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by CAT345C
Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:23 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Brighton MI's Former Industries
Replies: 8
Views: 3794

Re: Brighton MI's Former Industries

Bob, do you recall a place just west of Rickett Road that was repairing railcars? They claimed in one of the YouTube channels I follow it used to fix railcars. Troy Clogg bought it and turned it into a landscape supply yard. The 22 minute mark in the video Troy talks about the railcar part. https://...
by CAT345C
Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:10 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: West Michigan RR Abandonment Petition Coming
Replies: 399
Views: 258799

Re: West Michigan RR Abandonment Petition Coming

SD80MAC wrote:
Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:29 am
WMI hasn’t handled tomato paste since 2015.
I had a can of ravioli on for lunch one day while hi-railing. Technically we handled tomato paste that day lol
by CAT345C
Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:04 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Hamilton Northwestern Railroad Co.
Replies: 208
Views: 1552708

Re: Hamilton Northwestern Railroad Co.

12Bridge wrote:
Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:49 pm
There are already in a secure fenced in facility where they are.

And yet it still does not seem to stop buffs from trespassing.
But if they obeyed the signs we wouldn't have all that fun watching the camera footages of the sweatpants brigade.
by CAT345C
Sat Mar 09, 2024 4:42 pm
Forum: Historical Q & A
Topic: Abandoned Rails in the Flint Area
Replies: 12
Views: 4390

Re: Abandoned Rails in the Flint Area

I grew up in Flint, albeit I left before you were born. The line that crossed I-75 was the former GTW main that at one time passed through downtown Flint. It was severed in the middle in preparation for the construction of I-475, as well as to get the tracks out of downtown Flint. Timeframe for thi...
by CAT345C
Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:41 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: West Michigan RR Abandonment Petition Coming
Replies: 399
Views: 258799

Re: West Michigan RR Abandonment Petition Coming

AARR wrote:
Sat Mar 09, 2024 3:05 pm
I think apples are seasonal. Gogo will use local sourcing whenever possible.

Does tomato paste arrive in refrigerated boxcars or in regular boxcars?

It came in regular 50' box cars.
by CAT345C
Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:00 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Hamilton Northwestern Railroad Co.
Replies: 208
Views: 1552708

Re: Hamilton Northwestern Railroad Co.

I can’t help but wonder if someday the HNW will extend the siding back across Fillmore Rd. like it was in the past. I also wonder if the HNW will be required to put signals and crossing protection up at the Fillmore Rd. grade crossing. From the looks of it they can start unloading rail cars today. ...
by CAT345C
Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:47 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Grand Blanc Tornado
Replies: 9
Views: 1419

Re: Grand Blanc Tornado

King steel built a new track into their plant south of Baldwin along Holly Rd. You can only see the switch installed at Newark on Google Earth. The imagery is out of date. Even the new Magna plant is still a forest.
by CAT345C
Sat Feb 17, 2024 7:02 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: ADBF/JAIL Changes Made Under New Ownership
Replies: 283
Views: 915314

Re: ADBF/JAIL Changes Made Under New Ownership

There are a ton of places that upgraded the electronics on locomotives to try and make them better in the 80-s, 90s and early 2000s and when those places went out of business or came out with something else the systems become defunct and they stop supporting it. Most of your -2 locomotives are still...
by CAT345C
Sat Feb 17, 2024 11:46 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: ADBF/JAIL Changes Made Under New Ownership
Replies: 283
Views: 915314

Re: ADBF/JAIL Changes Made Under New Ownership

Didn't Lake State park those GP40s because they had an upgraded electrical system that was outdated and they were un-reliable?
by CAT345C
Sun Jan 28, 2024 6:32 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: NS Rawsonville
Replies: 12
Views: 3424

Re: NS Rawsonville

The trash is trucked to Will Carleton landfill. We did a job next to the dump and the trucks went by all day long.
by CAT345C
Sat Jan 06, 2024 2:53 pm
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Diverse lashups and Huge trains - Royal Oak, Michigan
Replies: 2
Views: 1883

