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Ugh.
Please see the Metro-North NYC heritage unit to see how to do this right.

Here are a couple other resources mentioning the line through Petersburg. The Ragweed Line - http://www.trainweb.org/annarbor/AARRHistory/Toledo_Ann_Arbor-Jackson/RAGWEED-DT&I.html Tracking the Toledo, Ann Arbor & Detroit RR by James Hannum - I downloaded a free copy of this book a while ago. This h...

I did see your pics on Railpictures. Very nice. Here's one from the olden days. 4/19/99.

I have a photo of 116 in service at Battle Creek taken 6/8/83. It was still lettered DTSL on the hood but had 116 on the cab side in big white GTW numerals. I have a photo of 41 in Battle Creek outside the shop (not in the dead line) taken late October 1983 still in full DTSL paint and not renumbere...

Author Cady knows his stuff in Northern Michigan. Surely a good piece.
Also, the Northern Arrow article mentioned in this Timberliner one was quite good with some rare photos.

Former troop sleeper that was used as a yard office is still around. It was moved a couple blocks east and is behind the Cheboygan County Historical Museum on Court St. It was placed on a pair of regular freight car trucks on a panel of track. It's visible in aerial views of Cheboygan. Don't believe...

1909 KLS&C pass showing "Fruit Belt Line" nickname.

While not Michigan, I note the list includes a couple interesting units. Portland & Western SD-7 1501, the Albany, OR yard switcher holding on in battered SP paint. And, P&W/Willamette & Pacific GP-9 1801 painted in a rendition of SPs Black Widow Scheme. Sad to lose either.

Mr. Ryan's presentation will not disappoint. He's an excellent photographer.

Geyer Ditch, southeast of Galien? Ends up in the Kankakee River then westward.

So, a little more to the story behind the photo of 4040 in Casablanca. The picture was actually taken by my dad who was stationed there from 1953 to 1955 while in the Air Force. He wasn't interested in trains, he just took pictures of various things around the base while he was there. Now 70 years l...

I recently came across this picture of 4040 in service in Morocco ca. 1953. It must have been almost new. Note the European style couplers and buffers.

http://baldwindiesels.railfan.net/rs4tc/usaf4040-dh.jpg

David - Help me, help you.. Help me, help you!

Why search yourself when you can get someone else to do it?

Joanne Shaw Taylor's "Going Home". I've seen her live a couple times and she's very good with the blues guitar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rxsr2do0Wrk

Check out Laura Cox. The first song, Hard Blues Shot, is a little AC/DC-ish and, she rocks! Also check out a few of her other videos on YouTube. She's French and can really play. Plays bass too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJo1r7d5xQk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y53boWWi8g https://www.youtu...

Maybe I'm just starting a rumor, but isn't that what these boards are for? Anybody else hear the CSX business train is supposed to be in Michigan tomorrow (Wed., 8/25)? I heard it was leaving Chicago at 7 AM heading east. Supposed to have the B&O inspired F40s. Any confirmation or other info would b...

One could also say that seat belts don't prevent all traffic fatalities, but it's still advisable to wear one. A key reason we wear masks is to minimize situations like the following. These aren't fake patients or fake symptoms:Screenshot_20201027-092859.png Excellent analogy. With citizenship and ...

It appears they're way off on the shade of green. They look closer to Illinois Terminal heritage colors than CN. Nothing like the shade of green/olive they had on the E-unit for the business train.

It could also be headed for use by a repair or construction contractor rather than a railroad. Stick rail could be used to build or repair a siding on private property maintained by a customer rather than a railroad.

Kellogg's is doing fine in Battle Creek. They still make at least Raisin Bran, Raisin Bran Crunch, Special K, and Mini Wheats in BC. They have cut back their employment there very significantly over the last decade or so. This was mostly due to efforts to trim significant labor costs, modernize, and...