Plymouth to Williamston

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Finnishing off Gregg's portion, I'll start in Plymouth, This is on going so I will be adding photos later on as well.
Plymouth Yard on the Sag Sub just north of the Diamond


Between Sheldon road and Plymouth Dimond (MP/CH 24.0) Q326-06 with an appoarch into the yard

Looking west towards Sheldon


Then you have the end of "double" track at Beck Road, signals at Napier, in Salem and at MP 34. MP 34 is not road accessible.

Between 5 Mile and Naiper Road at the site of Michigans Deadliest train crash.
E945 headed Eastbound:


Salem:
Looking East toward 6 mile road

Looking West to the signals (behind the building) at MP30


At Currie Road a mile and a half west of Salem:
Note the horrizon above the tracks, thats not trees, thats the ground! I think this is the top of Salem Hill.
Looking West towords 7 mile and South Lyon:


7 Mile road with X500 going by, looking towards Currie Road:

Looking west towards South Lyon:


MP 35 just out of south lyon (eastbound Q326)


Westbound Coal at MP35


Coming around the curve to Mill Street in South Lyon
Westbound whistle post for Mill St:


Eastbound rounding the curve leaving South Lyon

At 10 Mile right before the siding Westbound

Eastbound at 10 Mile

East End of South Lyon siding with a East bound Q326

Heres the switch

Reese Street and the Team Track at S. Lyon
Here at Reese Street we have the passing siding to the left of the train, and a 500foot team track that stops before the next crossing.

Rent A Wreck going to the siding from a eastbound Q326


Westbound Q335 at Reese Street

At Pontiac Trail


Looking West from Pontiac Trail

Stopped eastbound at Pontiac Trail in the siding thats 6000 feet long

Westend of South Lyon, westbound in the siding (MP 37.5)

Westbound stopped on Main W. End South Lyon

From the cab looking west into Green Oak and towards Brighton

12 Mile road MP 38.6 looking east at a wesbound Q335 (Green Oak Twp)

Looking west at 12 mile



Down the Mud Boggin Trail I made between 12 mile and MP39 with a westbound

Eastbound X500 at the same spot

At the Detector MP 39.0 Green Oak Mich
Eastbound Q335

same train looking time table west in the only north part of the line
Eastbound coming to the Dectector


At MP 40 in Island Lake State Park with Q327 westbound



Looking time table west towards MP 41 and MP42 not accessible by car, and very hard to get to by bike


Brighton MP45.2 with a 7000 foot long passing siding. At Mile post 43 are two bridges, one over US 23 and one over Old US 23. Signals are right at the bridge over old US 23 but they are not easily accessible. Thermofil used to be right at MP43 until a Soo SD60 was sent into the siding years ago. Now Thermofil is located at the east end of Fowlerville's siding on the south side of the main and has a rathter large yard.
Eastbound CP at the east end of Brighton. CSX has a building here for storage.

Looking towards Main Street from the same train

X500 waiting on the main pointed east just west of 4th street.

I have not stopped in Brighton verymuch its way to crowded, so I do not have any photos of the west end. There are signals at MP49, and Ann Pere MP 52.9.
Ann Pere looking east from the south side of CSX 2503 grabbing a car that the TSBY set out (GLC)

looking west from Lucy Road of Q326 passing D709 train on the main.

The TSBY making a 62 car set after a SOO SD60 nailed a truck at lucy road closing the interchange for several days. Here they are at Fowler Street after backing down the main past the west end of Howel, and then pulling back in to the siding. How many times have you seen a Signal bridge of the TSBY?

D709 coming east at the west end of Howell

A really cool old bridge still in use between Oghaira, and the West End of Howell. Oghaira is a industry that gets auto parts cars, and International Paper is located right next to them and also gets cars for paper.


Looking west from the bridge, box cars for International paper are seen on the left of X503-15

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Here's a few pictures of Napier and Salem, that Mike mentioned above.
Napier:
View looking west, with an Eastbound CP Train

Looking east, same train:

Both Photos, Collection of Pete Kinny.
Another view of the signals, with westbound Q327:

Collection of Nathan Nietering.
Salem:
Salem is a well know location on this part of the Plymouth Subdivision. Located here is one of the biggest railroad grades in Michigan: Salem Hill. It is not as big as some others, but helpers have been used in past decades on this hill.
Looking east, towards the Six Mile Rd. crossing and the grade, with a westbound CP Train:


Looking east, same train. An Intermediate signal can be seen in the distance:

All three photos, Collection of Mike Koprowicz.

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Gregg you forgot its also home to the worst train crash in Michigan from 1907 where 33 people died and on drowned when a PM excursion from Ionia hit the local between Napier and 5 mile road. But thanks, I was just gonna head down their to take some photos. Also I think a train may have had helpers back in the winter or spring because Y101 or some other Plymouth local was in South Lyon behind a K train and started calling out 34, salem, napier while nobody was in the siding at South Lyon.