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Repair Work
Mar. 29th, 2022 04:49 pmAs I explained a couple of days ago, Lisa called the railroad to tell them about the ding-a-ling locomotive. Nobody seems to have paid any attention to that call, based on the experience of the BNSF crew called on Monday.
( Not a Good Start )
Later in the day, a contract repair person turned up. The first we knew of this was when the main bell started clanging again. It soon stopped, and the mechanical contractor kept working on it. I was totally zonked and went to bed early, but Lisa told me today that she spoke to the the contractor (at a safe distance) and told him the story of us trying to tell the railroad about their bell-ringer. He'd not heard about that. He did offer to give Lisa a tour of the locomotive, but she turned it down due to COVID concerns, but thanked him.
Overnight, we heard the locomotive start back up and idle periodically. Today, however, it did not restart. We have heard it trying to restart repeatedly, including the "telephone" bell ringing for a long time. (This isn't so much of a problem as the main warning bell on the locomotive.) The mechanical contractor told Lisa that BNSF repainted these locomotives, but that's about all they did, he thinks. I wonder how long it will be before #502 gets hauled away by the "big BN" through freight.
( Not a Good Start )
Later in the day, a contract repair person turned up. The first we knew of this was when the main bell started clanging again. It soon stopped, and the mechanical contractor kept working on it. I was totally zonked and went to bed early, but Lisa told me today that she spoke to the the contractor (at a safe distance) and told him the story of us trying to tell the railroad about their bell-ringer. He'd not heard about that. He did offer to give Lisa a tour of the locomotive, but she turned it down due to COVID concerns, but thanked him.
Overnight, we heard the locomotive start back up and idle periodically. Today, however, it did not restart. We have heard it trying to restart repeatedly, including the "telephone" bell ringing for a long time. (This isn't so much of a problem as the main warning bell on the locomotive.) The mechanical contractor told Lisa that BNSF repainted these locomotives, but that's about all they did, he thinks. I wonder how long it will be before #502 gets hauled away by the "big BN" through freight.
