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penn central wrote: ↑

Fri May 05, 2023 9:31 pm

1TrackMind wrote: ↑

Fri May 05, 2023 8:59 pm

AARR wrote: ↑

Fri May 05, 2023 7:00 am

I posted a video of CSX pulling two standard height box cars from Cargill
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=39113

Where?

On M29 just south of the Pine River bridge in St Clair.

No I ment where is the video. I watched the one in the link it doesn't show them at Cargill.

I posted a video of CSX pulling two standard height box cars from Cargill https://railroadfan.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=39113 Im in St Clair Mi right now and the PH&D job just left Cargill Salt i noticed two boxcars spotted inside the building i just cought the lights on the locomotive i couldn...

Probably unload something on the track that runs up to Pete's auto. Seems to be just enough room to turn a semi around between it and the main.

AARR wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 08, 2023 4:03 pm

NS3322 wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 08, 2023 11:23 am

As Chip said they likely will only receive inbound raw materials by rail.

Does anyone know what kind of raw materials would be shipped into a battery manufacturing plant?

Maybe plastic to make the outside of the battery?

Don't you think if it made financial sense the railroad would have already done that?

Super Chief wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 21, 2023 1:30 pm

Well as safety officer of my fire department if you guys can't stop a train on tangent track with red and blue lights next to a crossing then somebody doesn't have situational awareness of their surroundings.

You don't stop a train just because you see red and blue lights...

This morning at 6:20 am Portage Fire responded to Center St. and Schaver Rd. to a two car collision. One car was on the Grand Elk tracks and yup the lights came on. A southbound train was coming but not before firefighters were able to pull the driver out of the jeep before the train hit it. Per us...

The TC branch would be abandoned (If A2TC doesn’t happen) and everything north of Kalkaska would be removed I don't see that happening. This is Watco not G&W. Watco will hunt down a customer that only gets 1 car a month. More than likely they would try to get at least one or two more small customer...

TC Man wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 12, 2023 11:50 am

I think someone is smoking something. No way GLC is bought out by Watco anytime soon. Mark my words, all who say this is happening in March come back to this post a year from now and tell me this merger happened (or should I say did NOT happen).

Bet

Trouble with the JAIL is sure it connects to three class ones in some larger cities, but the problem is they aren't near the industrial zones. In Jackson most industry is on the south side of the Michigan line, so NS handles that. In Lansing the industries are near CSX or CN. Becoming a haulage line...

Dowagiac Train Dude wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 03, 2023 12:57 pm

Does anyone know what they do with the hopper cars that sometime sit on the south side of Paterson? They sit on the track that dead ends along Walbridge St.

ballast cars

With MISI buying the Worthington steel facility in Jackson, does anybody know if they are still getting rail service?

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/ ... kson-Plant

AARR wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 28, 2022 2:46 pm

In the past the L-P plant in Newberry received Canadian pulpwood logs, up to 30% of their logs were from Canada (about 350 a year). I doubt they still get much pulpwood logs by rail anymore.

Still comes in by rail. Can be anywhere from 4-15 cars of logs in Newberry.

traffic continues. And a couple yard tracks are back in service now.

The rumor is going around, yes.

justalurker66 wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 24, 2022 5:29 pm

1TrackMind wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 24, 2022 2:13 pm

No this was recent. Like 2020/2021.

That one would be recent enough it should still exist on the interweb. Go a link?

It was never that far along. Plans and discussions was only done internally.

It was attempted and had a serious plan to remove the GR&I main from G ave all the way to Gibson and then connect the CK&S to the main north of G ave. Trains like the 303 would only have to clear the switch for the CK&S then head north, as well as eliminating a second diamond and over a dozen cross...

It was attempted and had a serious plan to remove the GR&I main from G ave all the way to Gibson and then connect the CK&S to the main north of G ave. Trains like the 303 would only have to clear the switch for the CK&S then head north, as well as eliminating a second diamond and over a dozen crossi...

Expect to see some upgrades there later this year.

Dang someone at CN could see the writing on the wall. Hate to see the businesses leave.