Re: GLC Updates February 2018
Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:31 pm
Could be, there's a scale track in Owosso at least there was back in the days I was a conductor on the Lake Central Rail Tours excursion trains.
Nothing here in TC as of 1245. Must have gone the Kalkaska way.AANscaleRunner wrote:Sounded like northbound out of Cadillac at 0915.
I don't think they had anything for Amerhart. So if they did come to TC today it would just be to Beacon to drop off those 2 and pick up the one load waiting.Pixl wrote:Nothing here in TC as of 1245. Must have gone the Kalkaska way.AANscaleRunner wrote:Sounded like northbound out of Cadillac at 0915.
Did they bring up the two DJJX gons too? That'd make for a 12 car train... the longest train into TC in quite a while.railroader and son wrote:Dropped off 10 TSBY 3 bay coverd hoppers at Beacon for
scrapping,already ripping them apart today.
Raildudes dad wrote:Looks like they brought the 2 back and left again with all 3
MiRailProductions wrote:Did they bring up the two DJJX gons too? That'd make for a 12 car train... the longest train into TC in quite a while.railroader and son wrote:Dropped off 10 TSBY 3 bay coverd hoppers at Beacon for
scrapping,already ripping them apart today.
I believe they shove backwards from the run-around at Boardman Yard or at the depot.AARR wrote:IIRC a end of line sign was placed in the rails a little south of Beacon which places the passing siding in Grawn OOS. So did GLC push the cars to Beacon? Did they have engines at each end (push-pull)?MiRailProductions wrote:Did they bring up the two DJJX gons too? That'd make for a 12 car train... the longest train into TC in quite a while.railroader and son wrote:Dropped off 10 TSBY 3 bay coverd hoppers at Beacon for
scrapping,already ripping them apart today.
Seems they would do push pull, as I can't imagine conductor riding 12 cars up in ice cold weather? Anyone get pics?MiRailProductions wrote:AARR wrote:IIRC a end of line sign was placed in the rails a little south of Beacon which places the passing siding in Grawn OOS. So did GLC push the cars to Beacon? Did they have engines at each end (push-pull)?I believe they shove backwards from the run-around at Boardman Yard or at the depot.
Do you have a link you can share?railroader and son wrote:Seen picture's on a GLC Facebook page of them ripping up the hoppers,in the past the practice has been shove from Boardman Yard.
Anyone have some business insight on my above question?TC Man wrote:Raildudes dad wrote:Looks like they brought the 2 back and left again with all 3
Impressive! So I'm guessing these 10 scrapped hoppers should turn into many gondola scrap loads for GLC. Hopefully?
So how does this work? Would Beacon have paid GLC a certain scrap value for the cars (with "free" delivery), and then GLC would make some revenue when the scrap is shipped out in gondolas (assuming Beacon ships the scrap via rail)?
I looked at the GLC facebook page. Only a dozen or so pictures none this recent. Maybe I had the wrong page?railroader and son wrote:Seen picture's on a GLC Facebook page of them ripping up the hoppers,in the past the practice has been shove from Boardman Yard.
TCBrent wrote:Here’s a photo I grabbed of the Beacon siding in Traverse City this evening.
Pixl wrote:TCBrent wrote:Here’s a photo I grabbed of the Beacon siding in Traverse City this evening.
Anyone know where those hoppers came from? They remind me of the TSBY cars they pulled out of Frankfort on the last run out of there just before the line was abandoned. Anyone remember seeing that?