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by cfriedri
Sat Feb 10, 2024 4:03 pm
Forum: National / Other States Talk
Topic: FRA issues emergency shutdown order for Oklahoma shortline due to a complete lapse in safety
Replies: 26
Views: 2878

Re: FRA issues emergency shutdown order for Oklahoma shortline due to a complete lapse in safety

David Collins wrote:
Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:54 pm
Is there a comparable example of a lapse of safety of this degree happening elsewhere?? I’ve never heard personally of something this bad.
Believe the FRA shut down the Northwestern Pacific in the late 1990s but otherwise unsure if it has happened elsewhere.
by cfriedri
Sun Dec 10, 2023 8:38 pm
Forum: National / Other States Talk
Topic: CN to buy Iowa Northern
Replies: 2
Views: 6187

Re: CN to buy Iowa Northern

Will be interested to see what happens with the north end of the railroad. As I understood it, a lot of trains were built and sorted for the UP in Manly. I can't imagine CN will continue to do that.
by cfriedri
Mon Sep 04, 2023 9:28 pm
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Busiest line in Colorado?
Replies: 2
Views: 3094

Re: Busiest line in Colorado?

Colorado is a big place so it's hard to narrow down specifically what you're asking for. Former D&RGW coal branches can be hit or miss with decreases in coal usage in the past many years. The Craig Branch runs from Bond to Craig via Steamboat Springs - very scenic but train frequency is low. The fro...
by cfriedri
Sun Mar 05, 2023 5:53 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: TDSI ops in New Boston
Replies: 6
Views: 2836

Re: TDSI ops in New Boston

2292 started as ATSF 712, a GP9. Looks like they have 10 tracks with availability to spot 15 cars per track. More than adequate to justify a 24/7 operation. Google imagery from May 2022 looks to have a large variety of automobiles but looks like some Raptors and F-150s from overhead, so at least For...
by cfriedri
Wed Oct 12, 2022 7:52 pm
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Engineers/Conductors: what's the best engine you ever ran?
Replies: 2
Views: 6516

Re: Engineers/Conductors: what's the best engine you ever ran?

I rather enjoyed running SD60Ms despite the desktop controls - nice to run over the road.
by cfriedri
Wed Aug 10, 2022 6:41 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Cherry Growers in Grawn
Replies: 33
Views: 16154

Re: Cherry Growers in Grawn

Maybe they can talk GoGo Squeeze into at least getting inbound fruit, or fruit juice. They don't use corn syrup so no luck with tanks of that. I believe some of the apples going to Materne (GoGo Squeez) in TC are transloaded on the West Michigan Railroad, per Trains Magazine. They are, that’s what ...
by cfriedri
Tue Jul 26, 2022 8:41 pm
Forum: Railfanning Information
Topic: (Editorial Video) Progress Rail NEEDS to make the SD70M-3 a reality, here's why...
Replies: 4
Views: 7604

Re: (Editorial Video) Progress Rail NEEDS to make the SD70M-3 a reality, here's why...

Gonna have to echo Saturnalia's sentiment on this one. DC had its time but AC is more versatile. And the light, fast trains you refer to don't exist any more. Intermodal may be lighter when you compare it to a manifest or coal train but it's still not a 3,000 ton sprint train from the 90's. Plus AC ...
by cfriedri
Thu Jun 23, 2022 6:52 pm
Forum: Paper Railroads
Topic: Charlevoix, Petoskey & Pellston (CP&P)
Replies: 13
Views: 7993

Re: Charlevoix, Petoskey & Pellston (CP&P)

I enjoyed your inclusion of the Big Rock Point Plant :)
by cfriedri
Sun Jun 19, 2022 6:55 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Red Signs Near Royal Oak Amtrak Station
Replies: 4
Views: 2992

Re: Red Signs Near Royal Oak Amtrak Station

Form B - generally preceded by a yellow/red board two miles in advance unless otherwise noted in track bulletins. Even if running on a clear signal, permission must be obtained from the employee in charge of work to proceed past the red board and into the work zone. Employee in charge will specify s...
by cfriedri
Tue May 31, 2022 6:45 pm
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: What is everyone's favorite locomotive(s)?
Replies: 19
Views: 14599

Re: What is everyone's favorite locomotive(s)?

