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OS Erie, Mich. Circus tran north @ 1058.

Well since train is on Conrail don't think it will go through Plymouth. Probley north out of Toledo on C&O to Carleton than up the PRR to Delray and up Conrail to Livernois. Animal cars to GTW @ Vinewood out to yard behind GM Orion Assembly plant. Same as last year. When train departs will be a reve...

Well train is coming out of St. Louis early monday morning, Nov 12. Looks to be on CSXT to Conrail at Detroit. Animal and material cars go to GTW @ Vinewood to go to Auburn Hills. Will depart on Nov 19 and ASSume it will go out CSXT. Anybody with any CSXT connections have some better information?

In the second picture, building in parking lot on right looks like MA tower. Maybe WATCO can get them to ship via rail again.

NS OCS Special arrived at Oakwood Yard in Melvindale, Mich @ 1254.

Hey Mike: The lines on the steel towers, 120KV are owned by ITC. Line this person contacted is lower and if that low was probley 13.2kv (7620 to ground) and that is owned by The Detroit Edison Co and will probley be sued by childerens parents who should not have let him run around at midnight. ANY w...

Well it is too bad he passed away, sorry to hear that. Will make it rougher on railfans who just want to take pictures. Yes, suspect parents will sue, not only CSXT but Detroit Edison. DECo gets sued daily, espically by families of people who steal both electricity and the copper wires. Courts need ...

Well if the Governmant would FUNDamtrak, a Government company, at the same level as the airline industry (private companys) than we could have a good transsportation system Amtak should rebuild the line from Porter into Chicago and have its own tracks (old PRR line I think). That would elimate a lot...

Spotted CSXT Q305 passing through Rougemer Yard in Dearborn, Mich @ 1600 ,8/29/'07 so she is going via Plymouth insted of the Lincoln Branch. Has three locomotives on her.

Any info on the welded rail train coming out of Saginaw for Detroit today?

The Wyandotte Southern switched the Penn Salt Chemical plant in Riverview, Mich. Had a Baldwin switcher than a GE 110-ton. Interchanged with the DT&I and NYC-PC-Conrail. They only switched the plant on the east side of Jefferson. The plant on the west side, Sharples, had an 0-4-0 fireless cooker. Th...

This is a plan to aquire the Conrail line from Jefferson North assembly plant to the River by Conners Creek Power Plant in Detroit, Mich.
Ther is oly one customer on the line and it is a suspected land grab.