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I worked in Facilities at Amway in the late '80s/'90s and actually did some railyard work there. We rebuilt the track scale approaches, modified other track, and installed safety systems for guys on top of railcars. Amway got a lot of material by rail: liquids in tank cars, plastic pellets in covere...

Wow, my wife just got held up for 45 minutes by I assume 327 in Holland. She missed a Doctor's appointment-she's pissed!

It looks like CSX doesn't plan on enough traffic to need the Hudsonville MI siding any time soon since they've got a bunch of well cars stored there. What's the story with those cars? Just an available storage spot? Forgive me if this has come up before, I searched but didn't see anything.

The one in the 2011 street view was a GTW-style caboose painted in a red white and blue scheme as I remember. The spur was one of my childhood haunts on my bike and a place to watch the C&O service a couple local industries, usually using an NW and caboose A977 in the yellow scheme.

No they are long gone. See the empty lot to the right of the wedge building? That's where they used to be, along with C&O baggage car 268 and a GT coach. One of those cabooses is the one now at Clare depot (Eagle Scout project).

D70018 West at Holland 8:53

D700 West at Hudsonville 9:13

I found another tidbit that this caboose was one of several RR cars in a collection near Cottage Grove & Kalamazoo Ave. in Grand Rapids in the 70's. I used to watch the C&O switch Standard Lumber there was I was a kid on a bike. I remember those cars and even photographed a few, I'll have to see if ...

Hocking Valley 1928, then C&O 90630
Used to sit along US-131 in GR, moved to Coopersville & Marne, then to Clare.