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So you were out delivering while the rest of us were asleep

Simply explained, professional paperboy.

What did you do ?

AARR, I worked for the distribution portion of the Detroit Newspapers from 2002-2018… I never toured that building. Although I don’t work in newspapers anymore, it would be fascinating to see.

The horns I heard was between 44th and 54th St

It was like 3 horns and all silent

fyi, GDLK didn’t head south by my house this morning, so if you did indeed hear GDLK around 54th st, might have been the local working industries there.

Started flashing and no train

54th St for the Grand Elk Railroad crossings are acting weird

I received a tour of the Detroit Newspaper Plant in Sterling Heights and information about its rail service. I will be saving it for future reference.

has started a new topic: Train Stations of the North Holly Sub

has started a new topic: Any ideas when

Got my bike camping equipment all set now. Used a pannier last night, so much easier to carry what I needed to bring. Put a sweatshirt, food, clear glasses, and wallet in there. Lots of room. Now just to find the time to be gone for two days to ride out somewhere, camp, and ride back

planning a ride either to or from muskegon this weekend, about 62 miles away is the inlaws.

~Z~ wrote: #1. good riding jetlink. just got home, out for about 5 hours. Number of breaks including a 45 min beer stop. Rode around 50miles, tony Robbins tired.

Sounds like lots of miles. good times.

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looks like he wasn’t expecting competition

WTG Z

uh oh, Jeff didn’t get the first post after midnight. complete accident I did.

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#1. good riding jetlink. just got home, out for about 5 hours. Number of breaks including a 45 min beer stop. Rode around 50miles, tony Robbins tired.

got two bike rides in today. 1 from Battle Creek to Bellvue and back to Battle Creek. Saw several trains. We rode along the tracks and around the yard almonst the entire ride. 25.xx miles. With my college friend and co worker, JC. Then rode from home to Hastings to pick up my daughter’s car from getting some brake work done. 17.xx miles. So about 42 total miles today.

has started a new topic: Soon to be new industry on Holly Sub in Waterford Township?

has started a new topic: Back to the Future wrapped Siemens loco

planning a longer ride tonight, gonna ride into downtown GR from home, then ride with the group around town and ride back, probably a 50ish mile evening.

hmmmm

i don’t even think "this side up" stickers would do any good.

Would Do Not Hump labels help

put some fragile stickers on it. that’ll work.

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Doktor No wrote: Louis Padnos car enroute from the builder it appears....Nice to see and I have to wonder...will the scrap loaders at Padnos be a lil more careful loading these or will they beat the crap out of them like the rest?

I think we all know the answer to that one.

cruised around the block 10 miles with daughter #3

Bikey complete

Oh

I was neither of those folk but good some people were out train watching

Also saw a man with his 4 yr old kid waiting at the tracks with me

Saw a man with a dog ask me “You watching for a train!”

has started a new topic: Question about CP 62 (Canadian Pacific boxcar)

heading out on a bike ride, GDLK just went by southbound.

The DJJX gondolas currently are worn but usable. Lots of them are seen at Padnos at Grand Rapids

Who knows

Louis Padnos car enroute from the builder it appears....Nice to see and I have to wonder...will the scrap loaders at Padnos be a lil more careful loading these or will they beat the crap out of them like the rest?

https://www.railcarphotos.com/PhotoDeta ... oID=135362

having an ops session on the layout today

i hear a woot woot, going to patio to investigate

perfect timing on GDLK

They are now rolling northbound.

2 hours down at Endeavor eh? interesting, maybe swapping out a crew that didn’t have many hours to work, who knows with them as of late.

GDLK is sitting at the 133rd ave crossing in Wayland. Been there for almost 2 hours.

Okay, I plan on getting GDLK

This is basically my view, but with some added leaves as of late: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihdpywCS5iQ

haven’t yet, should be around home for the next few hours at least so should be able to spot it.

Do you hear anything Z for GDLK?

~Z~ wrote: I was out biking near you at the same time you were out Andy. Rode down Clyde park by 68th st about 7:45 or so and continues south.

I did see a few bike riders around 8pm at 68th St

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i’m surprised you were early as well as you seemed to leave approx when the train was supposedly leaving ensel, but with it not going by Mulliken until 10:53pm, tren was indeed late.

I figured I was late if anything. Not early.

appears the tren arrived on the scene in Sunfield about 1 hour after I biked through.

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