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This week just keeps getting worse! Now we have a child who was put in incredible danger by a negligent adult, who made it out ok but watched his mother die in a rather horrific manner. I'm becoming convinced that until uncensored media of these accidents is shown to all drivers ed participants and...

Still a lot of target signals on the CN Holly and CSX Saginaw subs.

Sounds like a bad case of greed on the part of A&B ownership. Given that the power lines service 10,000+ customers I think Consumers will win.

The Muskegon West topo map shows the track extending across Lake Shore Dr and going behind what is now a boat storage yard. That track is not likely to have been owned by Sappi. If you scroll Google Earth back to 1999 you can clearly see where the track was.

There's a story in the September issue of Trains Magazine about Pete Hypes. He hired out on the Virginian on August 5, 1956. He's still working 60 years late and has no intent of retiring. Worked his way up from call boy to yardmaster. 60 years and two railroads late he's still going strong.

The last time I of was at pine was summer 2012 about an hour before sun up. I was going from an over night run from Green Bay,Wi. The only thing I was worried about was stumbling over a corpse. Kinda creepy back there when no trains are running. I parked on the south side of the tracks and stayed p...

NS3322 wrote:How far will the train go north of Howell? Will it turn around in Cohoctah?

It might reverse but it Ain't gonna turn around.

Trackside repeaters that are connected to the dispatcher by fiber optic lines. The railroads have bases along the right of way . By selecting a base near where a crew is working gives the dispatcher closer communications with them. The dispatcher can also be "Toned up" letting the dispatcher know w...

At the risk of being picky, I'm gonna say it would be nice to name the town they're in too.

I think there is a Saginaw Street in every town in Michigan.

Antique fire engines in Heritage Park Saturday if you're interested.

I have seen, in the past, Amtrak turn the train around because cab signals were not working on the head end. Perhaps that was the reason. There is also a built in delay before the dispatcher can authorize them to return to the Flint Sub from the Holly.

The OWLS diamond in Durand was installed 11-17-2009.

I was thinking perhaps this had something related to the ILS approach to RWY 32. Glide slope and localizer waves can be interfered with by metal. OTOH, checking the approach plates ans notices to airmen there does not appear to be any relation. Bottom line: I dunno.

Wishful thinking at it's best. Michigan does not have enough money to maintain infrastructure already in place (think roads) and some fools with an agenda want to blow half-a-bil on rail.

Don't deceive yourself Tier4. Those "rent-a-cops" as you call them have the same powers as the State Police.

There's a train show at the middle school Sunday afternoon, in case you're interested in breaking up the mid-day lull in the action...but if you're committed to Saturday, it won't help. Just be aware that Durand closes some of the streets in town for the festivities, which can make getting to the s...

Wal Mart has a DC in Coldwater. Why would they build one 150 miles up the road from there that is basically in the middle of nowhere?

Where's the "thumbs up" smiley when I need it?

SW wrote:Heard a later report on the radio saying the 2 dead were on the backhoe.

The locomotive almost always wins.

From an economic standpoint, why would CP buy the Pere Marquette route when they have trackage rights on NS/Wabash? It's a shorter route and they don't have to maintain it. It's kinda wishful thinking to believe that route will ever be another corporation's mainline. Shortline perhaps should CSX dec...