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Anybody have any info or educated guesses about Abitibi- Price Hardboard In Alpena receiving wood chips in large wood chip hoppers in the 80s? Thanks-

I have listed on ebay the following: -2 Athearn RTR (the detailed ones) Union of Oregon Railroad Boxcars. These cars were leased to BN in early 1980s, and pictured all over the US and Canada. -Athearn RTR (the detailed ones) Northern Alberta Railway NAR Boxcar. NAR was absorbed into CN in early 1980...

I recalled a picture last night and need answers. Why would there be a large woodchip hopper north of GR/LAN/PH post lake ferry service? It did not look like a beet hopper either. Any ideas? Where they load on sidings up north by portable chippers or something like that? Or used for something else?

Great picture! I also forgot to mention that I remember railbox cars delivering brick at Turner St. on a short spur in the mid 2000s and possibly later. The second story of that building was a thrift store in the 1980s and my mom took me there a couple times a week. I spent the whole time there watc...

Sigh...I knew I would get SOMETHING wrong. :( Hey, that video is absolutly awesome. Did you mention the 2 industries at Jolly Rd. Lansing? One is a team track that I have seen bulkheads at. And the other I do not know what it is but have seen action there, the track goes through the building. You v...

WAIT! I am 99% sure I have seen a pre-patch pic of both cabooses in 1987 in Wenona! I do not know where I saw this other than on the internet. If i come across it I will post it here.

Hey, it was inherited from the GTW when they got the Bay City line is what I have heard from more than one source. And it wore the patch job until between 2001 - 2002 when it got the black and red scheme. I do not know the number for either CM 1 or CM 2 ex-GTW caboose.

Did anything ever pan out with JAIL and the North Side line to the recycling place by Brinke Fish ladder? I heard that they were gonna re-open that line a few years ago? I have a lot of memories as a kid of Conrail all over lansing on these tracks, anyone have any photos of the conrail days in lansi...

Great VIDEO! .. I may in some way be wrong, but Lansing has more customers: they service Quality Dairy with plastic pellet hoppers and further down the line they service Reid Machinery with heavy duty flat cars. I have some video of this from 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So1uA2cIcMU&list=UU...

I have another question guys... I am studying Genesee Yard and planning on modeling Saginaw Warehouse with rail service. But can anyone tell me what the building is to the left, the 4 or 5 story brick one with white frames? Even if you are not sure, any info is welcome. We are looking South from W G...

Here is another map from the 1984 Chessie timetable.

I do not know why these are on their side, but anyway... 1984

Here is a link to my facebook album of other maps of the area. I have a small pile of stuff i need to scan or take pics of and upload. I will take pics of some more stuff mentioned in this thread soon and upload it to this thread. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.341286962618985.83133.33997...

What do you show the spur in Zilwaukee that goes to Sargent Docks named as? So the spur that goes to Sargent Docks was actually not a spur, it was the old GTW main line along the Saginaw River, just north of the Zilwaukee Bridge. And right past there a few yards is Anderson Sand & Gravel. Today, an...

Are those the ex-GMO SVGY beet hoppers being used for ballast?

I am highly focused on the Zilwaukee Spur. I appreciate any information even if you are not 100% sure of it. The big question here is was Luntz Scrap located on the "Zilwaukee Spur"? and then there are the smaller things... I thought Luntz was located on Carrollton Spur and switched by Chessie :? I...

Thanks everybody on here!!! Well we are getting closer to finishing our house, and that means the concrete needs to start to harden up on these layout plans. I apologize for the relentless questions if you find them redundant. I am highly focused on the Zilwaukee Spur. I appreciate any information e...

Hi, I am listing some cool stuff on ebay. Check all my items out please, they are all HO michigan related and cool. my user name is martinwburk or you can search "grand trunk ballast train" then check my other items. I just need some cash and am trying to only focus on Detroit & Mackinac in HO... he...

I was wondering about the cement facility in Essexville called Essroc. (1) Did this (or could this) place have received open hoppers of limestone or anything from the D&M in the 1980s? Was it called Essroc in the 1980s? Did it distribute cement from La Farge while La Farge was producing cement? I kn...

Thanks OldStreetRacer, I learned something. I look forward to the pictures-