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I believe the line in question is either the West Side Belt RR or the Pittsburgh and West Virginia. The P&WV was part of the Wabash and bought the WSBRR out of bankruptcy in 1908. These two lines ran near each other but at different elevations. I do not know which line is still in service and the tw...

MQT1223 wrote: ↑

Sun May 05, 2024 9:38 pm

Swartz Creek is a wonderful place.

I don’t think I have ever heard anyone state that before.

Grand Elk (UP) WB MP 83 1100.
Wisconsin Southern unit solo. I couldn’t see the number.
4 box 2 tanks.

Here is a link to an 1880 map of White Cloud. Interesting track layout.

https://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/U ... /Michigan/

https://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/U ... /Michigan/

The PRR diagram of the Vicksburg interlocking lists the following:

“Electric Machine
4 Levers for 12 Signals
4 Unit Table Level Machine”

Since this was an electric machine , there would be no need for the large mechanical levers and frame.

MQT1223 wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:01 pm

I take it then levers were in the depot itself to line movements at one point?
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Yes. https://www.michiganrailroads.com/stati ... cksburg-mi

Thank you for sharing the station list.

Norfolk Southern’s fourth quarter earnings from railway operations was in excess of $800 million AFTER taking a $150 million charge to account for costs associated with the “eastern Ohio incident “. Charges against earnings were also taken in the 3rd quarter ($163 MM), 2nd quarter ($416 MM), and the...

I drove through and stopped in Lima for about an hour last May in the early afternoon.

I caught one train on the CFE. IIRC there two other movements in town but I was not able to get a good look at what was happening.

I think the photo might have been taken at Nieman road looking SW. The pole line would have been in the right place (some poles are extant) and the tree lines look similar.

I thought I read somewhere‘s on RailRoadFan.com that the WMI was transloading apples that were transported up to Traverse City Michigan for Gogo Squeez. So who knows what the actual range on a transload site could be. Here’s an interesting thought. If Gogo Squeez transloaded those apples from the H...

TSB wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 22, 2024 1:04 pm

3/20 scan results---> No active cancer growth anywhere.

I’m glad to hear the good news!

Sorry for responding to this conversation very late but I’ve always wondered what happened at that curve after watching the Thornapple River Rail Series coal train chase video! Glad I was bored this morning and decided to research! And it’s nice to know there is a lot of history with this derailmen...

Well lets start with the agri traffic on the line and well start with ethanol plant in Caro and the sugar plant there too. tttleshe shuttles of ddg and ethanol should keep them very busy. The elevator at Colling is inactive at this time. Over on the Denmark Branch I can imagine that both of the sta...

~Z~ wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 27, 2024 4:21 pm

Grand Elk south through Byron Center at 4:21pm. WAMX 4189 LHF solo with zero cars. That's an odd movement.

Makes up for the big train yesterday

The use of battery powered trainsets is becoming more common.

https://www.alstom.com/press-releases- ... irish-rail

Michael wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:41 am

Did you see this one from 1936 of Fingerle Lumber?
https://aadl.org/N016_0659_001

I am curious why the railroad crew is waiting while the cars are being unloaded.

I didn’t realize that “just in time” delivery existed in 1936.

Thank you for checking into it, LRF. It would have been nice if E&LS was switching the plant again bit it will have to remain a customer on my paper railroad only for now :) You have me interested. E&LS doesn't have a connection to Billerud. They would have to use trackage rights on CN. I know you ...

Do you know when AmeriGas (Petrolane) in Petoskey last used rail? Williamsburg - Transload Shed: Transload food products in boxcars or refrigerated boxcars (this may have been built during TSBY's ownership). I always wondered what that was! Thanks for providing a backstory for that shed. From Googl...

I also attended Ferris a loooong time ago. I took a great head on shot of a PNC Geep at the Maple Street crossing adjacent to the depot. Alas the print and negatives have been lost to time. The write up of the “depot history” is a bit lacking. There is a lot of railroad history in the area. A great ...