NS Michigan Line 5/22/08

[ns8401]

AMTK 351 Depart Ann Arbor West at 829am 6 Late
AMTK 353 No Info Yet.
AMTK 350 No Info Yet.
AMTK 352 No Info Yet.
AMTK 355 No Info Yet.
AMTK 354 No Info Yet.

[CAT345C]

TRACK GEO TRAIN WITH A NS DASH 9 AND TWO CARS EAST BY DENTON ROAD AND DENTON AT 345PM GOING 10-15MPH

[Scooterb]

38J headed east called clear 65E

[ns8401]

38J Back West Past MP35 (Geddes East) at 922pm:
NS 3548 (D8-32B)
NS 3565 (D8-32B)
NS 5164 (GP38-2)
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35 Cars
2 Cubes
1 Rack
30 Coil
1 Cube
1 CN Rack

[GP30M4216]

I caught the NS Research Train today while they got a crew change at the Dearborn Amtrak Station on the Michigan Line. They had D9-40CW #9304, car NS 37, and Research Car 36. The train departed the station eastbound on Number 1 track at 5:30PM. From what I heard on the scanner, they were going to test down Number 1 track eastbound to the North Yard branch, take that to the Sterling 2ndary, proceed up the Sterling 2ndary to 16 Mile, reverse direction, and spend the night in Livernois Yard.

I don't know where they are going, but it would be worth it to catch them. Research 36 is an old open-platform observation car and both of them look great in NS' Norfolk and Western inspired livery.

[Racer]

I wish I could of caught it when it went past Wayne around 3:45pm (Less than 10 minutes from my house), but I had to go to work!