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by GAP
Mon Feb 26, 2024 12:59 pm
Forum: National / Other States Talk
Topic: "no one steering"
Replies: 4
Views: 1319

"no one steering"

My local TV station (WWMT) just reported about a run-away train in India that traveled 45 miles "with no one steering." Those trains in India must really be something!
by GAP
Mon Feb 19, 2024 12:36 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: You never know
Replies: 16
Views: 1595

You never know

My nephew likes to park by tracks (he's retired) and wait fir something to come along. Last Tuesday he was in Vicksburg. On an eastbound CN freight directly behind the power was a former Minnesota Commercial   ALCO C636 dead in tow heading for Quebec. It's not often you see ALCOs these days. Then on...
by GAP
Mon Feb 12, 2024 3:29 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Future of the Plymouth Sub/Grand Rapids Sub
Replies: 156
Views: 1282562

Re: Future of the Plymouth Sub/Grand Rapids Sub

I wonder if the CP ever wishes they still had the lines from Minneapolis though Sault Ste Marie to Sudbury to Toronto. I would think that it would be shorter and certainly less congested than through Chicago and Windsor.
by GAP
Fri Aug 04, 2023 4:24 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: C&NW 175
Replies: 9
Views: 4653

Re: C&NW 175

I saw the 175 every day in the summer of 1969 when I was the fireman on the Keweenaw Central #29 (ex-Copper Range 2-8-0). It was just sitting there apparently with no hope for the future.Years later I was back in the Copper Country and drove past it every day on my way to work for ten years. I sure ...
by GAP
Sun Jul 30, 2023 4:22 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: C&NW 175
Replies: 9
Views: 4653

C&NW 175

What is the status of C&NW 175 (4-6-0) at the Steam Railroad Institute in Owosso? I know it was moved there a couple of years ago to be restored. How is the work progressing along? I haven't heard anything for quite a while.
by GAP
Wed Mar 08, 2023 1:39 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Marshall
Replies: 2
Views: 2003

Marshall

With all the hype and hoopla about the coming Ford battery plant to be built in Marshall, has anyone heard anything specific about any rail service? A large amount of money has been designated for "infrastructure" but does that include any trackage? With the size plant they are talking about would a...
by GAP
Wed Dec 28, 2022 1:15 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Sault pulpwood
Replies: 2
Views: 2181

Sault pulpwood

On another board someone asks about pulpwood coming across the border at the Sault from the new Agawa Canyon RR (Previously Algoma Central). Does anyone know for sure where it is going, what mill, what town?
by GAP
Sat Oct 15, 2022 6:12 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: PawPaw River Transload
Replies: 3
Views: 3349

PawPaw River Transload

Today was my first time seeing the PawPaw River Transload facilities east of Hartford. There were so many covered hoppers and tank cars in abundance I was really surprised and impressed. What all is happening there? Further east there were more covered hoppers and tank cars just sitting but there se...
by GAP
Thu Jul 07, 2022 11:04 am
Forum: Historical Q & A
Topic: reporting marks
Replies: 0
Views: 3644

reporting marks

When did reporting marks get shortened to no more than four letters? When did MSP&SSM become SOO or NYC&SL become NKP, etc?
by GAP
Mon Apr 25, 2022 1:23 pm
Forum: Photography Workshop
Topic: slide scanner recommendations?
Replies: 2
Views: 6741

slide scanner recommendations?

I have 35 mm slides that I want to convert to save on a flash drive. So I need a slide scanner. Any recommendations or advice as to brands or models that are "best? Any that should be avoided? Any other thoughts or advice would be appreciated also.
by GAP
Thu Jan 20, 2022 11:27 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: BO (Botsford) Tower Demolition
Replies: 67
Views: 43813

Re: BO (Botsford) Tower Demolition

Once when a northbound NS was approaching KAL and Amtrak was already at the depot the tower operator told the NS to "ease it on down" knowing that Amtrak would be gone by the time the freight got to downtown. After the Amtrak had left, the tower instructed "ease it on down a little more." I'm still ...
by GAP
Fri Aug 27, 2021 1:05 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: CN Yooper Operations
Replies: 21
Views: 21241

Re: CN Yooper Operations

Any current word on the Watco take-over of the Trout Lake to Munising line?
by GAP
Sat Jul 31, 2021 11:24 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: The abandoned boxcars of L'Anse Bay
Replies: 8
Views: 5380

Re: The abandoned boxcars of L'Anse Bay

There used to be two Copper Range boxcars in Painesdale but that was over twenty years ago. I winder if they are still there.
by GAP
Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:01 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: CN Newberry Subdivision Customers
Replies: 26
Views: 33053

Re: CN Newberry Subdivision Customers

I live in Portage (Kalamazoo) on the Grand Elk route between Elkhart and Grand Rapids. I'll offer this as a word of encouragement. I don't know what new business can be found in the U.P. these days but Watco is good at finding new business down here. I suspect they'll try just as hard on the new lin...
by GAP
Tue Jun 08, 2021 10:55 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Reefer customers in W. Mich.
Replies: 7
Views: 6245

Re: Reefer customers in W. Mich.

Fresh Solutions in White Pigeon used to get ARMN reefers with potatoes but I haven't seen any action there in the last couple of years.
by GAP
Sun Mar 21, 2021 1:03 pm
Forum: National / Other States Talk
Topic: New Ore in Northern Ontario
Replies: 11
Views: 12566

Re: New Ore in Northern Ontario

Hey ... There's not a single mosquito in the Upper Peninsula. - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -- - - - - - - - - - - - They're all married and have large families.


But don't kill one - - - - - - - - - - 500 come to the funeral !!!!!
by GAP
Fri Oct 16, 2020 11:15 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: you Must Be Criminals
Replies: 34
Views: 22427

Re: you Must Be Criminals

Well now it seems pointless for the class 1's to paint engines in "retro color schemes" if we're not allowed to look at them. "Here it comes, cover your eyes."
by GAP
Tue Sep 29, 2020 5:46 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: GDLK Operations
Replies: 1662
Views: 833748

Re: GDLK Operations

Saw the GDLK local as it passed southbound thru Portage about 2:30 this afternoon. Twenty-six cars, the first 25 were boxcars. I thought the boxcar was a "vanishing breed." Where were all those cars going? Other times I have seen the local with a preponderance of boxcars, too. I can't think of that ...
by GAP
Fri Jul 17, 2020 6:58 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: GDLK Operations
Replies: 1662
Views: 833748

Re: GDLK Operations

Stone train northbound thru Schoolcraft about 4 o'clock Friday. Engines were 4155 and 1830 with 83 cars, RBEX reporting marks.
by GAP
Wed Apr 08, 2020 11:09 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: White Pigeon Grain Trains
Replies: 69
Views: 52628

Re: White Pigeon Grain Trains

Yesterday, April 7, I saw an NS grain train come off the GDLK while watching Elkhart live Railcam on Youtube. So not all are going via CSX. I know of only one back in February.