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DaveO wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:46 pm

and it wouldn't be profitable for someone to operate an isolated section of a couple miles of unused track?

CN was able to pawn the White Pine branch off as part of that package deal and there really doesn't seem to be much hope in that line's future

B25 heard thru Ypsi, 6:32.

Good to see so many cars on the West Michigan!

https://railfan.com/switcher-donated-to ... institute/

Anybody have a history on this unit?

Speaking of The Chicken, here’s Gavin Harrison of Porcupine Tree/The Pineapple Thief/King Crimson doing a drum solo on David Letterman using bits of The Chicken. https://youtu.be/99ATD9vTHSE?si=o49GQ54l9JaaTo8O "creme de la creme as they say in the creme business" :D That Gavin guy is really someth...

Michigan Shores is lossing the sand traffic, the sand will come from Yuma on the GLC. There has been crews working at the plant in Yuma for the last month and GLC is doing some minor track work cense the line has sat dormant for the last five years. The Yuma plant is waiting for parts to come from ...

I've seen these units around the internet for years but I have not found an explanation for them. http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2964521 PRSX 6404 (Slug) and 6408 (GP40-2) leave me with a variety of questions: Who rebuilt them? I'd guess Progress but the haphazardness of the un...

I have recently discovered that a second DSS&A RS-1 is apparently around and is not well documented. The Indiana Railroad Museum in French Lick, Indiana has an RS-1 painted for the Algers, Winslow and Western and was originally built as DSS&A #103. This unit is still active too on IRM's French Lick...

"can't take photos of critical infrastructure" https://www.google.com/maps/@42.9191213,-86.202493,3a,17.8y,179.44h,95.01t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sFvf2wLUg0MJa9FzIASxrzQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DFvf2wLUg0MJa9FzIASxrzQ%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.g...

Maybe a little too soft for this crowd but I've been enjoying some Bill Withers recently. You forgot one Ain't No Sunshine: https://youtu.be/Jqo7Ei6CIvc?si=u2ewMUrKjTgZl17_ Soulful funky smooth Bill Withers 😎 How could I forget?! A truly under appreciate gift that Bill Withers was. Morning Music So...

slightly remodeled over the years but sanborn maps pointed in this direction https://aadl.org/aaobserver/18335 this streetview helps a little :D https://maps.app.goo.gl/X4Ak2xSjFRaMtHhD8 It's been a while since I was down that way :D Interesting that the building has maintained its appearance for o...

Neato

Have always wondered what this facility was/is and its relation to the railroad.
https://aadl.org/node/603151

Does anyone know if the old AA turntable is still back in the weeds behind the Big House? Any pics of its current state?

Interesting video on logging railroads in Washington, I didn't know this was a method of log retrieval. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M74_GawXxik Seems to me this group of guys purchased the Chehalis Western after Weyerhaeuser shut it down in order to scrounge the last remaining timber from the li...

David Collins wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 24, 2024 6:32 am

Manistique wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 24, 2024 5:58 am

351 has a P42 leading this morning. Out of Pontiac on time.

Milwaukee Junction at 6:22, neat hornshow from the crew.

Thru Ypsi just now.

I've been interested in why CSX plays such a big role on this site. It's always got the most updates from the widest group of people on TLU and it has by far the most detailed and up to date train symbols list on the wiki.

As far as I'm aware, there has never been a #998. As for #999, that unit is off in California last I heard stored pending potential conversion or future use by Rail Propulsions Systems. Omnitrax currently as a "G12" battery-powered GP9 rebuild from AMPS running on its Newburgh & South Shore Railroad...

CR had so much worn out old power that they shipped some of their old geeps out for rebuilding (I forget who did them but these came back with short hoods) and then rebuilt many of their own (I don't think they ever chopped the hood on the ones they rebuilt) and also bought a ton of GP15s. Conrail ...

The asbestos region would be north and east of Montreal/Quebec. Remember that the old SJ&LC, in Vermont served an asbestos mine. That M636 was well taken care of by CP, in the St.Luc shops,and IIRC, was given the name of the foreman there,who was in charge of re--- engining it. I guess the cost of ...

Really cool, the Sartigan's a class act and they've got a great paint scheme. Interesting that they note the unit as having a Cat engine...

Where is the asbestos region in Canada I wonder

Would be cool if these got painted like 1323