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Thanks, all, the Danny Harmon suggestion was excellent- it taught me the basics of what I needed to know. I guess all I really need now are the scanner, the road channels for my two railway lines, and to figure out the mile markers and locations near me to listen for and I'm good to go. Very cool! ...

I would recommend watching Youtube videos from Florida's Danny Harmon (Distant Signal Productions) on the subject matter of using scanners for railfanning from the scanners to antennas to understanding the railroad ops chatter you are hearing.Very informative yet easy to understand.

Where do they go to pick up their cars for the branch to Munising? It does seem like they are profitable enough that the track looks heavy-duty and well maintained. Also where does the mainline at Trout Lake begin and end?

I gotta ask: is Newberry on an CN branch or the mainline and what is the track speed on the line? All I know is that I believe its the same line to follows M-28 to Munising it seemed like.

Pulling into Timber Charlie's in Newberry for Lunch before heading home from having stayed in Paradise for a few days,I caught the CN local based in Newberry go on-duty.This was around 11am.

I also like Wyandotte too :) Wyandotte is great in the mornings up until 1 pm and its busy again at 4 pm to 12 am :D Wyandotte is like Russian Roulette to me: You can one night hardly catch but a train every couple of hours and the next night get 5 trains in a row on each others heels. Like I once ...

CSX_CO wrote:Only moves going to the NS need PTC engines. Moves staying wholly within the INE don't.

Thats what I meant lol.

Apparently the INE is getting a pair of SD40-2's so they will no longer need NS power on the big grain and unit trains. They did not need the NS power but used it anyhow. The power was often dedicated power and stuck with the train. So I imagine you will still see NS power on grain trains on the IN...

To quote what I said in the comments on the Trains article:

CSX is being stubborn: all this time they had let Grand Elk operate with their permission on that track out of good faith and they couldve continued doing so through this as a temporary agreement until the paperwork with the STB was filed.

As far as I know,Senate Ave. terminal,Jasonville yard area/Linton diamond,and possibly local action in Terre Haute.

Question: When they only have a few cars, do they leave one engine shut down? In one of the pics, there seems to be exhaust coming from the front unit only. Seen the same thing on the segment on the DVD,Shortlines of Indiana & Michigan where they were following the Indiana Northeastern. When the tr...

Thanks for the info!

Im glad I wasnt the only one who'd like to know about this lol

I just saw this location in a DVD set I bought on the INRD and thought Id ask for future reference:

1. Who owns/maintains the diamond?
2. Whose traffic has priority?
3.How many trains pass through there on average?

Ypsi wrote:If the information holds true, Would that put the last train by the manned tower on the 19th or 20th? My assumption would be that it closes on midnight after the 20th based on how things seem to be handled but I know it could go anyway

My assumption would be 11:59pm on the 20th myself.

Danny Harmon is the Mike Roe of railfan vids Spell Check: that would be Mike Rowe lol :P I'll agree what that statement. Those two and Morgan Freeman are my favorite narrators out there. Although Alex Baldwin isnt too bad plus the the guy who used to narrate the Trains Unlimited show on the History...

Easy: its a clear-up job for whatever the road train couldnt take with them due to the road train maxing out on tonnage. Proof that the Grand Elk is successfully getting new business but has yet to establish a second road train on the South End.

Thanks guys for the explanation! :) As a side note,I watch D.I.B Productions quite a bit but i never knew what It meant so double lesson for the day! There's another popular channel called Distant Signal. I've been waiting for the right time to point it out...that according to the rules, Drayton's ...

Thanks guys for the explanation!

As a side note,I watch D.I.B Productions quite a bit but i never knew what It meant so double lesson for the day!