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I worked the night Tag End Relief job for most of the time. Mon-Tue at Delray as they had two levermen at the time, then Wed at Rougemere, Thur at Plymouth and Fri at Ensel. For several months I did this without a drivers license while attending MSU. I'd catch #12 in Lansing at 4:12 pm and then ride...

When I worked as a block operator from '66 to '68, the Ionia Local out of Ensel would frequently have a load of Mustangs from the Metuchen, New Jersey, plant for Shelby conversions at the A. O. Smith plant in Ionia. I think this only lasted for about nine months.

Testing begins for new Amtrak cars (updated), By Bob Johnston, January 25, 2021 With Charger locomotives on each end, the first over-the-road test of Siemens Venture cars for Midwest service leaves Chicago Monday morning, Jan. 25. The test train, with four coaches separated by former heritage sleepi...

It didn't continue to the northeast, it curved into the north end of the Niles yard. It was the Air Line Jct branch to a connection to the Michigan Air Line. I believe at one time traffic moved only eastbound on the Air Line and both ways on the MC Main.

Posted by Elba Steve on 2/14/2015, 6:01 pm, in reply to " Re: Flint Old PM Main Customers" Wolf Brothers Iron, located just off South Grand Traverse Street, and Dover used rail right up 'till total abandonment. Tracks were already removed north of 2nd Avenue, north to about Wood Street. On the north...

The New Hollow Yard in Lansing had bumping posts when first built. They didn't last very long and were replaced by dirt when they failed under duress. One failed quite dramatically when an 89 foot frame flat went through it and up the bank at the end with the end hanging over the parking lot at the ...

The set of trailing point crossovers going from the former Hollow Main to Hollow 2 and then Hollow 4 were just after the track straightens out from the curve. They’ve all been gone for over 35 years so no remains of them are visible in the photos. This is also true for where the switches at the east...

Seven stub tracks and the two run around tracks were the ones added with the south one being the original Hollow Main. The three to the west were there prior to this with the north one being the original Hollow Main and the two to the south being Hollow 1, 2, 3 and 4. The two south tracks changed nu...

It's been called the Hollow prior to when I hired out in '68. The New Hollow Yard refers to the nine stub ended tracks that were built in late '72 and early '73. Supposedly the land belongs to Old's and they were instrumental in having it built. Prior to the Erwin passing track being built in the Ol...

by trnwatcher » Thu Dec 22, 2016 3:28 pm
The MC roundhouse sat on the east side of the yards south of Franklin St. It was raised in the late 80's IIRC.

In the seventies there were two daily trains on the MC out of Jackson to GR. The day light one was the through freight and the night one was a local with some through cars. Yard Limits started at mp 88.1 (just west of 44th St.) and a wb freight and the yard job switching Mueller (Bimbo) had an unsch...

So did all the coal for Cobb come in by boat? Google Maps shows nothing that looks like it would have rail access.

Concerning the box car roof, somewhere it encountered a hard impact and the load bounced up hitting the roof.

Hi Carsten, Thanks for the offer however a friend and I are Driving out from Michigan
Tim

Do you already have a ticket for the May 10th event? It's $20 for a parking pass.

NS used it around 20 years ago although I don't have the exact dates or the plow number with me at present. Ran from Elkhart to Kazoo, then a turn to GR and then the MC at least as far as Jackson. MofW ran it because the hi-rail inspection trucks were being derailed by the snow build up between the ...

Talked to a friend at the IRM, it is an interurban trailer, they do know it's there and the people who own it know what it is.

When I was working for the C&O (1965-1968) the telegraph key was still working between Ensel and MA. I was working nights and the operator at MA and I used to mess around with it trying to teach ourselves Morris. At that time Western Union still had a wire on the pole line although it was a backup l...

During the Conrail era a pair of officials high railed the MC Main with plot maps to compare the maps to what was actually on the ground. They discovered that a gas/convenience store was partly on Conrail property. I've forgotten exactly where it was however I do recall it was on the east end perhap...

From Michigan Cabooses; may be out of date; Marshall, ATSF 1514 as GTW 75010, steel cupola, James DiMoff, from Battle Creek, poor condition