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I’m pretty sure I remember seeing at grinstein leading one of those trains north through Comstock Park back around ’02.

Oh dang

that one ran as G910

Marquette Grain Train by Jonathon Leese, on Flickr

Here’s another loaded MQT grain train at Fox back in 2013 behind a C40-8 and a CN SD75I

G764 and G752 were other symbols I seem to recall seeing a few times as well

Historically there were a few G883s that ran to Newaygo, back when CSX used the G preference for both loaded and empty grain trains

Correct

to Newaygo..right?

V728

Jeff L - symbol is V728 fyi

got to be the empty G883 to Newaygo

I’m free as a bird when it shows up LOL

Sorry man. Want me to hold it up in Lansing?

Of course, that MQT grain train is going to show up today right as I’m getting my second covid shot, lol

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Canyon Diablo II by Jonathon Leese, on Flickr

do you guys use strava?

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Nice ride ~Z~

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flew tpa-las-mdw this evening. Too tired to keep driving home. So cleared the city traffic and crashing here for the night.

Live from somewhere near cp jochs land

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Im stumped so far CRD ???

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AARR, I think you are going to be quite surprised on the current where is it

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Tough wind going south to north then east to west

Yes ~Z~, all on the MOT

40.1 miles, 2’30"55’", 2,083cal, 15.9 mph

at one time the crossings were radio keyed to the tratfic signals similar to rural airport lighting

I haven’t been able to ask why yet, but it appears as though NICTD only uses one track circuit per crossing, no island at the crossing itself

The rails are the ground for the 1500V DC so the equipment simply won’t work. So they’re stuck with fixed-length approach circuits. So if Franklin’s circuit was the correct length to the east, trains stopping at 11th street would not foul Franklin but cause the crossing (which is just traffic lights) to stay lined for the railroad

The challenge with grade crossings on electrified territory is that they cannot use the predictor circuits like most railroads do now, which are able to figure out the speed of the train and adjust accordingly using impedance and other fancy track circuit stuff

So departing trains are instructed to depart when the light at Franklin is red, and creep up until they get green, as the circuit knocks down the light for Franklin St

Basically the approach circuit for the crossing is really short, so that the train does not cause the crossing to go off during their station stop, and ends after eastbounds clear

@Jetlink the traffic light thing is for Westbounds at Franklin Street, which if the first street west of the 11th Street stop

LOL

~Z~ wrote: with the weight training, AARR will remain more buff than Joe Satriani.

Westbound Potash Empties by Jonathon Leese, on Flickr

Alex?

or maybe it is and I just didn’t perceive it properly.

I was a little surprised the trains had to stop at the traffic lights, that they weren’t some how interlocked to the block occupancy of the train to cause traffic to yeild to the train.

and rode through it once

I saw the srteet running a few times

Wakey

Hmmm. Better make my way down one last time?

When are they getting rid of the street running in Michigan City?

Dropped a 25 lbs weight on my foot this morning...that’ll leave a mark (ouch)

I resumed weight training about a month ago. I feel stronger while biking but my overall speed is still about the same as last year.

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