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Um.....what is a “Karen” rail fan?

I found this shot in some obscure corner of the internet. The city it used to lead to is obvious, but don't know what line or where it came from. Anyone else have an idea?

Traverse City run today. Should be 4 gons and 1 load of lumber coming up. Was about ready to leave Cadillac at 0900. Got to see your train up here in T.C. about 1330 or so. They had already dropped off the gons and I caught them at Amerihart yard. My dog "Hershey" was helping watch the trains as we...

AANscaleRunner wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 13, 2020 2:26 pm

A centerbeam for TC and some plastics for Petoskey.
Update: Leaving Walton Junction for TC at 1500.

Ahh, some lumber for my family building a new house. Thank you.

Perhaps an older hotel where crews frequently overnight. Big map on the wall is of the US. Something rail crews might look at once in a while. Untitled.jpg Picture next to it blown up looks to be a rail line running along michigan shore line. rrpic1.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/5044488918...

With China a large worldwide manufacturer, I assume they use rail to move a lot of those products around. How does their usage of rail compare to the U.S.? Where does their locomotives come from?

There was another time you mentioned they have not been to TC in a long while when I saw them in TC the day before and someone else even got video. They are sneaky! Yes they are sneaky. I crossed the tracks three times Wed. and walked my dog on the TART Trail next to Amerihart. No trains to be seen...

I thought the boat with the gold sank earlier and sailed out of Frankfort so wouldn't it have been a Ann Arbor boat that sank with it? Either way for the naysayers there is a tv show on the History Channel about it. Its fascinating. Yes it was an interesting story. They had found a bar of gold, but...

KingsleyRailFan wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 16, 2020 8:15 pm

They might make another TC run this week, from what I heard. Maybe if they go through on the right day I can sneak down to the tracks when they're going through.

I'll have to watch for your "heads up" and try to catch them here in TC too.

AANscaleRunner wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 24, 2020 11:10 am

Reports on Facebook that 390 and 395 currently in Traverse City. Most likely going to Beacon.

Shoot, I had just came thru town and the station at about that time, missed them.

TC Man wrote: ↑

Sun Aug 16, 2020 8:02 am

Over a month? GLC was in TC on August 5th with lumber and picked up loads at Beacon.

Sorry, must have missed the post on that run.

~Z~ wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:16 pm

Per the Borg, there appears to be a GLC run to Traverse City on Monday scheduled to go to Williamsburg to deliver some hot lumber cars.

Thanks for the heads up. We have been waiting for a load of lumber to get started on the new house as well as seeing a train for the first time in over a month.

Well Friday morning my wife let me take the car, I went over to the Holland train station and hung out for an hour or so. My timing was off, all I got was a horn in the distance but he never came through. I could see the tracks are shiny with regular use unlike the rusted rails we have in Traverse C...

Thanks for the guided tour GP30 and SD80. I do have a car (Lincoln Town Car) that I tow my RV with. Problem is I also have my non rail fan wife in tow. I did manage to see a very long coal train near West Olive. Wow they have mountains of coal that go up and on forever. I'll try to hang at the train...

I'm camping in Holland for the next few days. Can anyone suggest any RR stuff to see or do? Really nice around here!

NB thru Kingsley at 10:20. 2 engines - 396 and 395. No freight. Wow, I can't believe there was no lumber for Amerihart I'm guessing a supply issue, as the demand is there. The place looks empty (well, figuratively speaking). Confirmed. I went thru the Amerihart yard yesterday, just saw a lot of flo...

KingsleyRailFan wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 31, 2020 10:28 am

NB thru Kingsley at 10:20.
2 engines - 396 and 395. No freight.

Wow, I can't believe there was no lumber for Amerihart

I don't know why but I somehow remember the company as "Pet Foods" rather than "Pet Milk". A variety of food products for people, not your pet. So the fish oil could have been used for a lot of stuff.

KingsleyRailFan wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 27, 2020 1:06 pm

Thru Kingsley. 13:08.

What direction, and what was onboard?

Anybody see any lumber sitting around waiting to come up to Traverse City? We could use it.