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Thanks guys! It's nice to see the old hoppers still seeing service.

Nice to see the newly painted 382 up there! Where do those TSBY hoppers go?

Based on reports elsewhere Friday, it sounds like ONTN is back on the day shift and track work may be finished.

Nice video, Todd. I liked the music you selected :) . Having seen the amount of rail they have laid into the new ZFS facility there in Ithaca,I bet there will be a lot of rail activity there. I didn't get terribly close because the 2nd drone battery ran out at a critical moment (go figure), but wha...

Having seen the amount of rail they have laid into the new ZFS facility there in Ithaca,I bet there will be a lot of rail activity there. I didn't get terribly close because the 2nd drone battery ran out at a critical moment (go figure), but what you can see in the video below looks to be very impr...

GLC 382 (fresh from the booth wearing a new paint scheme) facing north currently tying onto a passenger special in Owosso. More info as I see/hear it. Update departed Owasso at 11:15 382 on the head end three coaches and 399 on the rear heading north. The train only went as far as the new facility o...

It seems ONTN is currently operating on a quasi 2nd/3rd shift due to track work, and will be for a week or two. I'm unsure where this work is taking place or what precisely it is. I'm assuming this means that ONTN and CSTN are still hauling freight to Clare, but just collecting/dropping it 10-12 hou...

A quartet of locos took a small train south from Owosso this AM. It returned after lunch with a hopper train - destination unknown. Power heading south was 392+390+329+395. They came to Ann Pere to set off car with CSX and went to Osmer to pick up an empty grain train. Back north thru Howell around...

A quartet of locos took a small train south from Owosso this AM. It returned after lunch with a hopper train - destination unknown.

Pixl wrote:That was a dead end for me. Would it break your fingers to put up the link for this?

Well, that was unnecessarily rude. I was at work when I read that and do not have access on work PC's to social media.

Pixl wrote:Can you post a a link to this? thanks.

I cannot. However, the pics can be found on the Ann Arbor Railroad and Successors FB page.

Just saw pics on FB of 382 in the shop wearing fresh nose white, GLC blue, and fresh black tanks, trucks AND pilots/plow. Black pilots and plow marks a first for GLC as far as I’m aware! That should look unique and really distinguish them from the geeps quite easily.

Quick question for the GLC modelers, or anyone in the know; Is GLC blue he same as EMD blue?

I’m in state for a few days and can get trackside Sunday only. Wanting to maximize UP action, would this be better accomplished filming east OR west of the big intermodal facility near Rochelle? The last couple times I spent any kind of time on the Geneva Sub (3 and 5 years ago near Geneva) freight ...

Thanks for the info AARR and KC8RBK!! It's very much appreciated.

AANscaleRunner wrote:398 and 397 returned to Cadillac with 38 cars. 33 of which will end up in McBain.

Given the increasing loads, it's easy to see why McBain is expanding. Was it Viking or Brewer expanding that I recently read about?

Thanks for the video Mark! I was hoping you'd catch this train, for the depressed flat w/ transformer load. I guess it didn't go as far as Cadillac.

382 and 396 return to Cadillac at 1545 with 40 cars. Mostly ties and cement. Has the sand outright stopped for now? According to someone who works for GLC, it’s very cyclical. I honestly don’t know the first thing about the extraction, handling, storage processes of sand so I can’t even guess what ...

They picked up 10 TSBY covered hoppers from the siding at Chilson. Todd F suggests that those are headed to Beacon in TC. The two 38’s brought the 10 Tisby loads back to Owosso. The 35, which was already at Oakley, stayed behind. Dan, check the following numbers with the one from Chilson: 710008 71...

The Owosso crew left for Claire with a modest train at noon. As it was leaving town, a northbound unit hopper train was coming in from the south. The hopper train made a very brief stop in Owosso before continuing to Oakley. There are currently three jeeps in Oakley and lots of hoppers on the main a...