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It will be interesting to see how much traffic does result. Do they plan on building a loading ramp on site, or farming the work out to other facilities?

This is terrible news. I'm not diving into politics, but mentioning this as contributing to the discussion. I am the treasurer for a state level Political Action Committee. (won't say which one). The most total contributions and bank balance I've dealt with in any given fiscal year are well south of...

Ypsi wrote:The quarry is sending unit trains to Kalamazoo via the Grand Elk. Not sure of a start date, but it sounds like 1-2 trains a week is what it should be.

So would they run the power around the train in Elkhart, or cut the power off at Elkhart and have the Grand Elk use their own power?

The only quarry that shows on Google maps, is the one west of town. It does have a fairly large rail loading area. Who's line is it that they connect to? That would be the NS Wabash Main from Detroit to St Louis. If going from there to South Bend, that line connects with the Marion District. A trai...

The dog in that video is a foamer.

Amtrak could easily operate a connector bus from Pontiac, to Troy, to Royal Oak, to the station at Woodward and Baltimore, to Michigan Central. The 2017 ridership numbers for the following: Pontiac: 13,300 Troy: 29,000 Royal Oak: 28,800 Detroit: 63,300 Dearborn: 72,200. Another option would be to ma...

I just witnessed up close on Tuesday the ND&W running east from Cecil toward Defiance. They were chugging along at 5 mph tops, and still wobbling like crazy. The debris and vegetation is not near as bad as the previous owner. Crossings are in better shape. There is only so much that can be done with...

If you could haul two or three different 100 car unit trains out of there every week, then it might be worth putting the rails back in. What would be the most that would come from here? I'm guessing it wouldn't fill but more than two dozen hoppers a week, which is almost what it would take to worry ...

If you do catch them going north in Mt Pleasant, you might as well make the trip to Clare. It's a very easy 15 mile drive, and you can see most everything the GLC does in Clare legally.

For food processors, their outbound loads are heading to grocery warehouses which are operating almost like auto plants, with just in time delivery. Most anything that would come inbound to a food processor can be handled at the bulk transfer.....no need to spot cars at the individual facility.

That could be interesting, if there was more traffic in the area. I would love to see more details when they become available.

The Sandersville Railroad, based in Sandersville, Georgia, is owned by the City of Sandersville. The CIR or City of Rochelle Dual Access Railroad is owned and operated by the City of Rochelle, Illinois, to provide terminal switching of Rochelle's industries, with access to both BNSF and UP. The Madi...

J T wrote:The PM needs a second train, at the very least Fri-Sun, not some stupid GR-Kzoo-Chi routing.

Putting in a connection on the northwest quadrant in Kalamazoo would certainly be feasible. I would have to imagine quite a bit of track work would need to take place between GR and K-Zoo.

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From Railway Age....Drivin’ that train on El Chapo’s cocaine supply chain: Witness December 11th, 2018 Accused drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman used the North American rail network to move cocaine from Mexico to the United States for distribution. At the federal drug trafficking trial in Brook...

This is interesting for a few reasons: 1) The Port of Halifax has significant room for expansion, unlike either Montreal or Quebec City. Yes, Quebec means a shorter haul by rail than Nova Scotia, but CN doesn't have to share any of the spoils with CP. 2) The Moterm facility has underwent a significa...

Yes the GTW provided frames by rail. How many per week on average, I have no idea?

iandt wrote:Are those intentional "derails" in the third photo? Or leftover switches from an earlier era?

Those are intentional. They are pretty much standard on any border crossing. US Customs not only has them at Port Huron, but also at the Soo.

Typhoon wrote:Replacement is scheduled for Sunday the 16th.

Any clue as to the time frame of the work? Clearly it will be a parade of trains and lots of lunar signals once the work is done.

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