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07:07 CT: eastbound by Michigan City

maybe because cn kept the line to l'anse? and it wouldn't be profitable for someone to operate an isolated section of a couple miles of unused track? no filing to abandon has been filed with the stb. wisconsin central had filed and received discontinuance of service. Correct, they can just take the...

Sounds like CN is pulling the plug on the mothballed section of railroad between L’Anse and Baraga. Per a post on the YooperRails group on Facebook the town was notified last month. How long has it been since anything even went to Baraga? 10-15 years maybe? Wondered why the line wasn’t offered to W...

According to the Double Track NWI newsletter of 3/1/24, they are running test trains now. I presume that this means all of the new signals and switches are active? Yes. CTC and grade crossings were first. PTC is ongoing. Through service is supposed to resume in early April per the last board meeting.

Talk - it's that whole 'cant take photos of critical infrastructure' bit that they don't want you doing. I’ve got to imagine that “investigating” the “potential security threat” of photography is probably the most exciting thing to hit them when it happens. Otherwise their days are probably full of...

10:08 CT: Eastbound coal loads by Michigan City. Of note, Fauxbonnet BNSF 777 is the rear DPU facing rearward.

I think every single report should be its own thread. I don’t wanna sift through all of the other updates to find my train.

Nevermind that it’ll just clutter up the list of threads rather than the threads themselves. We wouldn’t want to apply any logic here.

Expect the signals to be typically located at easy to reach locations like at grade crossings. Ain’t nobody got time to hyrail or walk to this stuff!

I wonder if the CP ever wishes they still had the lines from Minneapolis though Sault Ste Marie to Sudbury to Toronto. I would think that it would be shorter and certainly less congested than through Chicago and Windsor. I've wondered this also, but my understanding is that the traffic via Chicago ...

19:46 CT: P370 by Michigan City, 11 minutes late

In other news, CP is bringing back the "Pac-Man" scheme. All-hail the multimark!

#MakeThePereMarquetteGreatAgain

And I thought MAW was the worse track ever. They never were shutdown...that I know of. It is almost impossible to get shut down for track conditions so long as you're following the CFR Part 213 requirements on inspection, class of track and operation parameters. Basically as long as you have declar...

David Collins wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 05, 2024 5:48 pm

Not sure if this is relevant but NS does use this signal aspect too on the chicagoline.

Not relevant at all.

10:45 CT: Eastbound loads for West Olive by Ogden Dunes

They’re quickly going to be in service - and this is essentially poor man’s CTC with absolutes but the sidings won’t be fully controlled. Supposedly after Grand Ledge to Ensel, Trowbridge to Williamston will be next.

06:56 CT: early bird M326 by Michigan City

19:49 CT: P370 by Michigan City

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 28, 2024 8:19 am

Amtrak P371-28 @ 08:18 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 24 axles. IDTX engine #4603 & 5 cars (2 Venture Coaches + AmCafe + Venture Coach + Venture Business).

By Michigan City at 7:49 CT, on time

Could have been trying not to blind you, or anybody else, in the area. That's the normal reason why.

Talk wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:12 pm

C80127 should be coming up tonight

Sounds like he’s passing Michigan City now, at 21:08 CT