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- Wed Dec 02, 2020 9:21 am
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Where Is It?
- Replies: 9223
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Re: Where Is It?
Looking west at Lincoln St. in Muskegon.....tracks used to go to the Nugent Sand that is located behind the plant on the left side of the photo
- Mon Oct 05, 2020 6:20 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: CN Holly Sub Improvements for Amtrak
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2085
Re: CN Holly Sub Improvements for Amtrak
CN fixed up some slow orders in the Opdyke area, hence why you are seeing the higher speeds over Opdyke Rd. (but it ain't 70 either) Beyond that, I doubt going down hill from Pontiac at 70 to make a station stop at Troy would be the greatest of ideas. Going the other way, I'm not sure Amtrak has the...
- Mon Oct 05, 2020 6:10 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Lapeer Industrial Interchange
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2014
Re: Lapeer Industrial Interchange
.....514 worked Pontiac Friday night, picking up 6,000 ft. of cars on their way back to Flint....not sure if this is an every night thing thoughDavid Collins wrote: ↑Mon Oct 05, 2020 9:18 amI think L514 does it now, Because I've seen him come into flint with manifest cars up front and he doesn't work Pontiac or Durand
- Fri Oct 02, 2020 5:09 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Amtrak Train Location Updates 2020
- Replies: 63
- Views: 42006
Re: Amtrak Train Location Updates 2020
hit or miss on reliability issues
- Thu Oct 01, 2020 8:47 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Amtrak Train Location Updates 2020
- Replies: 63
- Views: 42006
Re: Amtrak Train Location Updates 2020
engine puked out at 497....transferred psgrs to 364...with bustitution from BTL east....Chi sent out a rescue unit and deadheaded the equipment into PNT
- Mon Sep 21, 2020 3:12 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Where Is It?
- Replies: 9223
- Views: 606634
Re: Where Is It?
concur.... W. Brown St in Iron Mountain
If you were to back up the Google view, it shows a NB train going thru here
If you were to back up the Google view, it shows a NB train going thru here

- Tue Sep 08, 2020 11:45 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Where Is It?
- Replies: 9223
- Views: 606634
Re: Where Is It?
end of the track on the old main in Flint on Linden Rd. looking due west at the Kohl's store in the background
- Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:02 am
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Where Is It?
- Replies: 9223
- Views: 606634
Re: Where Is It?
Those look like B&O position light signals....Deshler??
- Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:27 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Ann arbor Railroad
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5060
Re: Ann arbor Railroad
Does AA still interchange Chrysler traffic with NS at Milan? Prior to the pandemic that was a seven day a week operation. It may have changed since.
It has.....since NS went PSR-crazy, that move to Milan went away....back to the "old" way again
It has.....since NS went PSR-crazy, that move to Milan went away....back to the "old" way again
- Mon Aug 10, 2020 4:33 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Amtrak #353
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2599
Re: Amtrak #353
Nope.....not until October at the earliest--maybe not then either



- Sat Jul 25, 2020 1:47 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Stub end railyards in Michigan
- Replies: 53
- Views: 11878
Re: Stub end railyards in Michigan
The east yard in Hillsdale is a stub ended yard...also has a wye in town
- Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:45 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Amtrak
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2208
Re: Amtrak
If you are referring to 352, it showed arriving into Dearborn and departing at 714pm....which is a few minutes early, but with it's schedule, that is allowed
- Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:58 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Amtrak Train Location Updates 2020
- Replies: 63
- Views: 42006
Re: Amtrak Train Location Updates 2020
work train working out of Albion.....distributing ties btw Albion and Battle Crick
- Wed Jul 08, 2020 2:26 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Where Is It?
- Replies: 9223
- Views: 606634
Re: Where Is It?
I would agree with AAARRR.....the new wall around the sub-station is a hint to me...
How recent is this photo?? Haven't seen any cars there for quite a while....
How recent is this photo?? Haven't seen any cars there for quite a while....
- Thu Jun 04, 2020 9:34 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Another dumb AA question......
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3533
Re: Another dumb AA question......
Yoplait never used rail in Reed City.....and they got the ok from the state to build across the right-of-way before any other part of the line from Comstock Park to Cadillac was pulled up
- Wed Apr 29, 2020 1:51 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Great Lakes Central Updates April 2020
- Replies: 110
- Views: 44428
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates April 2020
HESR's 740 job nb from Genesee St. yard at 1345 with 3 cars
- Wed Apr 22, 2020 1:11 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Great Lakes Central Updates April 2020
- Replies: 110
- Views: 44428
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates April 2020
It was posted earlier that there was a night job in Cadillac now taking care of Cadillac proper and Viking down in McBain....yet I see loads for Viking in the tuesday southbound which makes me think the road job is switching them again....has the night job been abolished??
- Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:04 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Where Is It?
- Replies: 9223
- Views: 606634
Re: Where Is It?
Pinconning, looking north from the intersection of W. 2nd St and S. Van Etten St at what was at one time the start of the Gladwin Branch....
- Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:12 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Amtrak schedule changes, late March 2020
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7013
Re: Amtrak schedule changes, late March 2020
Pretty sure Chelsea Grain is kaput....haven't heard anything recently if this place will re-open with new ownership or if at all for that matter....
- Mon Mar 23, 2020 11:59 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Amtrak schedule changes, late March 2020
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7013
Re: Amtrak schedule changes, late March 2020
The new schedule change shouldn't effect them at all as the psgr trains are still running on their advertised schedule.....there have been times when they ran ahead of 351 back to Jackson and then like today, they ran behind it....just depends on what work needs done