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I use to talk to the purchasing agent there when it was Kimberly Clark every week. I always wondered if the state was helping out in some way with economic funds or whatever? Their pulp was always imported but you never saw pulpcars from Seney or surrounding areas. SOO, WC & CN have always switched...

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They're talking about reopening the Empire again. Wonder if the CN still has the wherewithal to haul ore again?

http://www.miningjournal.net/news/front ... pire-mine/

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I took this picture today (3-28-17) in Sidnaw, MI on the E&LS. Its so weathered, its almost back to its original paint

Had a chance to head out to Mass City today. The E&LS brought in 28 empties and hauled out 22 loads. Traffic seems to have normalized to once a week now. ELS 402, an ex-conrail GP38, had to work pretty hard to pull all those loads up the hill out of McKeever... almost thought there was an Alco on th...

I eventually caught up with the E&LS. They came into town hauling 31 empty cars for pulpwood, they left 20, picked up 12 loads, and dropped the remaining empties off at Frost Jct.

Even armed with reliable information (the Mass wood yard office said they ordered a train for Tuesday, with a promise of Wednesday if they didn't make it) my day in Mass City was reminiscent of years past. Nothing is guaranteed on the E&LS. I'm prepping for day three in Mass. A foolhardy mission? Pe...

I've been venturing out to Mass City from Houghton MI once or twice a week since early March in an effort to catch an E&LS pulp run. I know they've been in and out, because there are new cars, either empty waiting to be loaded, or loads waiting to be picked up. However, I haven't been lucky enough t...