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I have been following the ND & thread since the beginning, in fact it's the only real thread I read on this site. I have a question maybe someone from the ND & W area can help with. I've decided that I want to model this line in proto 87 or close scale. I've looked on line bing wikimapia google eart...

I have been following the ND & thread since the beginning, in fact it's the only real thread I read on this site. I have a question maybe someone from the ND & W area can help with. I've decided that I want to model this line in proto 87 or close scale. I've looked on line bing wikimapia google eart...

the train ran from Calgary to Toronto to be staged for the Canadian Pacific sponsored Canadian Women’s Open Golf Championship in London. from London it came state side through Windsor/ Elkhart. Once in it got to Chicago, it was staged while the leaders of the major railroads got together to talk abo...

We started rounding up all ICE power last week funneling it towards south Dakota. Not the best power we own but, desperately needed since we leased out good power to BNSF, and still have the remanets' of the 60 fleet for sale or lease. At least it looks good for the stock holders

We do have some trouble with managers out here in the Dakotas but not so much at the local level. We have brought in alot of people from the CN and off the street. As for me I'm semi happier out in the Dakotas. Granted we have lost many guys from Enderlin and from the cities to the MRL. Only time wi...

We are hire for alot of reasons, yes we cut jobs laid people off. Called people back but many did not return. The oil /grain in the Dakotas has made for a slight increase in traffic while having a retention rate that is really low on new hire conductors. Not only are we seeing an increase in hiring ...

Fox is the name of the siding next to the airport. Used to have quite a few industries one of them had the name Henry A. Fox. They distributed beverages. Alot has changed since I railfanned in grand rapids. Most of the industries at fox are torn up or no longer served.

I agree it could be done if CP really wanted to but we don't want to at this point. It would make more sense to have both as gateways to the NS. We used to detour trains across the harbor when the belt did bridge work or ns shut down 509 for a small man maintenance blitz. Our right "ended" about the...

It is CP 509 to the belt and CP 502 to the harbor but last I knew CP did not have trackage rights from I want to say iirc blue island to Gibson. So any auto traffic run on the harbor only goes NS CP502/IHB CP100 To the Gibson auto yard

the winters combined with what the oil industry will pay compared to the railroads pay scale is why

JStryker722, your best bet for becoming an engineer is to work your way up through the ranks for a railroad. If that is what you really want to do for a living. Also many railroads are currently looking for conductors. BNSF is currently looking to fill many positions out west especially in the Dakot...

For those who don;t have access to the trains wire CP has picked a buy for the west end of the DM&E

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases ... 03711.html

We also destroyed containers in the summer of 08. Tunnel was out of service for a week. This was caused due to the flooding in the midwest and we had many extra trains through Elkhart with containers that usually went up and around lake superior. Also as said before CP is content to move freight wit...

its just a sign of the beaver EHH

they have more space in the siding at kilgore. plus as far as interchange why run it all the way to schoolcraft (CN), then GDLK from School craft to Klamazoo. from what I recall most of the CN interchange comes from customers worked by the 105. not sure how much goes to Grand Rapids. but Pavillion i...

The 503 used to work Kalamazoo to Wayland (bay Valley) and out to Otsego (U.S. Gypsum) not sure they have used that symbol for sometime. now the traffic to Otsego is worked by the Y100, the night job out of Kalamazoo and Wayland is switched by 303 the KZ-GR turn

[/quote]Just out of curiosity, do you lament the loss of all the bagger jobs at the local grocery stores? Can't help but notice Cashier is a 'one person job' now...[/quote] lets take that a step further many people me included like to use the you scan and self check out lanes with no limit. now you ...

this seems super logical
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2013/07/19/ ... etroiters/

Though Chicago is or can be a headache for trains. the Unit oil trains we run through Elkhart out of the Dakota's are hope on and off after being built until they reach there destination with power intact. They may swap power but as far as these trains rarely see a Yard. In the past we when we had l...

here are two photos I found awhile back showing the crossing at K-ZOO and 44TH street