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Westbound by Trowbridge at 1953

Westbound by Trowbridge at 1936

SD80MAC wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 11, 2024 2:30 pm

joeyuboats wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 11, 2024 2:27 pm

Track speed on the D&M, even into the 80s, was still mostly 40.

On the Alpena line? Ron Cady in his 1992 Trains article said it was mostly 10 MPH then. Are you sure it had been mostly 40 only 10 years previously?

The Blue Water trains may run with power on both ends due to the logistics of turning the power in Port Huron, where there really isn't an easy way to go so due the traffic levels on the CN mainline and lack of easy access to the wye on CSX The Blue Water wouldn't use the CSX wye, it would use the ...

Eastbound by Trowbridge at 1911

Eastbound by Trowbridge at 1826

I recently purchased and scanned this slide of GTW 6228 and 6425 leading an (assumed) northbound freight in Spring of 1985. The notes on the slide indicate "North of Dundee, MI". Typically I'd assume that to mean on the Flat Rock Subdivision but the vibe doesn't seem quite right for that and it has...

Eastbound by Trowbridge at 1034

Eastbound by Trowbridge with four engines at 1020

Westbound by Trowbridge at 1840

Eastbound by Trowbridge at 1835

Westbound mixed by Trowbridge at 1946

RoyalKingoftheRails wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 01, 2024 6:08 pm

Northbound to Westbound CN train on the Chicago Wye in Durand at 6:03 P.M. Wonder if those empty center beams came from Lang Yard.

By Trowbridge at 1905. All empty centerbeams!

Eastbound by Trowbridge at 1918

Eastbound by Trowbridge at 1828
Westbound by Trowbridge at 1832

Westbound intermodal by Trowbridge at 0950

Eastbound by Trowbridge at 1942

Eastbound by Trowbridge at 1857

Westbound intermodal by Trowbridge at 1109

Westbound unit autoracks by Trowbridge at 2007.