GR&P

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The Grand Rapids and Pontiac Railroad is a new railroad that is made of the HESR, Mid Michigan Saginaw-Alma line, the GLC tracks from Osmer to Durand, the Plymouth Sub, and the Michigan Air Line between Lakeland and Pontiac. It's roster comprises of SD40-2's, GP9's, GP35's, and SD50's. None of it's locomotives currently have GR&P's paint scheme. They are currently still in former Santa Fe, CSX, and NS paint.

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The GR&P is in talks with DT&C about acquiring trackage rights to Toledo.

[MQT3001]

WARBONNETS?

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Yep.

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The GR&P now has trackage rights to Toledo on the DT&C.

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The GR&P has decided to paint their engines in the Illinois Central black paint scheme.

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GP9 200, SD40-2 301, and GP9 206 are leading southbound GR&P train S103. It is meeting a northbound DT&C right now in Whitmore Lake.

[DT&I]

Is the line to Durand double track or not?

[atrainguy60]

No, but sidings have been installed in Whitmore Lake, Howell, Cohoctah, and Byron.

[DT&I]

Ok our new trains are:
CHIDURCP
CHIDURCN
CHIDURCN-2
CHIDURCP-2
DURCHICP
DURCHICN
DURCHICN-2
Also the line to Toledo is double tracked with a few triple track sidings, but GR&P trains will be most likely held up for DT&C trains but only if necessary, we wont put a GR&P train in the siding for three hours, we will make sure it gets.to where it needs to go, and speaking of which, where do they go?

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These are the four trains to Toledo: S100 to Walbridge, S101 to Walbridge, S102 to Lang Yard, and S103 to Stanley Yard. S100 originates in Saginaw, S101 originates in Durand, S102 in Saginaw, and S103 in Midland. There are also trains S104 which is like S100, except it goes from Walbridge to Saginaw; S105 is Walbridge to Durand; S106 is Stanley to Saginaw; and S107 is Stanley to Midland. There may be an occasional grain extra to Walbridge from mid Michigan or the thumb.

[DT&I]

Ok, sounds good. All our trains to Durand will be from 30 to 40 cars long, do they fit in sidings?

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Yes. In fact, the sidings are a bit longer than the trains due to possibility of longer trains in the future, and possible extras that may be longer than the average trains on this line. Every siding is about a mile to a mile and a half long.

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There is a light engine move, X108, currently in Byron that's going to Walbridge to pick up a string of grain cars to bring to Saginaw. It'll be about 50 cars long going north. Two SD40-2's.

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S110 (Pontiac-Durand) is currently in Walled Lake waiting for S111 (Durand-Pontiac) to pass. S110 has a GP35 and two GP9's with 34 cars, two empty boxcars and 32 loaded autoracks. S111 has a SD50 and a GP9 with 50 cars, twenty loaded boxcars full of auto parts, and 30 empty autoracks.

[DT&I]

CHIDURCP-2 waiting on the wye to the GR&P to Durand. Power is 2 C40-8C's and one GP38-3 with 42 cars.

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S105 is in Byron. A GP35 and some foreign power: two CSX's borrowed from Walbridge. 63 cars, mixed freight.

[DT&I]

We are rerouting your trains over the TBR when they get to Toledo, which is jointly operated ny NS and CSX. Traffic is just to heavy on the DT&C in Toledo.

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List of GR&P trains.

Train Origin/destination Commodity

1.S100 Saginaw-Walbridge Mixed Freight
2.S101 Durand-Walbridge Mixed Freight/Autorack
3.S102 Saginaw-Lang Yard Mixed Freight
4.S103 Midland-Stanley Yard Mixed Fright/chemical
5.S104 Walbridge-Saginaw Mixed Freight
6.S105 Walbridge-Durand Mixed Freight/Autorack
7.S106 Lang Yard-Saginaw Mixed Freight
8.S107 Stanley Yard-Midland Mixed Freight/chemical
9.S108 Croswell-Ubly-Bad Axe Mixed Freight
10.S109 Bad Axe-Saginaw Mixed Freight
11.S110 Pontiac-Durand Auto Parts/Autorack
12.S111 Durand-Pontiac Auto Parts/Autorack
13.S112 Millington-Reese Mixed Freight
14.S113 Midland-Saginaw Mixed Freight/chemical
15.S114 Alma-Saginaw Mixed Freight
16.S115 Midland-Durand Mixed Freight/chemical
17.S116 GR-Plymouth Mixed Freight
18.S117 Plymouth-GR Mixed Freight
19.S118 Lansing-Plymouth local Mixed Freight
20.S119 GR to Lansing local Mixed Freight

All extra trains, such as grain or coal or anything else, will have a symbol starting with X.

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S118 is currently waiting in Webberville for S117 to pass. S118's power is a GP35 and has 15 cars. S117 is a SD40-2 and a GP35 and a SD50 with 81 cars.