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AARR wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:21 am

Why build a run around siding there when there is already one in Grawn just a few miles south?

Tracks are "severed" south of beacon so you can't get there. Yes easy fix but they are still cut to separate the railroad from the rail bikes for now.

I wonder what the range is on a transload site such as this. 15-20 miles? 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 ...

Nathan, the 2 bays on MQT go to Manistee, I forget exactly what they carry, but the product is used to make roof shingles. It’s newer business from sometime in the last 2 years or so. Cool, I was not aware of this, thanks Jon. 09:40 Y106 heading east from Beacon after picking up 1 and setting off 2...

326 is getting on home rails finally.

M326 is just now at 492 on NS, had to wait for an inspector and NS ran 327 off first. I don’t see W001 behind him as of yet.

L301 east clear Saint Joe bridge 17:12

If he continues on track he will be two hours early into Willard. Plan accordingly.

The plant has almost no stock pile on the ground and almost everything they are dumping goes right into the bunkers inside the units themselves with almost none of it going on the ground. Until recently the plant had been depleting their stock pile and hadn’t been supplying as much power due to the ...

8952’s PTC was cut out/not working last I knew, doesn’t mean it hasn’t been corrected but I don’t expect it to lead back out. Do we know if they will tie down at GJ/Wells or keep going up to West Olive? And if tying down at any of these locations will the DPU be kept on the west end or brought aroun...

Everything they do is unloading except they do load boxcars but main business is unloading hoppers from Oxy.

Is Cal Chlor the business that used to receive lime or was that the Dow plant? That was the Dow, now Oxy plant along the lake. To answer the original question though it is an expansion of Cal Chlor of Ludington, it has up their capacity from an 8 car full spot to 15, but that being said it has actu...

Bagwell is indeed in charge over there and I expect a lot of good changes and some that will also probably change things up that may not be liked by the railfan community. Any further information or ideas about what might be changing? Right now not much that I can elaborate on as I’m not sure what’...

If it's like most other businesses they can't hire enough people What's holding up their take over of the Newberry line now? They have hired crews and are training over on the WSOR for the GDLK Munising line and for the FOXY. The hold up for both lines is still the STB approval. The engine(s) for F...

Bagwell is indeed in charge over there and I expect a lot of good changes and some that will also probably change things up that may not be liked by the railfan community.

D705 west clear Grand Ledge 0642, 17 cars.

LansingRailFan wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 23, 2021 11:49 am

I’m hearing that they are loading a unit in Oakley today. FYI. Don’t know if this came off of CN, CSX or AA.

This was a shuttle train for ZFS Ithaca.

D706 departing eastbound Ensel at 05:26, will be stopping at Webberville D706 has permission to open up and work.

D705 with CSX 8619 and that 4287 are also at Ensel waiting to do their work.

Sometimes I forget that some of you kids haven't seen a Marquette grain train before. They used to do 4-6 trains a season regularly, but its been a good few years since they've done a grain train in Newaygo with any regularity. They tried one a few years back with run-through power, which didn't wo...

The only cars we have left are boxcar red boxes, a few Rock cars, and a few Virginia Central cars. The rest are gone but there are a few others that wander but no D&M, no Guilford, Ma & Pa cars are also gone.

KingsleyRailFan wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 07, 2020 4:04 pm

SD80MAC wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 07, 2020 10:20 am

Word on the street is GLC 384 (ex MRL 702) is now in service.

Two down, one to go!

384 is not in service yet, it still have gremlins to be worked out.