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Just west of Jackson Michigan.

http://www.arbor.edu/Majors-And-Program ... index.aspx

location
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?address=10 ... code=49283

The site is now known as Lovelette Curve.

Nice vid D.

Well The locomotive is getting tarped at this time.

The Grass Lake one I remember involved autoracks, Lay ed them down all over in the village even on top of cars sitting at the crossings. Cant find anything on line about it though.

Stuck at a railroad crossing, David Zimmer tried for several minutes to move his semitrailer off the tracks. When a Chicago-bound Amtrak train crashed into Zimmer's truck, he was in the cab, shifting between drive and reverse, trying to get out of the way. "To be honest with you, I think we got luck...

The truck driver involved in Wednesday's train crash and derailment will be cited. In an email to the Citizen Patriot, Blackman-Leoni Township Public Safety Director Mike Jester indicated the driver will receive a traffic ticket for attempting to cross a railroad crossing without sufficient clearanc...

About 45 minutes ago NS dispatch warned of a truck stuck on the tracks at Portage Rd. UMMMt little late for that.
Came back a little later said Oh thats from this morning.

Have heard engineer was ambulatory at scene walked to stretcher. lacerations, bumps and bruises.

Heard RJ Corman or someone is already on scene.

Low boy had piece of machinery on it, driver let air out of bags to lower trailer to get under the RR overpass just east of scene GPS told him to turn at Portage Rd. got hung on crossing.

Video at link.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Ch ... 82864.html
6-10 people being treated at hospital.

Thinking is low boy trailer was hung up on crossing as it has a pretty good hump at crossing.

Do not know, been trying to find out. Hope whomever is OK.

Sounds like 1 injury so far, doing secondary search of cars at this time, semi driver also en rout to hospital in stable condition.

Link to online scanner.
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audi ... &ctid=1264

Jackson mass casualty unit dispatched, locomotive on ground 1 car on ground, City of Jackson, Blackman Leoni, summit twp, Grass lake. all en route. Portage rd blocked.

Locking this down. Been thru this before.

Several weeks ago they had 8 cars on their spur when I drove by. Last week 2. Also saw Star of the West truck. Do they get other stuff by rail?

Yes Don they get flour by rail also. My son says about 6 cars of sugar a week and 15 cars of flour a week .

Always remain polite and never physically resist a police officer. If stopped for photography, the right question to ask is, "am I free to go?" If the officer says no, then you are being detained, something that under the law an officer cannot do without reasonable suspicion that you have or are abo...

Yes thats the old entrance ramp to 127. Believe it is private now. Never saw guards in pickups before, usually they stay in the guard shack. Good luck on developing business in town. I live less than a mile from that plant to the west. Dont know if you have heard but Dawn food is receiving sugar by ...