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I saw a screenshot a few days ago of an email sent out from Tim to somebody saying that they had “a worst case scenario database failure”. I didn’t recall anything mentioned as to if the website would come back or not…but it doesn’t sound pretty from the tone used in that email.

About a week ago, I was in excruciating pain and got xrays, and learned that I suffered an injury to one of my ribs. As a result it’s sidelined me from railfanning likely for the rest of the year. As a result, I started looking for ideas to build routes in Michigan. I came up with one (modern day Ma...

GT 5851 leading 515…on their way back to Pontiac right now. Should be past Milwaukee Junction by now.

Delray wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 06, 2024 10:06 am

A long mixed freight into Flat Rock including truck frames.

By the Fort St cam at 9:47 CN x3

Late A485

M326-05 @ 14:29 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland... Thanks to TSS for the Transformer heads up & thanks to GRHC for being trackside for confirming the Transformer car is a 4 axle type depressed flat car & not an 8 axle type :) Car will go north on the MQT for it's unloadin...

ConrailDetr​oit wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 05, 2024 11:03 am

SB on Dearborn Sub in Allen Park with Hi cubes and empty frame flatcars, tanks, loaded frame flatcars, NS gondolas, hoppers, 2 empty centerbeams, 3 covered hoppers.

CN L572

Manistique wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 05, 2024 9:26 am

SB Train 515 went past MP 22.5 around 8 am with GTW 5851 as power and a short train.

Working Hoover, FCA and the conrail interchange today. Should be a somewhat sizable train coming back.

How is this railroad isn’t a class 1 at this point is beyond me

I should note that CN 5299 (zebra SD40 widecab) went south on 508 tonight to Flat Rock.

Mikeyt2004 wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 04, 2024 12:08 pm

Andy24 wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 04, 2024 10:40 am

Mikeyt2004 wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 04, 2024 10:29 am

Engines 3345, 3413, 3343, 3408 and 57 cars for Wyoming.

Did I hear Marquette has 1 car on track 17 to pull today??

Yup one tank car! I heard they were worried about making it up the grade in White Cloud

The hill at Grant would be even worse

Manistique wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 04, 2024 8:58 am

353 has P42 #68 as power today. It just passed MP 22.5 on the Holly at 8:57 pm.

this didn’t age well, the 68 overheated and is now stuck at Troy. It appears the train was canceled as well. Not sure on further plans.

Delray wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 04, 2024 10:53 am

251 by the Fort St cam at 10:25 CN x2

Short train

if that broken rail at Delray ain’t fixed in the next 45 minutes, he’s gonna be stuck at YD

The Richville Western Railnet is a fictional shortline based in rural Manitoba, serving numerous logging and grain industries. Customers are: CC Lumbermill in Richville (centerbeams and woodchip cars, 10-15 cars per switch) Valero in Richville (12-14 cars per switch, tank cars) Allison Plastics in R...

CSXT8390 wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 03, 2024 2:56 pm

That RCO box is what ADM Grand Ledge uses to load and move the train. They do not have their own power at that facility like ADM Webberville does.

Interesting. How does this RCO box work? Does it hookup to the MU cables or something like that and give it inputs or something else?

LansingRailFan wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 02, 2024 11:27 pm

23:50 - WB R944 arrives in Durand and takes the PH Wye into the yard, albeit very slowly

Did you see the power by chance?

GreatLakesRailfan wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 02, 2024 7:21 am

Is Amtrak keeping a protect engine in Port Huron now? P42 #57 was sitting at the station all weekend (Friday/Saturday/Sunday).

It’s got bad brakes and mechanical hasn’t gotten to it yet

Sent you a Pm

There's a train going through Zeeland @ 06:55 and there was an earlier train that went through Zeeland Michigan @ 06:38 I will leave it to the experts to fill in the blanks and provide all the pertinent information. The one at 6:38 was Amtrak 371. Not sure about 06:55, maybe 327? If anyone’s out in...

Graham Halverson wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 29, 2024 7:06 pm

I’ve been hearing that B731 is running, but I was told it was abolished, now it’s not? Can someone explain?

I was told by someone at CN that they lost the contract for those potash trains. Maybe they got it back? idk

Where is everyone?? Not a single soul at Carland or Bannister tonight per a report in the field