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- Mon Aug 23, 2021 1:28 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: C&O 90879 undocumented wood caboose found
- Replies: 9
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Re: C&O 90879 undocumented wood caboose found
Doc, I thought I had a shot of the West Side Job's wooden caboose, but it's a steel version, A953, taken in 1979. For all I know, the "horsey" on the roof might be the same one you're thinking of on their wooden car. By 1979 the crew had also added an artificial Christmas tree and a toy car to their...
- Wed Mar 25, 2020 11:06 am
- Forum: Historical Q & A
- Topic: Fuller Jct derailment back in the day
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4860
Re: Fuller Jct derailment back in the day
BL2-GTW accident.JPG The pictures are on page 437 of Charley Foss's book "Evening Before the Diesel". The accident happened on Feb 7, 1954, when a GTW 2-8-2 didn't see that the crossing was lined for the C&O freight, entered the crossing and was broadsided by southbound C&O BL2 #82. The mike got th...
- Thu Oct 17, 2019 4:31 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: GDLK Operations
- Replies: 1681
- Views: 846892
Re: GDLK Operations
Got just a quick glimpse from US 131 of the two passenger cars (one of them a dome) at Hughart Yard in GR at noon today. Unfortunately, no time to backtrack and no camera..... KJN
- Mon Sep 16, 2019 11:58 am
- Forum: Historical Q & A
- Topic: Grand Rapids RR YMCA
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14745
Re: Grand Rapids RR YMCA
I have seen pictures of the fire at the Wyoming Yard YMCA which were taken, I think, by John Millhaupt who was a photographer for the old GR Herald newspaper. Perhaps his son Fritz can elaborate.
- Thu Feb 28, 2019 12:50 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Amtrak vs Car in KAL, 3 Dead
- Replies: 37
- Views: 16985
Re: Amtrak vs Car in KAL, 3 Dead
Not to mention train speed. Gates come down and it seems like a long time before the train gets there. By the time Amtrak gets to 11th St west bound, they are already hitting about 70mph. Riding 353 one day I clocked 90mph going under the 8th st overpass, 1.5 miles west of 11th, on its way to 110. C...
- Tue Feb 26, 2019 11:58 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Amtrak vs Car in KAL, 3 Dead
- Replies: 37
- Views: 16985
Re: Amtrak vs Car in KAL, 3 Dead
The only "other" train would have been eastbound #354 which made its Kalamazoo stop at about 9:25. When we collected our friends' luggage and left about 15 minutes later, #355 was still east of the station, no headlight visible when we crossed the tracks. So this "other" train was well east of KZO b...
- Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:30 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Great Lakes Central 398 Stuck in Snow in Traverse City, Mi
- Replies: 44
- Views: 26091
Re: Great Lakes Central 398 Stuck in Snow in Traverse City,
Don't know about the 2-8-2s, but according to Jack Smith, a PRR engineer now deceased, he saw a 4-8-2 in town only once, and was the hostler who had to turn it on the downtown wye because its long-distance tender made it too long for the turntable. That may have been a test run, and apparently not r...
- Wed Feb 20, 2019 1:18 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Great Lakes Central 398 Stuck in Snow in Traverse City, Mi
- Replies: 44
- Views: 26091
Re: Great Lakes Central 398 Stuck in Snow in Traverse City,
The 4-8-2s were OK up to GR, but too heavy for the light rail north of town. The USRA-designed 2-10-2s were light enough to run north of GR, but the huge I-class 2-10-0 were too heavy. So, yes, the power was the smaller engines as you say. The 2-10-2s were even used on heavy passenger trains, as the...
- Tue Feb 19, 2019 11:05 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Great Lakes Central 398 Stuck in Snow in Traverse City, Mi
- Replies: 44
- Views: 26091
Re: Great Lakes Central 398 Stuck in Snow in Traverse City,
I'd love to see a picture of the Centipedes on the North end. I know that the PRR M-class 4-8-2 and I-class 2-10-0 were too heavy to go north of GR, let alone TC. The lighter USRA N-class 2-10-2s were the biggest steam locos permitted north to Mackinaw; don't know if they could go to TC. Just a few...
