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06:55 CT: Eastbound by Michigan City with a DPU on the rear shoving hard. Presumed loaded coal train.

There was one important item that GRS did NOT supply as part of the "west end" operation. It was a single rubber part from a bike pedal firmly attached with electrical tape to a cut-off fishing pole, and notched to perfectly fit the signal and switch levers. With this device, one could reach over a...

The company still has massive positive cash flow. They’ll be fine it’ll just dent the earnings in the near term while they take the charges.

See this thread:

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I-75 and I-65 were both pretty clogged in both directions. But not super bad.

Thank you for posting. I enjoy this kind of information. I second this, it will be interesting to keep track of at time goes on. I don’t think everybody appreciates just how much grain moves out of Michigan, especially considering the large chunk of our crops that are consumed locally as animal fee...

A daily local run from Gladstone as far east as Kinross switching the local customers. Is there a local CN job that switches the kincheloe spur, or does the road train do it when it passes by? The local runs both directions from Gladstone to the Sault and return, on the opposite schedule to the roa...

I plan to head to Deshler.

I'm doing a trip to New Buffalo MI within the next few weeks, how much action does CSX and the Amtrak Michigan Line (NS Locals) get? I know not all of the CSX trains on the GR Sub run that far south, but I'm just trying to get an idea of what I can expect. If someone could help me out that would be...

Fwiw the requirement for a flagman/EIC typically is triggered if the contractor will have “the potential to foul” the track, which is usually around the 25’ mark from the nearest track for a contractor. So if they’re driving anything, lifting anything or otherwise working within that zone, you’ll se...

Wondering if the construction will make CSX and CN crawl through East Lansing with slow orders. I think track speed on both lines is 40 mph. I'm willing to bet money CN and CSX will be moving through at 25 mph or less through the construction zone. But thank the lord that is getting fixed, Ive gone...

That’s exactly what it is, a split rail derail. I’ll be a bit of a track snob and point out that this is usually referred to as a “switch point derail” since it has both points like a regular switch. That contrasts with a “split rail derail” which only has the switch point on one side. The full swi...

Container shipping by water, even at low volume, is still usually cheaper than overland options. There’s just so many steps, people and infrastructure needed for overland transportation that water doesn’t require. So it can be surprisingly competitive. I have no idea on the actual economics of this ...

is it not more than a minor detail to overlook if you plan to do international containers when the the welland canal shuts down for several months during the winter? The idea is to be cheaper and bypass the east coast ports. I'm sure all of these containers would be drayed direct to the customer. I...

MDOT helping Lake States locate a transload in Wixom, and improvements to Coldwater yard among other things. GLC sans yard work and some funds for bridges. https://www.michigan.gov/mdot/news-outreach/pressreleases/2024/03/13/mdot-announces-2024--michigan-rail-enhancement-program-grants Lake State ....

YN2 leaders are pretty common on the ACSES-required lines on the Northeast (in New York on the Hudson Line east of the river, around NYC, and in Massachusetts and southern Maine), as several of the upper 400-series AC4400CW's (which are pretty much the only ACSES PTC-equipped road engines) are stil...

Part of the problem is that CN will want higher margins, greater volume, and consistency than a shortline would typically tolerate. There was a study undertaken awhile back about pulpwood transportation around the UP and northern Wisconsin and the team found little rhyme or reason to the freight rai...

07:07 CT: eastbound by Michigan City

maybe because cn kept the line to l'anse? and it wouldn't be profitable for someone to operate an isolated section of a couple miles of unused track? no filing to abandon has been filed with the stb. wisconsin central had filed and received discontinuance of service. Correct, they can just take the...

Sounds like CN is pulling the plug on the mothballed section of railroad between L’Anse and Baraga. Per a post on the YooperRails group on Facebook the town was notified last month. How long has it been since anything even went to Baraga? 10-15 years maybe? Wondered why the line wasn’t offered to W...