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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and Queen Elizabeth II's husband, dead at 99 https://people.com/royals/prince-charles-visited-queen-elizabeth-after-prince-philip-death-windsor-castle/?utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&utm_content=manual&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=6070b5f302bf1500...

R.I.P. to actress Gloria Henry, who played Alice Mitchell on "Dennis the Menace" from 1959 to 1963. She was 98. She passed away yesterday just one day after her 98th birthday. https://www.tmz.com/2021/04/04/gloria-henry-dennis-the-menace-mom-dead-dies/?fbclid=IwAR230IVWMONd1x4LSwGs3ArmjhLKnxkWo69zHF...

The McKinley Ave crossing in Mishawaka still remains closed as Canadian National Railway crews work to repair a crossing signal that was destroyed in a train vs. car crash yesterday. No injuries were reported.
https://wsbt.com/news/local/mishawaka-r ... wing-crash

R.I.P. children's author, Beverly Cleary, who died on 3/25/21 at the age of 104. She was the creator of Ramona Quimby.
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/26/31188178 ... U55mNjrQYk

Apparently, NS has been using the third rail in Goshen to park trains for 2-3 hours at a time, while they wait for room in the yard in Elkhart, and people in Goshen are getting frustrated. https://wsbt.com/news/local/goshen-leaders-as-norfolk-southern-railroad-for-solution-to-stopped-trains?fbclid=I...

A Union Pacific freight train derailed this morning in Normal. Many crossings are now closed until the derailment can be cleaned up. https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/cargo-train-derails-in-uptown-normal-early-saturday-morning/ There was also an extended power outage due to the de...

In anticipation of the cold, The South Shore will be cancelling all trains between Carroll Ave. in Michigan City, and the South Bend International Airport and switching to bus service after 6 pm today. The South Shore passes through lots of remote farmland, and there are few crossings to access a di...

President Ronald Reagan's longtime secretary of state, George P. Schultz, has died at the age of 100.
https://www.wfla.com/news/politics/rona ... WKegoOd_CA

R.I.P. to actress Cicely Tyson, who died at the age of 96 on 1/28/21.
https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/cicely ... 234895188/

This is my 7000th post. Next month, I will have been on railroadfan.com for 11 years.

Jimmie Rodgers, singer of "Honeycomb" and other hits from the 1950's has died at the age of 87. He died from kidney disease on January 18th in Palm Desert, CA, and had also tested positive for COVID-19. https://www.wndu.com/2021/01/24/jimmie-rodgers-singer-of-honeycomb-and-other-hits-dies/?fbclid=Iw...

Dozens of people were evacuated from an Amtrak train in Van Buren County, between Lawton and Decatur, after the engine caught fire. No injuries were reported. https://www.woodtv.com/news/southwest-michigan/dozens-evacuated-after-small-fire-on-amtrak-train-in-van-buren-county/?fbclid=IwAR2tkniP4KHkG6...

Phil Spector, Grammy-winning producer and convicted murder has died at the age of 80 of natural causes. https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/17/entertainment/phil-spector-death/index.html?utm_source=fbCNN&utm_medium=social&utm_term=link&utm_content=2021-01-17T18%3A31%3A06&fbclid=IwAR2UR48O-gEoTHwT7TdZCDW6RbO...

R.I.P. to New Orleans stage and screen actor, Carol Sutton. She has died at the age of 76 from Covid-19 complications.
https://www.wfla.com/news/national/new- ... OwfIae4ENc

R.I.P. Charley Pride, who was a pioneering black country singer. He died at the age of 86 due to complications from Covid-19.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... it-192455/

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Sun Nov 29, 2020 10:56 am

Darth Vader actor David Prowse passes away at 85
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/dead-at-85

Thanks DaveO

David Prowse sometimes appeared on "The Benny Hill Show" and can be seen toward the end of these sketches (the large, muscular man):

Sounds like N800-27 will go to Grand Junction and cut crossings, then wait on a cab.

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Fri Nov 27, 2020 5:47 pm

N800 @ 5:44pm westward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 528 axles & 6,912 feet long. 2 engines & 129 loaded coal cars.

N800-27 cleared St. Joseph Bridge at 5:59 pm, and is currently headed eastward, not westward, as reported earlier, through Benton Harbor.

P370-26 is currently going through Coloma.

A CSX employee was fatally injured this morning while doing his work in the railyard in Fostoria.
https://www.wtol.com/article/news/local ... db335cf4ee