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Google maps doesn't anything where the new plant is concerned. Has anyone seen a diagram of what the track arrangement will be? I was told later this year towards fall they were supposed to open. When I was up there Thursday there's piles of new ties along the right of way north of 4 mile. Here's a...

Appears that Lake State has a new customer in Gaylord.
LSRC 3001 spotted along the A&L spur where their new transload site is.

8 April 2018


Kelly

Here's the people doing the hiring,
maybe they own it


https://www.glassdoor.com/Jobs/Fairmoun ... 134603.htm

Wyoming Warehouse has installed a CARHOE to unload covered hoppers at their Cadillac facility.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giENVgtMoW0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAcVY67gXGw

http://www.sarkaconveyors.com/carhoe.htm


Kelly

.................. And if this works, here are a couple pics of GLC on the Grawn branch last Friday: http://railroadfan.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18814/20180309_125407.jpg http://railroadfan.com/gallery/albums/userpics/18814/20180309_131627.jpg "TC Man" here's your photos, thanks for sharing. Kelly

399-398 on the Western District to Yuma with 41 empty sand cars. http://railroadfan.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10524/Boon_Hill_northbound.jpg http://railroadfan.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10524/Arriving_at_Yuma_sand_plant_.jpg http://railroadfan.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10524/Yuma.jpg Kelly

AANscaleRunner wrote:Went past Selma Yard this morning, the car that I couldn't make out was a boxcar HPJX 758004.

heres a photo from rrpicturearchives.net of HPJX 758004

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=2945502


Kelly

Wyoming Warehouse LLC in Cadillac has added a second siding into their facility on Tenth Street. Talking to an employee there, 2017 saw approximately 150 carloads received and they expect to double that in 2018. On 19 December 2017, GP-35 #385 works the Wyoming Warehouse facility in Cadillac: http:...

AARR wrote:Did they have cement cars in the consist? Doesn't look like it.

Nine (9) cement cars in train.



Bonus shot :


Kelly

Sounded like northbound out of Cadillac at 0920. Caught up with them in Kalkaska 396-397 , arriving into town they pass the depot: http://railroadfan.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10524/kalkaska_depot.jpg working the Magnum transload siding: http://railroadfan.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10524/magnum...

Lake State Railway's 1st Santa Special: The Santa train is at 4 mile rd while Santa and crew prepare their trip to Grayling: http://railroadfan.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10524/1001_Santa_special_at_4_mile_rd_.JPG At Grayling, kids and adults both greet Santa as the Santa Special arrives at depot: ...

Pixl wrote:

TC Man wrote:

AANscaleRunner wrote:Returned to Cadillac at 1645.

Sounds like we have a center beam load and a box car load for Amerhart and an empty gondola for Beacon for a Traverse City run....

Kewl!!

Doesn't look like the boxcar made it into Caddy.
KC

From the book "The Pere Marquette in 1945" published by the Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, the Pere Marquette Railway interchanged with the East Jordan and Southern at Bellaire Michigan: Received from in 1939: 192 carloads. Delivered to in 1939: 397 carloads. Received from in 1944: 384 carloa...

Returned to Cadillac from the north approximately 1730. Could you see what they brought down? Only heard them. I'm guessing they went to Elmira and Petoskey with the late return time. Southbound at Mancelona: 2 mty plastic hoppers (petoskey plastics) 2 mty tanks (magnam) 14 mty cement (buzzi) may o...

newsletter link:

http://www.lsrc.com/2017-03-LSRC-Newsletter.pdf

David Lang wrote:
Where is this new foundry? Will they have rail service?

Thanks.

David Lang

Being built right at M-32 and US-131 intersection about 1 to 1 1/2 miles from GLC mainline. Have heard of no plans to use rail.

Kelly

Very impressive train into Cadillac, THANKS AANscaleRunner for posting.
Kelly

looks like the dream continues:

http://www.9and10news.com/story/3511743 ... il-service

399-397 delivered those 8 loads to Elmira today.
Kelly

AARR wrote:If those are for Elmira I have a hunch KC will take pictures

He will try that's for sure.
Cars are sitting in North Yard - Cadillac
LCEX 745
LCEX 229
LCEX 752
LCEX 133
LCEX 677
CEFX 81175
LCEX 478
CBFX 316053