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NS and Watco have talked about Watco handing the Michigan Line freight service since the aborted Michigan Central sale. Not transferring the ML freight service to GDLK won't solve their current plug ups and transferring it won't make the plug ups any worse. NS will transfer it to who ever provides t...

GDLK's sales department called on St Mary's and were told there was no interest in rail service. They offered to install the switch but still no dice.

We send the police out to fight crime, not just arrest people after the fact. So the policeman sees something that might be suspicious and stops to check. You could have been a tagger with a bag of spray cans in the weeds waiting to go tag something. He stopped to check, decided you o.k. and left yo...

You're on CSX property, the local PD stops to check you out and leaves with just a "be careful". What is there to be irked about?

You could have yelled "citizens arrest, citizens arrest" and see whether or not he's a fan of Antenna T.V.

https://youtu.be/9efgLHgsBmM

The GM got fired and a new one came up from down south. B33 is bringing 100+/- cars a day over from Jackson and they have whatever comes from Battle Creek too. Some days they've been bring 100+ cars out of Elkhart twice a day. Rehabbing the North Yard would give them a place to put cars waiting to g...

Magic Steel in Grand Rapids takes coil cars.

It's mind-boggling to think of that many cars inbound to Kalamazoo. Don't all cars go there first even if they are destined for Grand Rapids? I wonder what the capacity of Botsford (er, uh, I mean Gearhart) yard is. It usually looks "full" when I drive past it, so where to put that many more...? Wi...

There have been trains in Michigan since the 1830's.

It's not uncommon to see them run 303 to Elkhart on the weekend.

He didn't watch the video, though it was a train, the advise would be the same.

https://youtu.be/P2plo4FOgIU

It’s all a mix of wishful thinking and speculation. CSX has had opportunities to pass the PM main off. Watco for one told their people they had expressed interest the line. If there was serious consideration on CSX’s side it wouldn’t take long for indicators to be visible. Dok and the other CSX peop...

Rules are rules ! You do not foul any track for any reason without proper on track protection, PERIOD ! A lot, if not all the rules on the railroad are written in someones blood ( if it sounds harsh, because it is ! ) There's no way to bring back the ones lost . Only to learn and move on and hope n...

If auto racing was run like a railroad... At the start of the race the cars would set at the end of pit road for an hour waiting permission to enter the track. There would still be cars in the pit waiting for a rested driver when the race ended. The rest of the cars would be setting on the track wai...

Google Maps will show mileage and at a given moment if traffic has slowed. What it doesn't tell you is what the roads are like to drive on. For example that even when 294 is moving 10-15 MPH above the speed limit that that all lanes can be full with cars cutting in and out of traffic. If that's what...

Here is the Major problem last time i went to Rochelle. I had to go through Chicago IL taking 294 My mom did not like it AT ALL. How Much longer is taking interstate 80 to interstate 39? What time of the day on a Tuesday is good going through Chicago. All things being equal I80 to I39 takes about 2...

I need some help about Rochelle and what things to do and getting to Rochelle IL from Livonia MI. What to do in Rochelle. If you like setting and watching trains go by the park is nice. If your after photos there are decent views east and west of Rochelle once the area around the park gets boring. ...

Just south of Wayland. You can see it from US 131. Some news pieces say Hamilton and some say CHS.

Hamilton built a loop track cable of handling unit trains so there is an intent to receive them at some point. Who might hand the traffic off to Grand Elk depends on where the materials come from. It's unlikely to be a huge influx of traffic. The phrase "unit train" might bring to mind the steady st...