Contest: First cog

[Brad]

Nope. The rules were specifically worded to make this harder and to eliminate the benefit of valuable insider information.

[BAXTERCA2]

Can't see out the North View window and the current wind chill is -14...We all know what that means. Can't be a winner today

[tdb1977]

Sorry...didnt realized I picked the same date. I'll take the 20th.

[Brad]

Act II submissions are closed. The dates for Act II are as follows:

Out of the running:
May 08 chipsterva69
May 09 BAXTERCA2

Still chugging along:
May 10 billysinc
May 11
May 12
May 13 Chris
May 14 Snow Miser
May 15 mrohssler
May 16 Charlie
May 17 Brad
May 18 dvienneau
May 19
May 20 tdb1977

[Charlie]

can i take the 11th and 12th they are open

[Knapper]

While the weather will be a key factor for this race since fog makes it hard to see a train but did any even look at the cog schedule? They are only running weekends until the 29th, so that makes most of these dates impossible from the get go. And worker trains won't be doing too much work up here until the ties thaw enought to work on them. And no worries about missing one today, we had 0 trains arrive on the summit. So the 15th at ~1130 am is the next best shot but looking at long term models...

[BAXTERCA2]

Of course I looked at the Cog schedule first

Since the time has past for Act II submissions: Good luck
5/15 mrohssler
5/16 Charlie

[Brad]

can i take the 11th and 12th they are open

Charlie,

You seem to already have a submission. And your request was after the cut-off time. So, "Sorry Charlie".

While the weather will be a key factor for this race since fog makes it hard to see a train but did any even look at the cog schedule? They are only running weekends until the 29th, so that makes most of these dates impossible from the get go. And worker trains won't be doing too much work up here until the ties thaw enought to work on them. And no worries about missing one today, we had 0 trains arrive on the summit. So the 15th at ~1130 am is the next best shot but looking at long term models...

With the warm weather we have been having, several of us were hoping to see the work crews up there in the North camera. And by having this contest, we all learn more about what happens and how things get done. The is an educational experience.

[chipsterva69]

I failed to take into account exactly how small the chance may be to capture the train on the North Cam - but I will be ready for next year! Good luck to all and congrats to the eventual winner!

[Brad]

I failed to take into account exactly how small the chance may be to capture the train on the North Cam - but I will be ready for next year! Good luck to all and congrats to the eventual winner!

Chip,

Because of this, there could be an Act III. So, stay in touch.

If you go back through the image archives for last summer and see how many times we actually saw a Cog in the image - it is not that often.

Act II vigil continues........