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by GP30M4216
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:10 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Amtrak Train Location Update/Heads Up Thread 2024
Replies: 96
Views: 10311

Re: Amtrak Train Location Update/Heads Up Thread 2024

first Venture car is the new cafe car testing along with a new Venture coach Oh really? Do you by chance have an estimated time when they’ll come out officially? Or when more test cars will run? only 1 cafe has been delivered https://on-track-on-line.com/amtk-roster-cars.shtml#PRIIA Does anyone hav...
by GP30M4216
Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:38 am
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Shortlines Train Locations Updates - March 2024
Replies: 93
Views: 3754

Re: Shortlines Train Locations Updates - March 2024

Grand Elk came out of Elkhart heading for Kzoo passing the Elkhart cam at 05:09 with 2 SD units and 52 cars including a little bit of everything. There was a run of 8 open top NS hoppers, 4 High Top types and 4 standards. I thought these were used for the glass cullet loading in Grand Rapids, but at...
by GP30M4216
Sun Mar 17, 2024 8:22 am
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: CSX Train Location Updates - March 2024
Replies: 479
Views: 22440

Re: CSX Train Location Updates - March 2024

E801-15 @ 02:33:40 westward W. Monroe St crossing Bangor, Mi mp CG60.72 live cam with BNSF engine #9124 & 130 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #5810 @ 2,713 tons & 7,200 feet long. M327-17 between 05:04/05:34 Grand Rapids, Mi mark up with the RN Dispatcher: CSX engine #7026 + mid dpu CSX engi...
by GP30M4216
Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:02 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Windsor, ON - 8.15.23
Replies: 4
Views: 366

Re: Windsor, ON - 8.15.23

End cab switchers, round roofed GP9s, and Budd built coach cars from the 1940s and 50s - it’s still a bit of a living history museum just across the river in Windsor! Thanks for sharing this photo set.

Why is there a big CN logo on the embankment in Toronto?
by GP30M4216
Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:14 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: L'anse, Mich. question
Replies: 9
Views: 781

Re: L'anse, Mich. question

As someone who went to school for map making ( Ferris St. for photogrammetric mapping technology---a fancy term for making maps using aerial photos) it is a pet peeve of mine when maps aren't accurate... I did not know this was your educational skillset, Mr Buster! I may have to consult with you ab...
by GP30M4216
Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:57 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: GDLK Operations
Replies: 1650
Views: 831743

Re: GDLK Operations

Graphic traffic is supposed to pick up in the next week or so. Expect 105 to make more trips up there per week. I’ve seen a couple of Michigan-bound Elk trains passing the Elkhart railfan camera recently with healthy cuts of the Thiele tank cars which typically go to Graphic Packaging in Kalamazoo....
by GP30M4216
Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:26 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Carleton, MI railfan meet
Replies: 22
Views: 1312

Re: Carleton, MI railfan meet

FWIW sometimes railfan meets are more about the camaraderie than about total train counts. Why did we ever meet in Durand (or any other place in Michigan) instead of just doing Fostoria or the Water Level Route? Granted, I don’t think Branch, Greenbush, or Thompsonville would make good gathering loc...
by GP30M4216
Fri Mar 08, 2024 3:10 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: CSX Train Location Updates - March 2024
Replies: 479
Views: 22440

Re: CSX Train Location Updates - March 2024

Empty coal train coming up to the Holland depot, executive MAC and csx helpers on the back end! Does that MAC still have its nose logo?
by GP30M4216
Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:41 pm
Forum: Photography Workshop
Topic: Daily Uploads
Replies: 498
Views: 317981

Re: Daily Uploads

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53534580431_61aef51162_z.jpg Morning in Durand by Jonathon Leese , on Flickr Former Grand Trunk Western 4-6-2 #5632, a GTW wig-wag, and a GTW searchlight signal make for a fine display at Lions Park in Durand, MI. 6/4/2023 I've never seen a shot composed from thi...
by GP30M4216
Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:08 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: CN says goodbye to Baraga
Replies: 19
Views: 1574

Re: CN says goodbye to Baraga

The filing is coming. About 4 miles of track.
by GP30M4216
Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:39 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: CSX Train Location Updates - March 2024
Replies: 479
Views: 22440

