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Where you saw the bike rack in Petoskey sections of rail were removed and a sign stated and was in the middle of the roadbed "End of MDOT ownership." The city wanted the park space but not in front of the depot to the bumping post. Thanks for clearing that up... I happened upon it on a detour when ...

Lots of large stone going west soon. Any update on that? Yes, About 24 hours after the next D706 train goes east. Yup, they go on the D705 when it goes West. I presume set off at Ensel, then Conrad Yelvington nearby? Also, 705 and 706 are Grand Rapids to where? I thought I heard into Detroit? [/quo...

G-76425 crew arrived in Webberville at 01:30 to put the Webberville grain load together. They were told to get as much air test work done in the plant as they could because they would have to wait for D706 to get by before coming out on the main line. That plan all came to a halt when 706 either we...

It could even be quiet enough to almost not know anything was coming either... that could be as simple timing as looking down for 5 seconds before getting on the shove a mile back. That’s scary.

Unfortunately there wasn't a follow up article to provide more information. People still watch trains at East Lansing Amtrak station. Not as many as there used to be. Things started dying down when CP took off their trains from CSX and traffic on the CSX started drying up. Certainly traffic on the ...

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Do they stay overnight in Petoskey or cab in a meeting crew? Or are they able to make it back I time?

One crew can usually get back to Cadillac when they go to Petoskey

Do they get chased out by the locals?

They don’t get that far into town.

Petoskey took the tracks out downtown couldn't wait to call it a green space. You'll end up stopping out at the Salvation Army store as the bridge at Bear River needs work. Sorry but the A2TC committee hasn't kept up with reality? When did they take out the tracks? Last year when I was there they h...

Without a detailed track chart, it's hard to say if it actually branched off of the DT&M or there was an entirely separate line of the DT&I through there. My guess would be the Toledo-Detroit joined the DT&M for a few hundred feet before heading east on the DT&I owned trackage. The map at the link ...

90,000 students live along the line. CMU's 2019 enrollment was 19,000 and U of M 48,000. There will be some community colleges as well but I doubt they commute far. Kind of doubt too many U of M students would commute home on the A2TC route. Not sure how many CMU students live along the line but a ...

I have no problem with the remaining spur having been the DT&M. But the original question was in regard to the area of Tecumseh and Barnum. That would have been off of the Toledo-Detroit line- DT&I. Meints Railroad Atlas of Michigan Volume 3 Page 223 (Monroe County-Dundee) will show you what I have...

My use of the "Old Main" before is incorrect as it was actually the Toledo-Detroit to which I was referring. The line in question was built by the Toledo-Detroit Railroad. It ran from Dundee to Toledo and came under control of the DT&I. The DT&I Old Main refers to the section between Dundee and Rai...

Q50920 SB by Romulus at 830am... pair of ES40DC’s and 159 mixed.

Siding is shown on 1923 Sanborn Map. At that time I think it would have been a spur off of the DT&I. I don't think there was an alfalfa mill there. Here is a link to the Dundee Sanborn Maps online at the Library of Congress. Judge for yourself. https://www.loc.gov/collections/sanborn-maps/?fa=locat...

Siding is shown on 1923 Sanborn Map. At that time I think it would have been a spur off of the DT&I. I don't think there was an alfalfa mill there. Here is a link to the Dundee Sanborn Maps online at the Library of Congress. Judge for yourself. https://www.loc.gov/collections/sanborn-maps/?fa=locat...

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Thu Nov 19, 2020 12:50 pm

Per ATCS: What I’m guessing is D705 is probably approaching the Thornapple River, he’s lined all the way through Fox on the main.

How can there be a D705 that everybody between there and Detroit missed?

Hello everyone, I'm trying to track down the identity of a building that was at the end of the Ann Arbor spur in the north end of Dundee. It shows up in topographic maps from 1942 and 1972. It was located near the corner of Tecumseh Street and Barnum Street. Going by what's there today, it's a spar...

Isn't Bluelinx the customer at the end of the Rawsonville Spur? Yes, Bluelinx is/was there. I don't know if it's still open for business. NS operates a large transload operation there for chemicals, plastics and resins. Maybe food products too. Don’t forget all the trash cars that go in there too. ...

Bnsf 5433 lhf running light wb by 205 at 0720. Running extremely slow as they usually do. It took him several minutes to get here from the 206.3 dd. I didnt hear his speed there just that it gave a report and 6 axles. I'd estimate 10-12mph. I know they have to run restricted speed due to lack of di...

d70817 set for noon lansing. Does this mean they are leaving Lansing, going east at 12:00 noon? If so, they usually work Howell between 16:00 and 19:00, what do they do between Lansing and Howell in the meantime? There aren't many industries in that area, is all that time dedicated to the plastics ...

The inbound loads may be flyash. Lafarge in Alpena receives it by rail too. It’s loads of cement from the silos. They even have a carmover there. No rock is leaving by rail currently. They also receive inbound loads of some sort of material used in cement production. I presume they make the cement ...