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by penn central
Sat May 06, 2023 7:43 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Michigan Rail business news redux
Replies: 99
Views: 112090

Re: Michigan Rail business news redux

Where? On M29 just south of the Pine River bridge in St Clair. No I ment where is the video. I watched the one in the link it doesn't show them at Cargill. Mm i just watched i kinda skipped through it the first part is at the Davis Rd grade crossing north of St Clair Yard and also noticed what look...
by penn central
Fri May 05, 2023 9:31 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Michigan Rail business news redux
Replies: 99
Views: 112090

Re: Michigan Rail business news redux

I posted a video of CSX pulling two standard height box cars from Cargill https://railroadfan.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=39113 Im in St Clair Mi right now and the PH&D job just left Cargill Salt i noticed two boxcars spotted inside the building i just cought the lights on the locomotive i couldn...
by penn central
Fri May 05, 2023 9:22 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Michigan Rail business news redux
Replies: 99
Views: 112090

Re: Michigan Rail business news redux

I posted a video of CSX pulling two standard height box cars from Cargill https://railroadfan.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=39113 Im in St Clair Mi right now and the PH&D job just left Cargill Salt i noticed two boxcars spotted inside the building i just cought the lights on the locomotive i couldn...
by penn central
Thu May 04, 2023 11:49 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Michigan Rail business news redux
Replies: 99
Views: 112090

Re: Michigan Rail business news redux

Im in St Clair Mi right now and the PH&D job just left Cargill Salt i noticed two boxcars spotted inside the building i just cought the lights on the locomotive i couldn't see what he came out with i can definitely hear the horns echoing across the landscape in St Clair.
by penn central
Wed Mar 15, 2023 3:36 pm
Forum: National / Other States Talk
Topic: CP to Buy KCS
Replies: 166
Views: 155182

Re: CP to Buy KCS

None of the other railroads that wanted concessions got anything so im thinking Clinton Iowa will be a very interesting place to railfan we will see how UP treats these CPKC trains or what kind of priority they receive on the shared track in town.
by penn central
Mon Feb 06, 2023 12:16 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Michigan Rail business news redux
Replies: 99
Views: 112090

Re: Michigan Rail business news redux

Also at Michigan Sugar in Bay City a couple rail spurs at the plant have been extended to increase there capacity that's good news. Which one? Arent there several facilities? I just noticed your post sorry i didn't see it sooner i will double check next time im in the plant i usually get sent in th...
by penn central
Mon Feb 06, 2023 12:06 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Carleton
Replies: 30
Views: 17504

Re: Carleton

Does anyone remember the year the I&O stopped running the train to Cincinnati and return to FR i also remember the Susquehanna SD70Ms they used i think starting in 2001 until i think 2008 that might be the year that train was discontinued i remember being at Hamler Oh and the conductor on the southb...
by penn central
Sun Jan 22, 2023 11:15 am
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: CSX Train Location Updates - Jan. 2023
Replies: 775
Views: 93242

Re: CSX Train Location Updates - Jan. 2023

Heads up Detroit trainwatchers Q150 cleared Fostoria at 11:00 with CSX 309 and 117 and 70 units of intermodal (individual well cars) both of these locomotives are still in YN2 paint back to back.
by penn central
Sat Jan 21, 2023 12:33 am
Forum: Railfanning Information
Topic: Norfolk Southern returning SD70M-2's to service
Replies: 27
Views: 14527

Re: Norfolk Southern returning SD70M-2's to service

David Collins wrote:
Fri Jan 20, 2023 11:43 am
SD80MAC wrote:
Thu Jan 19, 2023 3:08 pm
Massive piles of garbage. I hope for the UP crews sake they are trail or DPU only.
If you wouldn't mind, could you please elaborate as to why they're bad?
I wonder what CN crews think of there fleet of SD70M-2s?
by penn central
Wed Jan 18, 2023 6:56 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Great Lakes Central Updates - January 2023
Replies: 43
Views: 25939

