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Ionia Fair Train
Posted: Mon May 29, 2017 2:10 pm
by MQT1223
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkgULq0jiCs
Just found this cool video by accident. Never heard of this, but cool seeing 3 units going through Saranac. Looks like 24 is the second one in the consist.
What a long train, so hard to fathom now on the GRE. Did this train end when the tracks came up?
Re: Ionia Fair Train
Posted: Mon May 29, 2017 5:20 pm
by Raildudes dad
One time train.
Re: Ionia Fair Train
Posted: Mon May 29, 2017 10:00 pm
by kenN
What a long train, so hard to fathom now on the GRE. Did this train end when the tracks came up?[/quote]
This train ended when the tracks came up. So did every other train.
Re: Ionia Fair Train
Posted: Tue May 30, 2017 3:21 am
by jrgerber
I've seen this video before the surprising thing is the speed at which the train is traveling. Tracks would still be there if Bumper hadn't changed over to trucks.
Re: Ionia Fair Train
Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2017 8:49 am
by J T
MQT1223 wrote:Did this train end when the tracks came up?
Nope, it kept on rolling even a couple years after the tracks came up. They had an off-road kit for it.
Re: Ionia Fair Train
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2017 12:37 pm
by PatAzo
I think what he's asking is did the train run up to the time the track were pulled up or did it stop running before that.
Re: Ionia Fair Train
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2017 3:41 pm
by bdconrail29
J T wrote:MQT1223 wrote:Did this train end when the tracks came up?
Nope, it kept on rolling even a couple years after the tracks came up. They had an off-road kit for it.
Potentially could win Post of the Year.
Re: Ionia Fair Train
Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2017 1:11 pm
by GrandTrunkFan
Read this thread, page two has lots of great pictures from the fair train in Ionia
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=21555&hilit=malta&start=20
Re: Ionia Fair Train
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 12:35 pm
by Doktor No
James, of Y106 fame, and I either took it up to the GRE or did we bring it back? Some time ago,,,brain waves are fuzzy and it was around 1AM when we did it. Heck maybe both ways...
Just one of the fun...yet probably not appreciated at the time, moves we did during our careers.