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Re: AA

Postby YpsiAmtrakBoy on Tue May 15, 2012 4:51 pm

ahh ok so should i still bring up the F40PHs as emegrncy power or in that case can we use an MQT unit? also will 6 axel units ever be aloud on the line?
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Re: AA

Postby MQT3001 on Tue May 15, 2012 4:52 pm

YpsiAmtrakBoy wrote:ahh ok so should i still bring up the F40PHs as emegrncy power or in that case can we use an MQT unit? also will 6 axel units ever be aloud on the line?

Oh yeah only 4-axle units (I misspoke earlier...switcher power is 2 GP40s, soon 2 GP35s more than likely once they are overhauled)
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Re: AA

Postby YpsiAmtrakBoy on Tue May 15, 2012 5:07 pm

ok thats fine
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Re: AA

Postby YpsiAmtrakBoy on Wed May 16, 2012 10:34 pm

Tommorow we will be running a special from Ann Arbor to Frankfort behind our F7A. it will lead our 3 business cars carrying clients and some of our exicutives
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Re: AA

Postby YpsiAmtrakBoy on Thu May 17, 2012 10:06 am

YpsiAmtrakBoy wrote:Tommorow we will be running a special from Ann Arbor to Frankfort behind our F7A. it will lead our 3 business cars carrying clients and some of our exicutives

The special is leaving Ann Arbor at 1030
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Re: AA

Postby YpsiAmtrakBoy on Fri May 18, 2012 6:55 pm

If its ok with MQT rail, our inspection train will tour the parts of your system that our high quality TOFCs run on
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Re: AA

Postby MQT3001 on Fri May 18, 2012 7:11 pm

YpsiAmtrakBoy wrote:If its ok with MQT rail, our inspection train will tour the parts of your system that our high quality TOFCs run on

Replied in the other thread, but make sure you get us data on our line :wink:
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Re: AA

Postby YpsiAmtrakBoy on Fri May 18, 2012 7:22 pm

I'll send it on up to ya
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Re: AA

Postby YpsiAmtrakBoy on Sat May 19, 2012 5:28 pm

OCS is getting ready to leave Mackinaw hopefully by 1800
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Re: AA

Postby YpsiAmtrakBoy on Wed May 23, 2012 10:01 pm

Wow been a loooong time... All is running smooth with the AA all of our crossing replacements are done
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Re: AA

Postby YpsiAmtrakBoy on Sat May 26, 2012 10:47 am

TM-1Q has stopped north of Owosso. The GP60m and B unit are down. We are sending 2 GP35s to lead te train to Mackinaw.
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Re: AA

Postby YpsiAmtrakBoy on Sun May 27, 2012 12:55 pm

summer timetable to be released in early june
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Re: AA

Postby YpsiAmtrakBoy on Tue May 29, 2012 9:02 pm

AARR said it was quite in here so lets be LOUD! :lol:

The Annie is currently rehabing its GP35s, replacing headlights fixing paint issues ect. they are also equiping all units that do not have A/C with A/C.
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Re: AA

Postby MQT3001 on Tue May 29, 2012 9:53 pm

YpsiAmtrakBoy wrote:AARR said it was quite in here so lets be LOUD! :lol:

The Annie is currently rehabing its GP35s, replacing headlights fixing paint issues ect. they are also equiping all units that do not have A/C with A/C.

Bah! Been SO busy.....well, summer in a week and a half and she'll be busy as a bee
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Re: AA

Postby YpsiAmtrakBoy on Thu Jun 14, 2012 12:34 pm

Will start the coach rehaibaltion for the HCE on Monday next week after they arrive
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Re: AA

Postby YpsiAmtrakBoy on Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:47 pm

This summer, the AA will touching up all of its units paint jobs, and also opening up the paint shop doors for public use. Our shops will do any paint job you can imagine (we are working on a Wabash unit for atrain right now I will provide a picture with every job)

also soon to come is an updated summer time table
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Re: AA

Postby DT&I on Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:50 pm

We got those geeps delivered safely to Detroit to the DR&EC on Z910-37V behind a GP10 and a MP15DC. What a lashup lol. But once we got it on a NB intermodal an ex-GR&P ES44AC and the HESR SD70IAC were leading them.
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Re: AA

Postby Michigan Railfan on Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:56 pm

DT&I wrote:We got those geeps delivered safely to Detroit to the DR&EC on Z910-37V behind a GP10 and a MP15DC. What a lashup lol. But once we got it on a NB intermodal an ex-GR&P ES44AC and the HESR SD70IAC were leading them.


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Re: AA

Postby YpsiAmtrakBoy on Sun Jun 17, 2012 12:07 pm

The AA is hireing conductors for working Game day trains for UofM this fall, we want to get a few conductors per train and it would require training this summer. they would only work the game days
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Re: AA

Postby YpsiAmtrakBoy on Mon Jun 18, 2012 9:23 pm

I have a question for you guys, who has the michigan line from Ann Arbor to Detroit?
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