Union Station Edited July 8, 2023 by melmerby 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted July 10, 2023 Share Posted July 10, 2023 Scaletrains have now bought Virtual Railfan. (along with Fox Valley, ExactRail, MTH...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted July 11, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 11, 2023 18 hours ago, Talltim said: Scaletrains have now bought Virtual Railfan. (along with Fox Valley, ExactRail, MTH...) Or part thereof.... maybe. Very confusing announcement. VRF say this "We are thrilled to announce the addition of ScaleTrains, a renowned manufacturer of high-quality model trains, to our ownership team!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 On 08/07/2023 at 09:26, melmerby said: The've now got three, South, North & East The north camera shows the street level tracks from Union Station I'm currently playing "guess which entrance the next train comes in from" whilst watching the morning rush - that's a cool camera, wasn't aware of Steel Highway before yesterday but it looks like they have quite a few really cool locations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted July 27, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2023 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Glorious NSE said: I'm currently playing "guess which entrance the next train comes in from" whilst watching the morning rush - that's a cool camera, wasn't aware of Steel Highway before yesterday but it looks like they have quite a few really cool locations. You could also play guess when the next UP loco appears as well. These are UP operated services*, most use all Metra stock, occasionally a UP loco will be rostered. I read that UP are intending to hand the operating of the services to Metra by the end of the year. *BNSF likewise operate a Metra service going south from Union Station to the west of Chicago. It's currently the busiest Metra line and possibly the fastest, sadly no coverage of that route. Steel Highway are currently expanding their coverage and locations seem to be added frequently. Another site with plenty of cams is "South West Rail Cams", mainly in Arizona but also into New Mexico & California. One of SWRC cams covers Needles, CA which is on the Colorado River across fron Arizona. A few days ago it registered 50C/120F and the midnight reading has been more than 38C/100F. Edited July 27, 2023 by melmerby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted August 11, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) On 27/07/2023 at 13:57, melmerby said: You could also play guess when the next UP loco appears as well. These are UP operated services*, most use all Metra stock, occasionally a UP loco will be rostered. I read that UP are intending to hand the operating of the services to Metra by the end of the year. I would have thought that the UP (not UP-operated Metra) locos are only moving empty stock as they don't have HEP capability. There is a GP15-1 that is looks like it's used as a "station pilot" at OTC moving stock to/from a servicing facility not too far away My pic from a passing "L" last year Or maybe used if there's an issue with the cab car or failed train. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/685429/ Edited August 11, 2023 by newbryford Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted August 11, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, newbryford said: I would have thought that the UP (not UP-operated Metra) locos are only moving empty stock as they don't have HEP capability. There is a GP15-1 that is looks like it's used as a "station pilot" at OTC moving stock to/from a servicing facility not too far away My pic from a passing "L" last year Or maybe used if there's an issue with the cab car or failed train. https://www.railpictures.net/photo/685429/ Thanks for the info. Y723 seems to be the usual loco, it's there today in that short siding. I wonder why the train loco wouldn't ferry the cars to and from the yard? Edited August 11, 2023 by melmerby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted August 11, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 11, 2023 17 minutes ago, melmerby said: Thanks for the info. Y723 seems to be the usual loco, it's there today in that short siding. I wonder why the train loco wouldn't ferry the cars to and from the yard? They do seem to swap locos and move them to/from the servicing area quite frequently. I saw a couple doing that when I was there last year for a couple of hours. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted August 14, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 14, 2023 On 11/08/2023 at 14:10, melmerby said: Thanks for the info. Y723 seems to be the usual loco, it's there today in that short siding. I wonder why the train loco wouldn't ferry the cars to and from the yard? Just seen this... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted August 14, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 14, 2023 They seem to have more locos than they know what to do with.🙂 Those 6 were sitting in the servicing sidings as two lines of three. They went into the easternmost platform and shortly after emerged as a consist of 6 locos. Interrestingly they are all the older loco type from the '80s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted August 16, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 16, 2023 On 14/08/2023 at 23:44, melmerby said: They seem to have more locos than they know what to do with.🙂 Those 6 were sitting in the servicing sidings as two lines of three. They went into the easternmost platform and shortly after emerged as a consist of 6 locos. Interrestingly they are all the older loco type from the '80s Metra have over 100 F40PH (most are -2 spec) - especially on the UP operated route from OTC (in the video) Some have been upgraded to FP40PH-3 spec There are also a few F59PHI s that are ex-Amtrak West/Cascade and a few MP36PH-3S (now 3C) that work that route as well. #90 in the CNW heritage scheme turned up yesterday. Never got to sample the FP40PHM Winnebago locos that work the BNSF racetrack, other than a blurred passing pic at Aurora. There was another move of 6 F40s today - just after the morning rush. Made up of odd ones and a pair that congregated on track#1 under the roof It does seem unusual the number of loco swaps on a push-pull service. OTC would make a great layout apart from the cost of the double slips............ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dalesman Posted August 18, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2023 On 16/08/2023 at 22:07, newbryford said: Metra have over 100 F40PH (most are -2 spec) - especially on the UP operated route from OTC (in the video) Some have been upgraded to FP40PH-3 spec There are also a few F59PHI s that are ex-Amtrak West/Cascade and a few MP36PH-3S (now 3C) that work that route as well. #90 in the CNW heritage scheme turned up yesterday. Never got to sample the FP40PHM Winnebago locos that work the BNSF racetrack, other than a blurred passing pic at Aurora. There was another move of 6 F40s today - just after the morning rush. Made up of odd ones and a pair that congregated on track#1 under the roof It does seem unusual the number of loco swaps on a push-pull service. OTC would make a great layout apart from the cost of the double slips............ I've got plenty of video and shots taken at Naperville! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted August 18, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2023 On 16/08/2023 at 22:07, newbryford said: It does seem unusual the number of loco swaps on a push-pull service. I had a back of a fag packet add up and I would guess a loco could do three or four out and backs (typically up to 2 hours each way), without needing refuelling. (Unless they have very small fuel tanks!) That should be enough for a days work. None of these routes are that long, typically 30-50 miles max each way, with several stops Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted August 18, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2023 On 14/08/2023 at 23:44, melmerby said: They seem to have more locos than they know what to do with.🙂 6 going out, 1 arriving and two swapping trains..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted August 21, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 21, 2023 Looks like a regular daily move sometime after 10am local time.... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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