Re: Diverse lashups and Huge trains - Royal Oak, Michigan

Lucky me, I was stuck on Van Horn at flat rock while that train with the CP unit waited for an inbound to yard. 45 mins I sat there in my dump truck. I was figuring by the time I got loaded and back to the shop in Holly they would go by again but I never did see it.
by CAT345C
Sat Jan 06, 2024 2:48 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Michigan Grades
Replies: 38
Views: 11522

Re: Michigan Grades

There was a logging line near Sidnaw in the UP that was close to 20% I believe. There was an article on it in the 60s or 70s written by Clint Jones.
by CAT345C
Sun Dec 24, 2023 4:40 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Carleton, MI
Replies: 30
Views: 28211

Re: Carleton, MI

We did a fairly big waterman job over the winter and Summer up the road in Waltz not too long ago. Afternoons were the busiest. If you want good food, the Chinese place in Carleton is top notch, as well as the pizza place by the tracks. Hollywood Party store in Waltz is top notch for snacks and Subs.
by CAT345C
Sat Dec 23, 2023 2:57 pm
Forum: Historical Q & A
Topic: Petersburg and related things.
Replies: 16
Views: 5533

Re: Petersburg and related things.

I found an interesting answer and some interesting additional information looking through the resources. The mainline, once completed did actually run from the east side of Petersburg to Dundee. The line on the west side of Dundee did run up into Petersburg, but the line was apparently never actual...
by CAT345C
Fri Nov 24, 2023 1:35 pm
Forum: Railfanning Information
Topic: EPA publishes final rule to allow California locomotive emissions regulations to go into effect December 8th
Replies: 3
Views: 1957

Re: EPA publishes final rule to allow California locomotive emissions regulations to go into effect December 8th

No, give them what they want-- no diesels in Cali., in trains, trucks, anything. No construction equipment, ambulances, concrete mixers, fire trucks--- get rid of it all. No trucks to deliver anything-- food, fuel, the same for trains. Then- try to run a state, with those rules. The technology isn'...
by CAT345C
Tue Oct 10, 2023 7:34 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Jackson, MI Q&A
Replies: 24
Views: 19972

Re: Jackson, MI Q&A

~Z~ wrote:
Mon Oct 09, 2023 8:03 pm
Who is the bestest, coolest, most awesome railfan in Jackson? Hint: he used to take care of poop.

Who is Pat C, or Scooterb?
by CAT345C
Tue Oct 10, 2023 5:57 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Hamilton Northwestern Railroad Co.
Replies: 208
Views: 1552708

Re: Hamilton Northwestern Railroad Co.

I’m still not really sure why the Hamilton Northwestern has been dormant for almost the last year. Nobody has given any real concrete explanation. What’s really sad is there have been some really hard working people who have put a lot of time and a lot of money into this business venture and at thi...
by CAT345C
Tue Oct 10, 2023 11:05 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Hamilton Northwestern Railroad Co.
Replies: 208
Views: 1552708

Re: Hamilton Northwestern Railroad Co.

I'm still trying to figure out which fictional train I ran into Holland to get included in all fun.
by CAT345C
Sun Sep 24, 2023 10:11 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Hamilton Northwestern Railroad Co.
Replies: 208
Views: 1552708

Re: Hamilton Northwestern Railroad Co.

LansingRailFan wrote:
Sun Sep 17, 2023 9:15 pm
Personally, I can’t wait for the HNW to restart operations again. Hopefully they will someday.
Bring me 8 dozen raspberry filled donuts and a mtn dew from QD on the 8th Sunday from Presidents day and we will run an auto rack train to Hamilton.
by CAT345C
Wed Sep 13, 2023 6:21 pm
Forum: Railfanning Information
Topic: Soo Crossing switch engine.
Replies: 6
Views: 2961

Re: Soo Crossing switch engine.

I popped the top deck covers 2 Decembers ago ( I know shame on me for trespassing) Other than the copper tubing being gone and the governor, the block was remarkably clean and didn't look like it would take much motor work to run again.