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There is an update on the Avoca Biodisel plant. Final Appoval has been given to build this plant, and the plant general contractor has been selected. The DTE /GLOR applications for grant money to rebuild the Brown City to Avoca portion of the line have also been approved. The plant construction is e...

White Pigeon Subdivision Customers Serviced by train WP-1 Lake Michigan Division Interchange Kalamazoo Subdivision Interchange - White Pigeon - RR Division Interchange Commodity Concepts White Pigeon - Pulpwood Flats, Cottonseed Boxcars Pigeon River Materials Transload - White Pigeon - Covered Hoppe...

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Sun Apr 21, 2024 9:10 pm

Late update; but Katie was discharged yesterday evening! Lots of sleeping today, it’ll be like that for awhile, but she is home.

Great news. I hope they go after the driver to the fullest extent of the law for causing this.

Acquired from CSX - straight GP38.

Southern Division - Adrian Subdivision Customer List Train ADR-1 Blissfield Ethanol - Riga - Tank Cars and Covered Hoppers AirGas Dry Ice Plant - Riga - Tank Cars Nutrien Ag Solutions - Blissfield - Tank Cars and Covered Hoppers MAC - Blissfield - Covered Hoppers Blissfield Dinner Train - Blissfield...

Northern Division - Owosso Subdivision Customer List Oakley Branch Train ONTN Nutrien Ag Solutions - Henderson - Tank Cars and Covered Hoppers The Andersons Soybean Plant - Oakley - Covered Hoppers The Andersons Corn Plant - Oakley - Covered Hoppers and Tank Cars Middleton Branch - Train MID-1 MAC E...

Interesting reading Some of this is rooted in fact. I don't know about now, but Michigan Sugar used to give away compost material from their plants because they couldn't actually sell it due to laws on what qualified as compost. Per my source, who worked for Michigan Sugar, the stuff would do wonde...

March 24th, 2024 Update: GLOR has recently completed the purchase of 57 open hoppers from the ICN. These cars had previously been in service for the GLOR and HESR in sugar beet service before being sold to ICN for stone service. They have been leased back from the ICN for sugar beet service recently...

Northern Division - Ann Arbor Subdivision Contract Switching at Mondelez is done by an unsymboled contract cew. Serviced by Trains TOL-1, TOL-2 Toledo Mainline and Branches Toledo Harbor Warehousing - Toledo - Boxcars Hansen-Muellet - Toledo - Covered Hoppers Alfagreen Supreme - Toledo - Covered Hop...

Without getting detailed roster information, it looks like possibly 57, so I'm going to say you have 57 that I want to purchase from you.

Saginaw Bay Division - Thumb Subdivision Customers Serviced by Trains BAS and SBA Peerless Steel - Saginaw - Flat Cars -infrequent customer Flint Recycling Beuna Vista - Gondolas Nutrien - Arthur - Covered Hoppers and Tank Cars ADM Bean -Arthur - Boxcars and Covered Hoppers Vassar Subdivision Interc...

How many of the SGVY open hoppers are available for purchase after ICN's purchase of the CN cars?

Saginaw Bay Division - Vassar Subdivision - includes Hargar Branch Serviced by SAG-1 Tri-State Forest Products - Beuna Vista - Centerbeams and Boxcars Eikenhour Roofing Supply - Buena Vista - Boxcars and Centerbeams infrquent customer Serviced by Trains SV and VS as needed Star of the West Milling -...

GLOR Update March 15th, 2024: GLOR has reached an agreement with CSX and LSRC to purchase a short section of trackage in Carrolton. The line, which runs 1.15 miles from a connection with the GLOR mainline. The line previously served Gavilon and a Lafarge Terminal. A current propery owner is planning...

Saginaw Bay Division - Alma Subdivision Customers- All carload traffic handles by train ALM-1 based in Alma. Wright Siding - Interchange with Northern Division Wright Siding - Interchange with Alma and Mid-Michigan (carload traffic) Alma - St. Louis Environmental Services - Dirty Dirt Covered Gondo...

One note, which was overlooked in previous reporting about the GLOR's operations. In 2019, due to increased demand for space in and around White Pigeon, the GLOR added a 4000 foot passing siding between W. Chicago Rd and Dickinson Rd. This was added to accomidate increased space requirements and act...

March 1st 2024 Update #2: There has been a crazy report that the another former line may see reactivation in the future. Avoca, Mi, which lies at the end of the DTE Energy owned line from Brown City, which connects with the Vassar Subdivision, is in the running for a massive new industrial projected...

March 1st, 2024 Update: More GLOR Expansion. After several years of wondering about the future of the line, and and much anticipation about the LSRC getting the line, there was a surprise when CSX sold the Port Huron Subdivision to GLOR. This line will be the Port Huron Subdivision of the Saginaw Ba...

GLOR's Locomotive shops have a few more GP40's left to rebuild into GP40M-3's. The next project on the horizon for the locomotive shops will be a drastic change from the current focus of ugrading engines, electronics and traction motors. GLOR's locomotive shops are going to begin transitioning sever...

February 21st locomotive roster - GLOR- Active Roster – 168 locomotives #5 MP15AC #6 MP15AC #7 MP15AC #75 SD20M-3 #76 SD20M-3 #100 GP30M Rebuilt 2013 #105 GP30M Rebuilt 2015 #106 GP30M Rebuilt Again 2015 #107 GP30M-2X Rebuilt in 2015 Experiment with -2 Electronics #108 GP30M-2X Rebuilt in 2015 Exper...