Re: Great Lakes Central Updates - January 2023

North out of Owosso with 141 cars i missed getting the locomotive numbers but a huge block for Ithaca at about 18:30 or at least cleared Gould and M71 at 18:30 after working the yard south of Gould Street unless they can fit that big of train between Washington Street and Gould he had at least three...
by penn central
Sun Dec 04, 2022 6:01 pm
Forum: Railfanning Information
Topic: LSRC new power
Replies: 5
Views: 8503

Re: LSRC new power

Joining the 6431 and 6432 are the 6433 and 6434 are now in fresh LSRC paint making 4 SD70Ms in service now. And FWIW the 6351 an SD50-2 is also in fresh paint now.
by penn central
Sun Oct 30, 2022 2:38 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Shortline Train Location Updates - October 2022
Replies: 119
Views: 46565

Re: Shortline Train Location Updates - October 2022

10/27/2022 HESR 702 job arrived in Durand at 15:16 w HESR 3484/HESR 3414 and 72 cars, 42 of which were half of the NS-System grain train being loaded at Gavillon in Carrollton. The train came off of NS to the AARR to the GLC to HESR. 10/28/2022 HESR 702 job arrived in Durand at 15:30 w HESR 3037/HE...
by penn central
Sun Oct 30, 2022 12:06 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: CSX Train Location Updates - Oct. 2022
Replies: 905
Views: 129324

Re: CSX Train Location Updates - Oct. 2022

Heads up Plymouth railfans Q150 just cleared Fostoria at 11:45 with 193 units or individual well cars that has to be well over 10.000ft power was a BNSF C44-9 leading a BNSF ES44AC.
by penn central
Sat Oct 08, 2022 12:34 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Michigan Rail business news redux
Replies: 99
Views: 112090

Re: Michigan Rail business news redux

Also at Michigan Sugar in Bay City a couple rail spurs at the plant have been extended to increase there capacity that's good news. Which one? Arent there several facilities? I just noticed your post sorry i didn't see it sooner i will double check next time im in the plant i usually get sent in th...
by penn central
Sun Sep 18, 2022 11:21 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: 0/10, Would NOT Recommend: 2 Trains in 4 Hours at Franklin Park, Illinois
Replies: 7
Views: 7641

Re: 0/10, Would NOT Recommend: 2 Trains in 4 Hours at Franklin Park, Illinois

I remember back in May of 2011 i attempted a 24 hour period there after about the 13th hour i threw in the towel not because it wasn't busy i don't have the OS in front of me but remember it was like 30 trains at that point not including Metra i just got tired of being there for some reason and not ...
by penn central
Sun Sep 18, 2022 10:55 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: North Pole Express 2022
Replies: 21
Views: 12004

Re: North Pole Express 2022

Wow how cool the last time i seen the black and gold WM paint and lettering was on train GR87 between Saginaw and Grand Rapids in 1979 it was a F7B unit it was bracketed by two Baltimore and Ohio GP9s roaring along Niagara Street in Saginaw.
by penn central
Mon Sep 05, 2022 9:45 am
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: CN Train Location Updates - September 2022
Replies: 337
Views: 68719

Re: CN Train Location Updates - September 2022

Heads up west of Port Huron railfans a westbound auto rack train just cleared 16th Street with about 75 empty racks with a single Gevo for power.
by penn central
Mon Sep 05, 2022 9:00 am
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Shortline Train Location Updates - September 2022
Replies: 135
Views: 47899

Re: Shortline Train Location Updates - September 2022

Kinda late report but my parents reported to me a loaded grain train off the MMRR at Paines Saturday afternoon at 15:30 with two units a SD40 and SD70M this is on LSRC my parents still live in the house i grew up in near Frutchey Bean in Saginaw.
by penn central
Mon Sep 05, 2022 8:41 am
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: CN Train Location Updates - September 2022
Replies: 337
Views: 68719

Re: CN Train Location Updates - September 2022

Im in Port Huron for a little while a eastbound just went into the tunnel with 75 cars with a SD70M-2 and a SD75 for power.
by penn central
Mon Sep 05, 2022 8:22 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Michigan Rail business news redux
Replies: 99
Views: 112090

Re: Michigan Rail business news redux

Also at Michigan Sugar in Bay City a couple rail spurs at the plant have been extended to increase there capacity that's good news.