Lake State Railway (Gaylord)

[GP-35]

Lake State Railway landed a very big deal with the big three, they're going to build a distribution terminal in Gaylord Mi. So look forward to seeing auto racks moving up north next year. Good score to Lake State sale's force!!!

[J T]

Link?

[David Lang]

I try to react to news such as this with the desire to seek some evidence to substantiate the claim.

After said evidence is confirmed, it is then that I embrace the good news!

I do hope this is true, and if so, it is great news indeed.

[atrainguy60]

CEO of the company talks about it briefly 11:20 into this interview.

https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp ... ickoff.mp3

[David Lang]

Thanks for the link. It will be interesting to see how that new Gaylord auto facility develops.

Also Gypsum in the Towas area, South of Towas - there are 3 producers that will be contributing to the movement of Gypsum by rail, which will be used to make wallboard per Mr. Rickoff.

Good things coming in 2024 for Lake State Railroad!

[AARR]

The gypsum traffic in the Tawas area is real. Stay tuned.

Thanks for the link. It will be interesting to see how that new Gaylord auto facility develops.

Also Gypsum in the Towas area, South of Towas - there are 3 producers that will be contributing to the movement of Gypsum by rail, which will be used to make wallboard per Mr. Rickoff.

[LansingRailFan]

The gypsum traffic in the Tawas area is real. Stay tuned.

Thanks for the link. It will be interesting to see how that new Gaylord auto facility develops.

Also Gypsum in the Towas area, South of Towas - there are 3 producers that will be contributing to the movement of Gypsum by rail, which will be used to make wallboard per Mr. Rickoff.

Hearing significant amounts of carload traffic with regards to the gypsum traffic

[DaveO]

okay here is the link to wphm where the podcast resides: https://www.wphm.net/episode/november-7-john-rickoff/

but i'm interested in knowing some more details.

[AARR]

Sorry I doubted you GP35 but I’m skeptical about its success

[Tom Train]

Nothing in the twice-weekly newspaper yet. Some grading is going on adjacent to the Gaylord transload site .

[atrainguy60]

Nothing in the twice-weekly newspaper yet. Some grading is going on adjacent to the Gaylord transload site .

Where in Gaylord is the transload site at?

[redside20]

Where in Gaylord is the transload site at?

Right by Millbocker Road where the site of a Georgia pacific plant was closed and demolished long ago.

[atrainguy60]

Where in Gaylord is the transload site at?

Right by Millbocker Road where the site of a Georgia pacific plant was closed and demolished long ago.

Ahh ok, thanks!

[DaveO]

I guess you don't read the chat and I should have posted this here also:
"@ DaveO « Thu 4:19:45 pm »my apologies to gp-35 who was right about the story."

How that moderating had anything to do with politics does escape me though.

[chapmaja]

who are the current customers in Gaylord. Looking at Google Maps, Builder's First Source is located on a spur just south of the end of the tracks on the north side of town. In town is Northern Energy. What is the place on McCoy Rd. Looks like another energy dealer. South of town, on the branch I see Tri-State, and A&L. Was the old GP plant (new transload site), alongside Dickerson Rd where the tracks still exist, but are disconnected from the A&L Branch?

Moving down to Grayling, is the loop track the track the national guard uses for military movements? Also in Grayling, does Alro still get service (doesn't look like it), and what used to be located south of M72 just west of I75. Also, what is the place with the siding basically across from Alro? Then, what is the customer just south of Alro?

what is AJD Forest Products, and do they actually get service from on the main. In the Google image, there is a single gondola with what appears to be ties in it, on the main. South of there you have Bakelite, SRM Concrete and Weyerhauser, with a Lake State pair of locomotives in the yard. Traffic looks to be pretty decent, with a good number of cars in the "yard" south of Grayling.

[AARR]

Northern Energy, Tri-State, Kiros Energy, Potlach transload and A&L.

who are the current customers in Gaylord.

[Blaze06]

Very nice! Glad to see LSRC creating new business like always! Hopefully this means more locomotives will be bought in case of a traffic increase!

[GP-35]

Thank you Dave O, Im sorry for getting mad at you.

[Struggen]

okay here is the link to wphm where the podcast resides: https://www.wphm.net/episode/november-7-john-rickoff/

but i'm interested in knowing some more details.

Thanks for sharing the link! It'll be one year on the 18th when Dunn paper shut down in Port Huron so it's sad they don't have anything new for that area but it was great hearing about other new opportunities they have. Interesting to hear about the new Gypsum activity and how one door closes and another one opens.

[AARR]

LSRC built a pair of long unloading tracks inside the loop for National Guard equipment unloading/reloading. They get unit trains perhaps a few times per year.

Alro doesn't get service.

Stella Jones, Bakelite, Weyerhaeuser and SRM are all steady customers.

AJD and Hydrolake don't appear to ship by rail much if at all.

AURACO is the big shipper in that area. They shuttle tank cars from Bakelite and ship out product daily in bulkhead flat cars and 60" hicube box cars.

I think the Wiki is pretty up to date: https://railroadfan.com/wiki/index.php/ ... te_Railway

Moving down to Grayling, is the loop track the track the national guard uses for military movements? Also in Grayling, does Alro still get service (doesn't look like it), and what used to be located south of M72 just west of I75. Also, what is the place with the siding basically across from Alro? Then, what is the customer just south of Alro?

what is AJD Forest Products, and do they actually get service from on the main. In the Google image, there is a single gondola with what appears to be ties in it, on the main. South of there you have Bakelite, SRM Concrete and Weyerhauser, with a Lake State pair of locomotives in the yard. Traffic looks to be pretty decent, with a good number of cars in the "yard" south of Grayling.