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Re: AA

Postby YpsiAmtrakBoy on Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:45 pm

MQT3001 wrote:A heads up for any trains you plan on putting on the Mackinac Sub, there is a ban on six-axle units. 4 axles max....just a heads up...

Poop... I planed on using SD70ACe's on that service. I think I'm going to look for som B40-8's if any of you gis have em I'd be willing to trad some 6 axel dash 8s or other road power for them. Other wise I am looking for ex Santa fe ones.
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Re: AA

Postby MQT3001 on Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:02 pm

YpsiAmtrakBoy wrote:
MQT3001 wrote:A heads up for any trains you plan on putting on the Mackinac Sub, there is a ban on six-axle units. 4 axles max....just a heads up...

Poop... I planed on using SD70ACe's on that service. I think I'm going to look for som B40-8's if any of you gis have em I'd be willing to trad some 6 axel dash 8s or other road power for them. Other wise I am looking for ex Santa fe ones.

WARBONNETS!!!!

That rule is due to track condition....I'd just pop a few Geeps on her and watch her go...We have a bunch we could upgrade to high-speed models, If you'd like...we could have a joint paint scheme or something
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Re: AA

Postby YpsiAmtrakBoy on Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:26 pm

I'll think about it. I need to trade my gp38's and gp35's in for newer power. I'll probably keep a few around but look for more engine sales soon :)
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Re: AA

Postby MQT3001 on Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:33 pm

YpsiAmtrakBoy wrote:I'll think about it. I need to trade my gp38's and gp35's in for newer power. I'll probably keep a few around but look for more engine sales soon :)

We love your old GP35s...we plan on upgrading them to GP35-3s, and they will be equipped for remote control ops, because they will be our main "yard" engine. We also have lots of GP38s and GP40s for our ex LSRC trackage, all out which is 4-axle territor except the line to Essexville
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Re: AA

Postby DT&I on Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:19 pm

The TCP loves your GP35's. We changed the trucks but other than that theyre still the same.
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Re: AA

Postby atrainguy60 on Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:10 am

Could the GR&P haul windmill trains to the thumb? The reason I'm asking is the GR&P of course will need to use your line to get to Durand, and I'm not sure if extra trains with large windmill parts will be a nuisance on the AA.
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Re: AA

Postby DT&I on Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:15 am

atrainguy60 wrote:Could the GR&P haul windmill trains to the thumb? The reason I'm asking is the GR&P of course will need to use your line to get to Durand, and I'm not sure if extra trains with large windmill parts will be a nuisance on the AA.

Dont you have tracks in Durand?
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Re: AA

Postby atrainguy60 on Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:22 am

Yes, but I don't have tracks going to Toledo. I have to use trackage rights on the AA from Durand and Lakeland to Toledo and Diann to get to the other GR&P lines.
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Re: AA

Postby DT&I on Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:24 am

atrainguy60 wrote:Yes, but I don't have tracks going to Toledo. I have to use trackage rights on the AA from Durand and Lakeland to Toledo and Diann to get to the other GR&P lines.

Oh and want a WSOR Heritage unit?
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Re: AA

Postby atrainguy60 on Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:30 am

Oh and want a WSOR Heritage unit?


Sure, I'd like to have one in addition to the others.
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Re: AA

Postby DT&I on Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:31 am

atrainguy60 wrote:
Oh and want a WSOR Heritage unit?


Sure, I'd like to have one in addition to the others.

Its done lol hold on a sec.
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Re: AA

Postby YpsiAmtrakBoy on Thu Apr 19, 2012 11:51 am

YpsiAmtrakBoy wrote:we are in the shopping for an E or F unit to use on our business train. we currently have the observation car and a dome car for our business train.


We found a F7A to use on our business train, will be in Toledo sometime this week and then painted into Some sort of Ann Arbor paint.
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Re: AA

Postby YpsiAmtrakBoy on Thu Apr 19, 2012 10:53 pm

F7A will be number 9, and we have changed the number series of F40PH's (now 10-13) and Dash 8's (now 14-15). Another note, the F40ph's and dash 8's are no longer specifically passenger service they will be reserved for working on the TM-Q1 and its counterpart. they wll work along side of other 4 axel units on these trains.
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Re: AA

Postby YpsiAmtrakBoy on Sat Apr 21, 2012 11:50 am

We have aqquried 6 BNSF GP60M's, 4 in warbonnet and 2 in heritage II. these untis along with the F40PH's and P32-8s weill be assigned to the TM-Q1 and MT-Q1 TOFC trains. we will not repaint them right away because we want to try them out and put them on trains. we have also started leveling and preparing the ROW working north from Clare. hopefully we can start laying track in a week. the plan is for one crew to keep preaparing the ROW and the other will lay tracks behind them. Today our crews will work north and install a new switch in clare to head north.
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Re: AA

Postby YpsiAmtrakBoy on Sun Apr 22, 2012 8:17 pm

YpsiAmtrakBoy wrote:We have aqquried 6 BNSF GP60M's, 4 in warbonnet and 2 in heritage II.

We also decided to get 3 of the GP60B's, all santa fe paint. now we have 3 A-B-A sets of GP60's.
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Re: AA

Postby YpsiAmtrakBoy on Sun Apr 22, 2012 10:22 pm

here is the entier fleet, all patehed up with AARR and the units numbers under the windows
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Re: AA

Postby YpsiAmtrakBoy on Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:11 pm

YpsiAmtrakBoy wrote:we have also started leveling and preparing the ROW working north from Clare. hopefully we can start laying track in a week. the plan is for one crew to keep preaparing the ROW and the other will lay tracks behind them. Today our crews will work north and install a new switch in clare to head north.

9 miles have been laied so far, our crews have been knocking out about 3 miles a day. the ROW is prepared for the first 30 miles because they got a head start on the track gangs
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Re: AA

Postby MQT3001 on Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:18 am

where are the Geeps I ordered? Please give me ##s...I'm waiting to make me locomotive update
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Re: AA

Postby YpsiAmtrakBoy on Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:34 am

MQT3001 wrote:where are the Geeps I ordered? Please give me ##s...I'm waiting to make me locomotive update

We finished them on Sunday. They have been in Toledo, We are now ready to deliver them. We will be ready to take them to your interchange this afternoon
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Re: AA

Postby MQT3001 on Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:40 am

YpsiAmtrakBoy wrote:
MQT3001 wrote:where are the Geeps I ordered? Please give me ##s...I'm waiting to make me locomotive update

We finished them on Sunday. They have been in Toledo, We are now ready to deliver them. We will be ready to take them to your interchange this afternoon

Okay, they will wait until tomorrow's update. What are the ##s?
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