DR&EC

[Saturnalia]

Get your cameras ready! X300 (loaded windmill train) is leaving Toledo with Canadian Pacific AC4400 9502 and DR&EC SD40-2, with 7 windmill blades. The train will sit in the Detroit yard overnight and depart for Windsor around 10:00 am. The blades will then be loaded onto trucks at Windsor, and unloaded at the Essex County Wind Farm.

Why 7? 99% of all wind farm windmilles are 3-bladed, so why send 2 and 1/3 windmills?

[Michigan Railfan]

Get your cameras ready! X300 (loaded windmill train) is leaving Toledo with Canadian Pacific AC4400 9502 and DR&EC SD40-2, with 7 windmill blades. The train will sit in the Detroit yard overnight and depart for Windsor around 10:00 am. The blades will then be loaded onto trucks at Windsor, and unloaded at the Essex County Wind Farm.

Why 7? 99% of all wind farm windmilles are 3-bladed, so why send 2 and 1/3 windmills?

Wow... How did I not realize that?!? I was just putting in a random number, not paying any attention to that... Anyway, I edited it to 6.

[Michigan Railfan]

Grand Trunk 5849 is leading D158 (loaded auto parts) through Monroe with DR&EC GP40-2 134. Train is bound for the Ford River Rouge plant.

[Ypsi]

can I reroute from ypsianti to wayne junction on your line? it would be 3 trains each way for the next 12 hours

[Michigan Railfan]

can I reroute from ypsianti to wayne junction on your line? it would be 3 trains each way for the next 12 hours

Yeah that's fine, go ahead.

[Michigan Railfan]

The DR&EC is looking to buy out the right to serve the BASF chemical company in Wyandotte. In doing so, several new routes will be added and new locomotives may need to be acquired.

[Michigan Railfan]

The DR&EC has won the right to serve the BASF plant. New routes and locomotives are being determined now.

[Michigan Railfan]

The added trains are as follow:

F Series: Tank (chemical) Trains

F209 Sun, Tue, Thu BASF Corp.-Toledo; Loaded
F210 Sun, Tue, Thu Toledo-BASF Corp.; Empty
F211 Sunday BASF Corp.-Windsor; Loaded
F212 Monday Windsor-BASF Corp.; Empty
F213 Thursday BASF Corp.-Port Huron; Loaded
F214 Thursday Port Huron-BASF Corp.; Empty
F215 Saturday BASF Corp.-Lansing; Loaded
F216 Saturday Lansing-BASF Corp.; Empty

M Series: Yard Jobs

M285 Sun, Mon, Thu, Sat BASF Corp.
M286 Sun, Mon, Thu, Sat BASF Corp.

The trains will begin running on April 12th. We have until then to order more locomotives.

[AARR]

BASF used to bne good for a twice a day switch hauling 20-30 cars per switch. Now, it is switched 3x per week with usually around 10ish cars.

[Michigan Railfan]

BASF used to bne good for a twice a day switch hauling 20-30 cars per switch. Now, it is switched 3x per week with usually around 10ish cars.

Thanks for letting me know. I've adjusted the days, so it is switched 4 times a week. I wanted to buy the rail operations for BASF because my grandma lives across the street from there, so I've seen it quite alot. Interesting facility.

[Michigan Railfan]

The first of several locomotive orders has been placed. This order is for two more NRE Genset's. They will be numbered 177 and 178.

The Genset's will be used for switching at yards. Due to the tight proximity of the BASF yard, the Genset's cannot be used, and two SW1500's will be moved to this yard. In effort to keep the Trenton DTE plan as "green" as possible, Genset 177 will be transferred to this yard, which means SW1500 101 will be transferred to the BASF plant. Genset 178 will work the Brownstown Yard, moving SW1500 105 as well to the BASF plant.

More loco orders will need to be placed within this week.

[Michigan Railfan]

The DR&EC is looking to purchase a few SD40-3W's from the DT&C's Lima Locomotive Shop. Another order will need to be made, this time of 4-axle diesels.

[DT&I]

The DR&EC is looking to purchase a few SD40-3W's from the DT&C's Lima Locomotive Shop. Another order will need to be made, this time of 4-axle diesels.

We can take any locomotive and put B-B trucks on them as long as they were built before 1985.

[Michigan Railfan]

The DR&EC is looking to purchase a few SD40-3W's from the DT&C's Lima Locomotive Shop. Another order will need to be made, this time of 4-axle diesels.

We can take any locomotive and put B-B trucks on them as long as they were built before 1985.

I was thinking along the lines of some Geeps from other railroads, but I may be able to find other units from before 1985.

BTW: Did you notice that you topped 700 posts?

[DT&I]

The DR&EC is looking to purchase a few SD40-3W's from the DT&C's Lima Locomotive Shop. Another order will need to be made, this time of 4-axle diesels.

We can take any locomotive and put B-B trucks on them as long as they were built before 1985.

I was thinking along the lines of some Geeps from other railroads, but I may be able to find other units from before 1985.

BTW: Did you notice that you topped 700 posts?

LOL, no! Thanks fot letting me know.

[Michigan Railfan]

Another engine order has been placed. A total of 20 locomotives, all second hand from other railroads.

10 GP40-2 183-192
4 SD40-2 179-182
6 GP35 193-198

The locomotives will soon be en route to the DR&EC shop in Brownstown to be repainted.

The other locomotive order was from the DT&C Lima shops. The order was 4 SD40-3W's. They are expected to be in by May.

[Michigan Railfan]

4 recently ordered GP40-2's have arrived today. They will be put in service immediately.

[DT&I]

What numbers do you want with your SD40-3Ws

[Michigan Railfan]

199, 200, 201, 202.

[DT&I]

Ok they will come in grey primer(unless you want us to paint them) with a reporting mark of DR&EC.