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Well there goes the georgia pacific boxboard plant in milan. https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2024/05/georgia-pacific-closing-milan-corrugated-plant-laying-off-119-employees.html Is the old Ford plant in Milan still being used for storage? Was the Milan Ford Plant used for car storage after the...

“Lansing Subdivision,” essentially the western half of the current Plymouth Sub., was a new designation probably around 2005 that only lasted a few years. The entire territory was the Plymouth Sub before that, and after, just as it is today. I’m not sure what the purpose was. For some period of time...

One of the reasons CSX is putting so much money into the bridge is that they hope to remote it soon. Apparently they have an office in Evansville, IN, that already handles the remote operations of 6 other CSX bridges. The Coast Guard has yet to sign off on the removal of the on-site bridge tender, ...

Pinconning Jct. and Pinconning Terminal are the same location. The day job makes up both night road trains in Bay City yard and takes them, connected, to Pinconning where they are separated. The night crews start and end from Pinconning. There are occasional changes but the above is the normal rout...

I wanted to make a trip to railfan the Lake State Railway sometime in the next few weeks and wanted to ask for any advice on best spots for photos, busiest locations etc... Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks. I think one of the things we would all appreciate in the end is a short report ...

There was a bit of time somewhere between 2006 and 2008 that D700 was based in Holland, and started their work going west, ending up in Holland for the night. Right you are. IIRC they also tried that for a bit in the 2019-2020 era as well. Looking back through this board’s fabulous search function,...

Late report: Y106 returning to Wyoming at Godfrey at 13:20 with 4 boxcars, and an unknown number of gondolas and tankcars.

It’s another year and there seems to be another round of work being done to keep the St Joe swing bridge in tip top shape. Happy 120th anniversary to St Joseph’s swinging queen! While the traditional Adlake navigation lanterns may be gone and it is now controlled from the shore instead of the doghou...

Well there goes the georgia pacific boxboard plant in milan. https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2024/05/georgia-pacific-closing-milan-corrugated-plant-laying-off-119-employees.html Dang, another blow for the Milan NS local. Hopefully, another corrugated board maker sees potential in that plant an...

NS put cars on the ground at CP485 (Burns Harbor) overnight and as a result Amtrak cancelled all scheduled Michigan service today except trains 355/354 so far. 29 and 49 may be detouring around, I’m not sure.

Genesis 144, powering Capitol Limited train 29, suffered a mechanical failure near Waterloo this morning. Train 49 was on time a ways behind them and the decision was made to rescue 29 by coupling it to the rear of 49 to haul it in to Chicago. You can see the combined consist on the Elkhart VR cam o...

For the first time since SBD painted 38-2. 2667 about 20 years ago, a Seaboard System painted unit spent the night in GRP. For 6 whole hours. And now it’s gone again!

The MCRR Indian Lake Road stone arch bridge near Lake Orion was built in 1891 but is believed to be a replacement for an earlier wooden structure. The railroad history area of Michiganrailroads.com has a great timeline feature year-by-year that covers the construction of most lines across the state....

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Any chance it’s actually for military vehicles from/for Camp Grayling?

GDLK Z439 CSX transfer with 19 cars returning to Elk home rails 10:35 at Godfrey/Grand Rapids, GP35 pair 3531 and 3534 leading. 6 boxcars, 2 tanks, balance covered hoppers.

Grand Elk Z439 heading east at Godfrey 10:35 19 cars with geep 35s for power.

CSXT Y197 with 6549 east off the Service Track toward Plaster Creek 10:50 with a boxcar, a high side cotton seed gon and a covered hopper.

Nice to see a reefer at the MNS dock at Judd.

Question for the Lake State fans: on the Wiki train 327 originates at “Pinconning Terminal.” What and where is this? I thought Pinconning was just the connection point where the Huron Sub ties in with the Mackinac Sub. Is there more to it?

Y121 engine 6085 heading down the Hamilton Branch at 16th street holland with 5 bulkhead flats and a boxcar.

A good chunk of the MQT roster is slumbering on the north side of Grant for the weekend with a 45(ish) car northbound train at the Nelson’s crossing. 3391 leading, with a pair of yellow geeps, the B&P SD, and new arrival 3413 in the 5th position. Good location for roster shots right along M37. Also?...