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L302, CSX 11 by Plymouth.

The east side of the crossing on Pleasant St between the Detroit Line / Conrail Bridge Leads and the Marsh Track may be better for sitting. Better angle of trains coming off the Junction Runner as well as lighting, and more room to park. Sitting in the "warehouse" parking lot on the west side of the...

L302, CSX 745 east to west at Plymouth.

Mixed Freight North to East at Plymouth. 2 UP.

NB stopped at Detroit Woodward. 2 CNs.

A Shuttlewagon is currently moving autoracks around at GM Poletown.

NY-6, NS 5334 working the Beltline.

They picked up 2 Boxcars, and placed 3 at Exel.

They were falsely expecting a pickup at Universal Logistics, instead placed 4 Boxcars with no pickup.

They have 4 empty Gondolas for Strong Steel, and the NYC Shove Flatcar.

NY-7 is at Forest Lawn heading for Mack Yard with Autoracks.

SB by Beaubien. 2 CNs.

Shoreline Sub, Detroit.

Mixed Freights meeting at Beaubien. Shoreline Sub, Detroit.

Q304/305 went away in 2008 during the recession. They were formerly original Conrail STTO/TOST. Q233/234 came in late 2010 when NS lost the Chrysler Hicube business to CSX. Then were cut back to Walbridge in 2013 when Hicube business switched back to NS. D717 ran flatcars with frames for the Dodge R...

The Detroit Connecting RR worked today.

AARR wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 13, 2024 6:24 am

Nice pics and report CRD. Looks like a few CN GP9r's are still around but probably not much longer.

The slugs that were usually paired with the GP-9s seem to be gone. CN has been buying GP-38s from BNSF for local use around Ontario.

VIA 73 arrives from Toronto. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53584780545_7883e6c623_c.jpg VIA 73 - Windsor, Ontario by tcamp7837 , on Flickr After getting an Approach Signal from CN at George, they shoved back to the Jefferson Wye to turn the train around for the run back to Toronto as VIA 78. h...

Why start so late?

Whether 1 or 100 foamers show up, the host should arrive around sunrise.

With train counts being at an all time low, other activities other than sitting by the tracks to make time pass may also help with attendance with emphasis on food, drink, and tourism.

506 used to run around on the double track between Ecorse and Coolidge. Also when it ran during the day.

David Collins wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:45 am

Some random CSAO job WB by Delray at 12:30am, NS 5190 with SOU cab lettering for power.

WB? Direction to Direction?

Boat Line to NS would be NS Oakwood Job returning to Oakwood.

Conrail to CSX would be LV-40 running CSX interchange cars from Livernois to Rougemere and return.

Tuesday 8/9 Gary Clark Rd / Pine Jct NS Chicago Line / CSX Barr Sub / CN Kirk Yard NS https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53540388256_d63a593ea6_c.jpg NS & CSX east race - Gary, IN by tcamp7837 , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53540567778_a93e7719ec_c.jpg UP & CSX on NS at Clark Rd, G...

NY-7 going to Mack Yard with 9 Boxcars, about a dozen autoracks and a NYC Shove Flatcar.

Port Robinson CN Stamford Sub The CN 562 finishes up for the day by going to wye their engine. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53427264094_f354bf4a11_c.jpg CN Port Robinson lineup by tcamp7837 , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53426941266_8e86a3dc84_c.jpg CN 3060, Port Robinson, On...