atrainguy60 wrote:Alright, you can keep the LSRC, MS, GRE, CMPY, and the MQT lines from GR to Baldwin-Ludington-Manistee, AND the GR&P. Just give me the CSX.
NO--- CSX ties them altogether! NO! I don't want a cookie!
and I don't want your GR&P!
Maybe it should be said you are starting to get very irritating and annoying.
the local road crews are out today and tomrrow modifying the crossings for the second track. All trains are to stop and flag. CN will be putting in the new diamonds tonight (we built and payed for them, but they wanted to make sure their service wasnt disrupted, so they paid us so they could install them). No trains on either line from 2200 to 400. Expect a flood of MQT trains before and CN trains after (we made that part of the deal so we wont fight over the diamonds before and after).
Here is the current MQT Locomotive Roster after this week's many changes:
# (All MQT), Model, Paint, Upgrades Scheduled
1 20 Tonner MQT x
2 50 Tonner CMPY Due for Paint
3 SW9 CMPY Due for Paint
181 C425M-AC MQT x
281 C425M-AC MQT x
381 C425M-AC MQT x
481 C425M-AC MQT x
581 C425M-AC MQT x
681 M420W D&M Due for Restoration (Stored in Wyoming)
781 M420W D&M Due for Restoration (Stored in Wyoming)
881 M420W D&M Due for Restoration (Stored in Wyoming)
981 RS2u D&M Due for Restoration (Stored in Wyoming)
1081 RS3M D&M Due for Restoration (Stored in Wyoming)
1181 RS3M D&M Due for Restoration (Stored in Wyoming)
2001 GP9 MMRR In GR for upgrade to GP9-3
2002 GP9 GT (Patched) Due for Upgrade to GP9-3, Paint
2003 GP30M LSRC Due for upgrade to GP30-3, paint
2004 GP38-2 MQT (UP Mod) Due for upgrade to GP38-3, Paint
2005 GP38-2 MQT (UP Mod) Due for upgrade to GP38-3, Paint
2006 GP38-2 MQT (UP Mod) Due for upgrade to GP38-3, Paint
2007 GP38-2 MQT (UP Mod) Due for upgrade to GP38-3, Paint
2008 GP38-2 MQT (UP Mod) Due for upgrade to GP38-3, Paint
2009 GP38M LSRC Due for upgrade to GP38-3, Paint
2010 GP38M LSRC Due for upgrade to GP38-3, paint
2011 GP38 MS Due for upgrade to GP38-3, paint
2012 GP38 GRE Due for upgrade to GP38-3, paint
2013 GP38-2 MMRR Due for upgrade to GP38-3, paint
2014 GP35 AA (Patched) Due for upgrade to GP35-3, Paint
2015 GP35 AA (Patched) Due for upgrade to GP35-3, Paint
2016 GP35 AA (Patched) Due for upgrade to GP35-3, Paint
2017 GP35 AA (Patched) Due for upgrade to GP35-3, Paint
2018 GP35 AA (Patched) Due for upgrade to GP35-3, Paint
2019 GP35 AA (Patched) Due for upgrade to GP35-3, Paint
2020 GP35 AA (Patched) Due for upgrade to GP35-3, Paint
2021 GP35 AA (Patched) Due for upgrade to GP35-3, Paint
2022 GP35 AA (Patched) Due for upgrade to GP35-3, Paint
2023 GP35 AA (Patched) Due for upgrade to GP35-3, Paint
2024 GP35 AA (Patched) Due for upgrade to GP35-3, Paint
2025 GP35 AA (Patched) Due for upgrade to GP35-3, Paint
2026 GP35 AA (Patched) Due for upgrade to GP35-3, Paint
2027 GP35 AA (Patched) Due for upgrade to GP35-3, Paint
2028 GP35 AA (Patched) Due for upgrade to GP35-3, Paint
2029 GP35 AA (Patched) Due for upgrade to GP35-3, Paint
2030 GP35 AA (Patched) Due for upgrade to GP35-3, Paint
2031 GP35 AA (Patched) Due for upgrade to GP35-3, Paint
2032-2033 GP40-3 MQT x
2034 GP40-3 LSRC In GR for Paint
2035 GP40-3 LSRC Enroute to GR for paint
2036 GP40-3 LSRC Enroute to GR for paint
2037 GP40-3 LSRC Due for Paint
2038 GP40-3 LSRC Due for Paint
2039 GP40-3 LSRC Due for Paint
2040 GP40-3 LSRC Due for Paint
2041 GP40-3 LSRC Due for Paint
2042 GP40-3 LSRC Due for Paint
2043 GP40-3 LSRC Due for Paint
2044 GP40-3 LSRC Due for Paint
2045 GP40-3 LSRC Due for Paint
2046 GP40X-3 LSRC Due for Paint
3001 SD40-2 MQT Due for Upgrade to SD40-3, Paint
3002 SD40-2 MQT Due for Upgrade to SD40-3, Paint
3003 SD40-2 MQT Due for Upgrade to SD40-3, Paint
3004 SD40-3 MQT x
6001-6035 SD70MAC MQT Assigned to U.P. Mainline Service
8001-8035 SD70ACe MQT Assinged to L.P. Mainline Service
DT&I wrote:When did ypsi sell his GP35's? The DT&C could use some of those...
