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Here we go the STB approved the takeover by CSX i was wondering if the G&Ws Berkshire and Eastern will use some of Pan Am's power short term because 600 miles is alot to digest in such a short time there talking June 1st i like it myself because it shakes things up lets face it. It was stale and wor...

I was wondering if anybody knew how often the HESR runs to Owosso, and if there's a usual time of day they make the run? Also, looking on Google Maps, there are three possible customers, labeled as ADS, Georgia-Pacific, and Woodard. ADS has lots of covered hoppers on it's spur, but can't tell with ...

Time for a big bump i spent the weekend at Milan train watching and the Ford Milan plant is operating there is a newer sign along Plank Rd that says Ford Motor Company(Milan Storage Facility) i went across the rail spur on the north side of the plant and it is definitely shiny from frequent use a ve...

The 385 is in service MUd to the 390 working in Owosso.

I looked on Wikipedia and i read that Antin is based in Paris France with offices in London England and Luxembourg witch is a country near Germany and France.

I seen this along M71 yesterday between Corunna and Durand it was a sight to see and also two or three loads of coke for Cadillac in the mix.

Interesting that Michigan Sugar has coop owners in Ontario. I guess I never considered that a coop would cross the international border. Also didn't know that desugarization is a word. Yep a trucking company out of Canada called Grace has multi axle semi trailers that truck the beets to the Croswel...

I have some pics of them also thank goodness.

These WB potash trains are symbolled B731. They are usually 103 car blocks for a total of 206 cars and it seems like they have been running with a mid-DPU set up as the temps have dropped. B730 runs up and over the Great Lakes thru Canada and we get the empties run thru the US. In Canada they run t...

Did anyone get the westbound unit potash train, I saw it when i was inside the Vlasic plant in Imlay City maybe headed to the HESR this was around 1800 hours it had two units one was a midtrain DPU two GE units one on the head end the other mid train, I know loaded potash normally comes out of west...

Did anyone get the westbound unit potash train, I saw it when i was inside the Vlasic plant in Imlay City maybe headed to the HESR this was around 1800 hours it had two units one was a midtrain DPU two GE units one on the head end the other mid train, I know loaded potash normally comes out of weste...

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...When the Ludington Sub was abandoned it was almost all welded rail with CTC... Per a 1987 track chart, the only welded rail on the Ludington Sub was between Mershon and Lawndale, less than 3 miles, and about 5 miles from Midland eastward. The rest all the way to Ludington was jointed. It's crazy...

I remember back in March of 2012 i chased Z151 from Baldwin to Grand Rapids i paced next to the train basically all the way and the only times i remember the train slowing down north of Grant was at White Cloud for the big curve and at Newago over the bridge and up Newago Hill i haven't done that si...

Thanks C&O dispatcher for the info.

I remember standing on the sidewalk one night in December of 1987 at the Bay Rd grade crossing near Saginaw on the west side of the road and had three trains first was a medium sized mixed frt eastbound i forgot what the symbol was back then this was after the Ludington Sub had been severed as a thr...

The Detroit plant also supplied the Coke plant in Flint when it was a bottling plant i used to haul tanker loads of Coke syrup from the tank car transload at Coke in Detroit to the plant in Flint in 1996.

I noticed this past weekend at Elkhart there is homeless people hanging around the station around 7 of them im not making fun but that took some getting used to i spent the weekend at Elkhart train watching got a motel in the area it definitely looks different with the upgrades to CP 421.

Did anyone catch the westbound with a freshly painted CN six axle heavy weight passenger car on the end of it. It was second from the rear of the train i chased it from Durand to Battle Creek it had a Maple Leaf emblem on it very nice looking the train had 152 cars and two units both GEs didn't get ...

The question i have is what is the Algoma Central trackage going to be called is it reverting back to The Algoma Central Railroad?