- Mon Feb 18, 2019 10:27 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Great Lakes Central 398 Stuck in Snow in Traverse City, Mi
- Replies: 44
- Views: 26091
Re: Great Lakes Central 398 Stuck in Snow in Traverse City,
I'd love to see a picture of the Centipedes on the North end. I know that the PRR M-class 4-8-2 and I-class 2-10-0 were too heavy to go north of GR, let alone TC. The lighter USRA N-class 2-10-2s were the biggest steam locos permitted north to Mackinaw; don't know if they could go to TC.
- Wed Jan 23, 2019 2:03 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: CSX Train Location Updates: January, 2019
- Replies: 472
- Views: 110012
Re: CSX Train Location Updates: January, 2019
329 has stalled just east of GR near the Thornapple River bridge, blocking Whitneyville Rd but not visible from the 48th St underpass at the river. Spotty scanner reception, something about "dead." Doesn't sound like they went dead on time, but that's possible. More likely some kind of trouble with ...
- Thu Oct 18, 2018 8:59 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Cumbres and Toltec GR Press Article
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4799
Re: Cumbres and Toltec GR Press Article
I saw the article. It's a great operation, and well worth a trip out there if you haven't seen or ridden it yet.
- Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:27 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: CSX Train Location Updates: October, 2018.
- Replies: 379
- Views: 101030
Re: CSX Train Location Updates: October, 2018.
They died at 5pm already?Doktor No wrote:Better have. They're dead at 17:00.railrod1949 wrote:Dis the local D700 goes thru Bangor yet on its eastward run?
- Mon Oct 08, 2018 8:58 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: City of Ann Arbor considering Quiet Zones
- Replies: 35
- Views: 19162
Re: City of Ann Arbor considering Quiet Zones
Sounds like it's similar to Boulder, Colorado, which they've nicknamed "The People's Republic of Boulder."
- Sat Sep 29, 2018 10:14 pm
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: 24 hours at Clinton Iowa
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11711
Re: 24 hours at Clinton Iowa
Thanks for the information--I'll certainly check it out. It's a great spot for railfans. I haven't been to Clinton for several years. One of the last times I was there, you could still drive up to the base of the CNW swing bridge over the river, watch it open and close at close range, and everyone t...
- Sat Sep 29, 2018 8:42 am
- Forum: Trip Reports
- Topic: 24 hours at Clinton Iowa
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11711
Re: 24 hours at Clinton Iowa
When you say "south side" of the old CNW station for legal train-spotting, where were you? Directly across the tracks from the station? Or further west?
- Wed Aug 15, 2018 3:18 pm
- Forum: Historical Q & A
- Topic: Pere Marquette/C&O Wye in Mears
- Replies: 2
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Re: Pere Marquette/C&O Wye in Mears
Thank you. That narrows the time frame between 1913 and 1955. Can anyone be more specific about date the wye was removed? The location is pretty-much pinned down; the ROW of the north leg has structures built on it, so the date of its removal cannot be recent. KJN
- Tue Aug 14, 2018 3:04 pm
- Forum: Historical Q & A
- Topic: Pere Marquette/C&O Wye in Mears
- Replies: 2
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Pere Marquette/C&O Wye in Mears
When was the wye in Mears removed? Did it survive after the line to Pentwater was removed? I ask because some maps I've seen show the wye in place long after the Pentwater line disappeared. It made sense to me that there would be a place to turn engines after working the customers in Hart (less nece...
- Thu May 17, 2018 10:12 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: CR bridge hit by ship !
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9672
Re: CR bridge hit by ship !
Can someone be specific about where this bridge is?
- Sat Mar 17, 2018 12:22 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: CSX Train Location Updates March 2018
- Replies: 372
- Views: 84007
Re: CSX Train Location Updates March 2018
Any news today about a 385 on the Plymouth sub? Nice day for a ride. Thanks for a heads-up. KJN