Rail cars blocking snowmobile trail in Alger County

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i995impalass
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Rail cars blocking snowmobile trail in Alger County

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Re: Rail cars blocking snowmobile trail in Alger County

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Railroaders may not be aware of this. Tracks predate snowmobiles and the trail they ride on. Just my $.02!
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Stinger4me wrote:Railroaders may not be aware of this. Tracks predate snowmobiles and the trail they ride on. Just my $.02!
Actually, snowmobiles are based on old sleds. Those old sleds predate railroad tracks.

But what I really want to know...

How were the cars derailed by nearby loggers?
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I asked myself the same question. Also, I'm not able to locate Trail 422 or the location where the cars derailed :?
DaveO wrote:How were the cars derailed by nearby loggers?
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AARR wrote:I asked myself the same question. Also, I'm not able to locate Trail 422 or the location where the cars derailed :?
DaveO wrote:How were the cars derailed by nearby loggers?
Well the State publishes a map of snowmobile routes. Using that and the fantastic news story.

My guess is https://goo.gl/maps/9vrZvBzLvk92

The .kml file available by searching for Michigan Snowmobile Trail 422 kml says more to the north but I don't think so.

So I guess how they got loggers out of that is kind of almost maybe correct.
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Re: Rail cars blocking snowmobile trail in Alger County

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Thanks DaveO. That's the spur to Timber Products (between Shingleton and Munising). TP is a steady customer for CN. They ship out veneer and possibly receive pulp logs.
DaveO wrote:
AARR wrote:I asked myself the same question. Also, I'm not able to locate Trail 422 or the location where the cars derailed :?
DaveO wrote:How were the cars derailed by nearby loggers?
Well the State publishes a map of snowmobile routes. Using that and the fantastic news story.

My guess is https://goo.gl/maps/9vrZvBzLvk92

The .kml file available by searching for Michigan Snowmobile Trail 422 kml says more to the north but I don't think so.

So I guess how they got loggers out of that is kind of almost maybe correct.
PatC created a monster, 'cause nobody wants to see Don Simon no more they want AARR I'm chopped liver, well if you want AARR this is what I'll give ya, bad humor mixed with irrelevant info that'll make you roll your eyes quicker than a ~Z~ banhammer...
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