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- Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:01 am
- Forum: Paper Railroads
- Topic: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
- Replies: 124
- Views: 8122
Re: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
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...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:15 pm
- Forum: Paper Railroads
- Topic: Imlay City Northern (ICN)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14741
Re: Imlay City Northern (ICN)
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.
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:46 pm
- Forum: Paper Railroads
- Topic: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
- Replies: 124
- Views: 8122
Re: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
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...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 5:54 pm
- Forum: Paper Railroads
- Topic: Imlay City Northern (ICN)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14741
Re: Imlay City Northern (ICN)
How many of the SGVY open hoppers are available for purchase after ICN's purchase of the CN cars?
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 5:52 pm
- Forum: Paper Railroads
- Topic: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
- Replies: 124
- Views: 8122
Re: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
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 -...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 12:27 pm
- Forum: Paper Railroads
- Topic: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
- Replies: 124
- Views: 8122
Re: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
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...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:21 pm
- Forum: Paper Railroads
- Topic: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
- Replies: 124
- Views: 8122
Re: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
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...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:07 pm
- Forum: Paper Railroads
- Topic: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
- Replies: 124
- Views: 8122
Re: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
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...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:54 pm
- Forum: Paper Railroads
- Topic: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
- Replies: 124
- Views: 8122
Re: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
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...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:48 am
- Forum: Paper Railroads
- Topic: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
- Replies: 124
- Views: 8122
Re: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
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...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:43 am
- Forum: Paper Railroads
- Topic: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
- Replies: 124
- Views: 8122
Re: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
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...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:33 am
- Forum: Paper Railroads
- Topic: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
- Replies: 124
- Views: 8122
Re: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
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...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 12:44 am
- Forum: Paper Railroads
- Topic: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
- Replies: 124
- Views: 8122
Re: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
February 20th, 2024 GLOX has announced they will be purchasing a number of locomotives from LTEX. The following locomotives will be included and will be added to the GLOX lease fleet and assigned as industrial switching locomotives. GP15T LTEX 1500 - Ex-CSX 1500 Will be renumbered GLOX 1500 LTEX 150...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 11:56 pm
- Forum: Railfanning Information
- Topic: How many trains go through Ypsilanti
- Replies: 4
- Views: 387
Re: How many trains go through Ypsilanti
I hope you don't mind a slow predictable pace of train action, but the answer is 6 or 8. For Amtrak check whatever day you're going with Amtrak's track a train or tickets. Trains get through Ypsi either 10 mins before arriving in ARB westbound or about 10 minutes after departing EB. M-Th this summe...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:54 pm
- Forum: Paper Railroads
- Topic: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
- Replies: 124
- Views: 8122
Re: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
GLOR Customer List : Muskegon Subdivision Mainline: Serviced by OSTN Durand: Harvest Mills: covered hoppers 30-50 per year Vernon: Glaser Lumber: occassional boxcars / bulkhead / centerbeams - about 3-5 cars per year Owosso: Rugged Liner : Covered Hoppers -30-50 per year Serviced by OWTN Owosso: GLO...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 4:07 pm
- Forum: Paper Railroads
- Topic: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
- Replies: 124
- Views: 8122
Re: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
February 17th, 2024 Updates: Another former railroad customer property may again get rail service. The former Sturgis Iron and Metal and OnmiSource plant in Sturigs may again be getting rail service. A new company, Sturgis Scrap and Metal, has purchased the property and will begin operations in Apri...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:08 am
- Forum: Paper Railroads
- Topic: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
- Replies: 124
- Views: 8122
Re: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
February 5th, 2024 Update: The GLOR has agreed to purchase two additional locomotives. RS2u's 468 and 469 are being purchased from the Mackinaw and Bay City Railroad. These units were originally D&M engines before being sold to the Lake State and then M&BC. These units will be shipped to the Lima Sh...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:28 pm
- Forum: Paper Railroads
- Topic: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
- Replies: 124
- Views: 8122
Re: Great Lakes and Ohio River Railroad
February, 1st, 2024 update. The weather has been very helpful to the construction of the Baldwin-Clare line. This line is scheduled to open on February 5th. The line will be operated by trains CB (Clare to Baldwin) and BC (Baldwin to Clare). A single crew will operate the line as of this time, with ...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:16 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Amtrak issues
- Replies: 9
- Views: 842
Re: Amtrak issues
I don't know if the SC44 units are compatible with the NPCU's Amtrak used to use on the Wolverine trains in the past, which was common when Amtrak had "power" on both ends. Yes, they are compatible. The reason why they aren’t seen on the Wolverine and the Blue Water anymore is because they are not ...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:17 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Amtrak issues
- Replies: 9
- Views: 842
Re: Amtrak issues
About 10-12 years go when I was riding frequently it was normal for all of the Michigan trains to have power at each end. That was when they were running the old equipment. Amtrak doesn't have enough of the new power to run power on both ends on these trains. The Amtrak trains in Michigan run with ...