Didn't one of your paper RRs buy some at the same time we bought ours? As far as selling them, we need them to free up some of our larger power from the ard service some of them have been stuck doing. Wyoming needs 8 of them alone.
DT&I wrote:When did ypsi sell his GP35's? The DT&C could use some of those...
Didn't one of your paper RRs buy some at the same time we bought ours? As far as selling them, we need them to free up some of our larger power from the ard service some of them have been stuck doing. Wyoming needs 8 of them alone.
Oh yea the TC&P bought them and sold you the trucks, I forgot the TC&P had hose running around, I think theyre all in Pittsburgh thats why.
M604-14 will be the first train to run over the new Main 1 [The old main has been renamed "Main 2"] between CP East Hudsonville and CP Grandville. The train is currently climbing the hill at East Suagatuck. This train will ensure the signals are working properly EB, then its counterpart, M606 will test them WB. M606 is called for 17:00 EDT. The Main will be fully patched in at 000 EDT, with all trains using EC1s until all the kinks are worked out and the line is compleltly set. If all goes well, the line will no longer be EC1 territoy by 500 EDT.
The siding at Hudsonville and the Run-Around track in Grandville were eliminated, the line get all-new signals, bridges, and mileposts (same location, new post), while all road crossings were upgraded to Gates. The whole line is 60 MPH from just East of CP Grandville to past the improvements in Zeeland. This upgrades the Grandville and Jenison areas from 30 MPH to 60 MPH.
Here is what the new connection with the GR&P will look like. The for-now fix will be the GR&P track coming onto the MQT around where the crossover is shown. When the second Main is added, the junction will be converted to this.
The current MQT line cannot support the proposed 40 EXTRA trains, as it can barely handle 20 or so. Alternate routing is suggested for a while until the line can be doube tracked. Right now, the crews are working between Ensel and Trowbridge, and that will mean track laying crews cannot arrive for a week. Trowbridge-Ensel will be patched in 2 weeks from Tonight.
The line will be double/triple tracked between Porter and Annoyance in 2 sections (NS has already upgraded the Chicago Line, with 2 track diverging at Porter. Double track on the MQT line ends at CG 135, the the old East end of the Porter Passing Siding). So, the first section to be double-tracked will be from CG135, EE Porter, to around CG127, the WE of the Michigan City Siding. Grading crews are currently working there preparing for the second main. 1 Bridge will need to be eliminated at 625E, and will be turned into a grade crossing.
The Second Section, which will need 2 more tracks, will be from the East End of the Michigan City Siding, CG 126, to Annoyance, CG 122. There are 5 bridges to modify/remove. The Roeske Rd and Karwick Road bridges will be eliminated and turned into Grade Crossings, while the Old bridge over the now abandoned NS (NKP) line will be destroyed an filled in. Finally, and these are half completed, are additions to the Michigan Blvd and Chicago South Shore & South Bend Ry Bridges. The bridges should be ready to add the 2 more tracks by the end of May. This means there will be 5 miles of single track to deal with, meaning only 40 or so trains can use the line daily. PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
If all goes well, the line from Annoyance to Porter will be all set by June 6th.
MQT3001 wrote:Maybe its time to retire and watch some good TV
Go outside and get some exercise and fresh air young man!
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