Perfectly Late
I slept in this morning and was pretty confident L517 had passed before I woke up. However thanks to a timely intel assist from Josh Cleary I learned the train was delayed. Bedeviled by a bad order car the road crew expired on hours and had to be relieved by the L506 (transfer) crew east of here at Cylon. The fresh crew got the bad order set out and the train back together, then resumed the trip west to Minnesota. I considered a few options for this rare midday move but given where the clouds ended and the track angle milepost 416 west of town became the obvious choice.
My suspicion that 5341 would be a short timer out here was borne out as it was replaced after just 2 trips. In it's place is BNSF 4043. At least a sharp as a tack SD60 still holds down the west facing end of the lashup. Our warm streak continues as evidenced by the snow cover dropping to about 50%. For full disclosure, there was an automobile removed from the background of this image. New Richmond, WI, March 7, 2021.
Perfectly Late
I slept in this morning and was pretty confident L517 had passed before I woke up. However thanks to a timely intel assist from Josh Cleary I learned the train was delayed. Bedeviled by a bad order car the road crew expired on hours and had to be relieved by the L506 (transfer) crew east of here at Cylon. The fresh crew got the bad order set out and the train back together, then resumed the trip west to Minnesota. I considered a few options for this rare midday move but given where the clouds ended and the track angle milepost 416 west of town became the obvious choice.
My suspicion that 5341 would be a short timer out here was borne out as it was replaced after just 2 trips. In it's place is BNSF 4043. At least a sharp as a tack SD60 still holds down the west facing end of the lashup. Our warm streak continues as evidenced by the snow cover dropping to about 50%. For full disclosure, there was an automobile removed from the background of this image. New Richmond, WI, March 7, 2021.