Western Railroad Discussion > Edited: UP3985 made it to Dunsmuir at 5:00PM

Just curious. Has it made it to Dunsmuir? I have someone up there ready with a camera and am hoping to catch it on the web cam. Any idea where it is/was as of 4:30?

Thanks.

UPdate now MOVING NORTH at Castle Crag as of 440pm
Last Update: 09/05/2005 04:40:50 PM PDT
Located near CASTLE CRAG, CA
Currently Moving North


Well according to the UP public steam trace the 3985 was
stopped at Castle Crag CA at 430pm pdt 9-5.
Castle Crag is located close to the south end of the Dunsmuir town limit.
I hope people are getting videos of this historic move on the former SP shasta route!

Last Update: 09/05/2005 04:30:50 PM PDT
Located near CASTLE CRAG, CA
Currently Stopped


RailJim Wrote:
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> Just curious. Has it made it to Dunsmuir? I have
> someone up there ready with a camera and am hoping
> to catch it on the web cam. Any idea where it
> is/was as of 4:30?
>
> Thanks.

Also you can go to the UP tracking page and see what's going on...

http://www.uprr.com/aboutup/excurs/trace.cfm

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Moving at 4:40PM.

Thanks. According to that web page, it's moving again. Ought to be in Dunsmuir in a few minutes.

JIM

I didn't see it, but I heard it over the phone. In Dunsmuir. It even sounds cool over the phone.

My feeling is the camera problem did not capture its arrival. The camera is motion activated. It cannot tell the difference between a train and people awaiting its arrival.

You will notice a whole tons of trains as we had some communication issues today with our webcams. The system has been transmitting about 300mb of trains so yesterday's images will be mixed in with today's.

Todd

Arghh. Of all the times to crap out. Murphy's law strikes again.

Oh well, all the same. My compliments on the new sound and live action. It is WAY COOL. It's a great way to get train sound effects and horn samples.

Keep up the good work. So the camera misses one train, just because it was THAT TRAIN......... you're killin' me here.

RailJim Wrote:
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> Arghh. Of all the times to crap out. Murphy's
> law strikes again.
>

The camera works, it's just capturing blank track with people instead of trains. We can't teach it to tell the difference between people and trains.


Todd

The tough nut to crack will be spiders on the camera. There is a spider who has called the Sand Patch camera home as of recent.