Re: CSX Train Location Updates - March 2024

Y121-06 eastbound passing through Zeeland Michigan @ 11:11 CSX engine #2686 + 2 cars. Note: i’m not sure where this morning‘s train is headed. It may be going to Plascore located on the east side of Zeeland Michigan to pick up an empty or down to Hudsonville Michigan for some reason. Y121-06 westbo...
by GP30M4216
Tue Mar 05, 2024 5:52 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Amtrak Train Location Update/Heads Up Thread 2024
Replies: 96
Views: 10311

Re: Amtrak Train Location Update/Heads Up Thread 2024

Michigan Line folk be advised: 350 and 353 will not run Mon-Thurs from May into October due to another season of heavy trackwork. Details: https://www.amtrak.com/alert/wolverine-trains-350-353-temporarily-suspended.html This article indicates the 2024 work will be between Jackson and Ypsi and will ...
by GP30M4216
Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:52 am
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Amtrak Train Location Update/Heads Up Thread 2024
Replies: 96
Views: 10311

Re: Amtrak Train Location Update/Heads Up Thread 2024

Michigan Line folk be advised: 350 and 353 will not run Mon-Thurs from May into October due to another season of heavy trackwork. Details:

https://www.amtrak.com/alert/wolverine- ... ended.html
by GP30M4216
Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:37 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: NS and CP Train Location Updates 2024
Replies: 35
Views: 4162

Re: NS and CP Train Location Updates 2024

18:21, eastbound mixed freight at Elkhart depot cam with leading locos elephant style Illinois Terminal and Wabash, and also a rear DPU no once cares about because it’s not hurtaaaage. 😉
by GP30M4216
Mon Mar 04, 2024 9:18 am
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Shortlines Train Locations Updates - March 2024
Replies: 93
Views: 3754

Re: Shortlines Train Locations Updates - March 2024

Late report, but Grand Elk was Michigan-bound passing the Elkhart camera at 04:34 this morning. 3 units led by the WSOR SD40-2 and about 55 cars. I counted about 10 of those Thiele tank cars that bring the slurry up to Graphic Packaging. Has there been any increase in their railcar traffic since the...
by GP30M4216
Fri Mar 01, 2024 2:50 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Fun Friday TLU Poll
Replies: 20
Views: 2012

Re: Fun Friday TLU Poll

I pulled up this poll at 09:15am on Thursday 2/29 but it looked like voting was already closed….or, maybe I already voted and had completely forgot? #democracyproblems :lol: My Favorite TLU thread happens to also be the one that is generally most useful to me, but that’s because I live in west Michi...
by GP30M4216
Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:58 pm
Forum: National / Other States Talk
Topic: VIA Rail consists over the border
Replies: 1
Views: 2124

Re: VIA Rail consists over the border

I just wanted to add a few more frames to this thread, in case I don't get back to the other side of the border before the new VIA Charger/Venture equipment starts on the Windsor-Toronto segment of the Corridor. Train 73 is shown making its arrival to the Walkerville Station back on October 27, 2023...
by GP30M4216
Sun Feb 25, 2024 10:03 am
Forum: Railfanning Information
Topic: Unidentified Alco road switcher/KLSC passenger car.
Replies: 14
Views: 1562

Re: Unidentified Alco road switcher/KLSC passenger car.

GTW 1951 is preserved at IRM. AA 20 and 21 are both preserved, one in Shephard and the other down in Raisin Center. Saginaw Valley Railway Museum has a former Consumer's Power RS1 on display. Coopersville & Marne also has ex Tuscola & Saginaw Bay RS1 2394 "Corkpine Express" on display. On the UP si...
by GP30M4216
Sun Feb 25, 2024 9:56 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Holland Railfan Meet 7/12/23
Replies: 51
Views: 12872

Re: Holland Railfan Meet 7/12/23

I just don’t understand why anyone would even think to want to trespass at Waverly. Everyone always knows what power is assigned there because it is reported regularly on this board. With work radiating out on tentacle lines in every compass direction, it’s not hard to see the power or any rando int...
by GP30M4216
Fri Feb 23, 2024 3:00 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: NS interchange with CN Lansing?
Replies: 13
Views: 2658

Re: NS interchange with CN Lansing?

Hello this is GRHC from the present and I would like to know if the interchange talked about in the above post is still active now that the Jackson and Lansing railroad has taken over the line. It is! Here's a great picture of it in action. That’s a great photo of Hollow Yard, Mr. Anderson! But tha...