EMD's GP15T is pretty slick - that or GP38-2s with the anti-climber
by cfriedri
Mon Feb 21, 2022 7:22 pm
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Southeast Michigan - 1.22.22
Replies: 8
Views: 5248

Re: Southeast Michigan - 1.22.22

GP30, I understand the confusion but last I heard GEMA is switched 6x per week. Perhaps I heard wrong, or something changed :? . As for the tank car business I think that is an oil product that came over from JAIL. Again, my information may be incorrect. I think box cars from the Dundee Engine Plan...
by cfriedri
Sun Aug 15, 2021 4:56 am
Forum: National / Other States Talk
Topic: CP to Buy KCS
Replies: 166
Views: 147238

Re: CP to Buy KCS

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/kansas-city-southern-rejects-new-bid-canadian-pacific Why would CP offer less for KCS than CN did? I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but if two entities are trying to acquire the same company, wouldn't you want to OUTBID your opponent? CP still thinks their merger...
by cfriedri
Tue Jul 20, 2021 12:37 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Michigan Line Morning 7/7/21
Replies: 5
Views: 10856

Re: Michigan Line Morning 7/7/21

Thank you. Last time I checked the yard tracks are still there but disconnected from the main. Has that changed? Did they just run around their train or was there some other work they did at Ferry Yard? I can't answer your question definitively but last I knew Ferry Siding had short-term storage so...
by cfriedri
Fri Jul 16, 2021 4:50 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Michigan Line Morning 7/7/21
Replies: 5
Views: 10856

Re: Michigan Line Morning 7/7/21

As I was heading home I hear the Ann Arbor switching at ferry yard. I would grab a shot of them at Pittsfield junction with a short 3 car train. Did they just run around their train or was there some other work they did at Ferry Yard? I can't answer your question definitively but last I knew Ferry ...
by cfriedri
Sat Jul 04, 2020 11:05 pm
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Where Is It?
Replies: 11189
Views: 1860209

Re: Where Is It?

Michael wrote:Well done Jochs. Here is an easier one
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Intersection of Whitcomb and Fullerton in Detroit. Just off of I-96 looking northwest.
by cfriedri
Tue Jun 16, 2020 7:45 pm
Forum: Paper Railroads
Topic: Kansas City, Chicago, and Eastern Railway
Replies: 79
Views: 109555

Re: Kansas City, Chicago, and Eastern Railway

As a result of PTC implementation on the Peoria Line, foreign power cannot lead on the line anymore until other railroads' motive power achieves interoperability with the KCC&E's PTC system. The interoperability is a work-in-progress, with Union Pacific's locomotives the only foreign locomotives th...
by cfriedri
Thu Jun 04, 2020 7:04 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Another dumb AA question......
Replies: 12
Views: 8260

Re: Another dumb AA question......

I for one would have no opposition if the AA and GLC joined forces via Watco. Would be a good opportunity for me to come back home rather than conducting away for the WSOR :lol:
by cfriedri
Wed Mar 04, 2020 9:01 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: GLC Chilson Siding
Replies: 6
Views: 6867

Re: GLC Chilson Siding

There's not really any specific answer to why they did what they did. The crew is the only source of reliable information on the subject. If I had to speculate I'd say the cars are billed differently and were thus left separate.
by cfriedri
Sat Oct 12, 2019 8:24 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: WSOR Inspecting the Plymouth Sub?
Replies: 20
Views: 14435

Re: WSOR Inspecting the Plymouth Sub?

Haha if the WSOR got the Plymouth Sub I'm sure they'd call me off the extra board to cover it :lol:
by cfriedri
Tue Oct 08, 2019 7:34 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: GDLK Operations
Replies: 1662
Views: 833493

Re: GDLK Operations

Elk has a WSOR passenger car here for shippers specials this Friday , Saturday and team member special Sunday. There possibly is another car coming from Lake States too. Nice touch to do this for the local communities. Running ahead of 303 Friday morning from Kazoo to Grand Rapids, Saturday running...