Amtrak trains thru Three Rivers
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Amtrak trains thru Three Rivers
Yep it was the norm when the MAL was first acquired by MDOT. With all the work that had to be done between Porter and Kalamazoo we were blessed with all those trains detouring thru Three Rivers for quite a while. GTW and I were trackside and he is now posting them pics on FB and getting quite a following. We were not a station stop however but hey the trains had to get to Chicago somehow. Next stop Constantine.
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What does one have to do in order to see these photos? Request membership in a certain FB page? Or put in a friend request to somebody?
Also, it was Amtrak that bought Porter-KZO from Penn Central, not MDOT.
Also, it was Amtrak that bought Porter-KZO from Penn Central, not MDOT.
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GTW will post website, these were all taken summer 1983 from Schoolcraft to New Buffalo. Mostly F40PHs in 300 & 400 series. Also mostly the afternoon trains during the maintenance window they were given. Schoolcraft, 4th Street, Vistula etc. Other then the circus train these were the only passenger trains on the line since Amtrak started.
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I have attached all of the photos Mr. Thomas Bowers took back in 1983 (at least the photos that were shared on Facebook late last month). Captions are listed in the "File comment" section. This board will be a good place to preserve these, and give the "Fakebook haters" a chance to see them.
(Note: To ensure his photos are protected, I have added a watermark to each photo.)
(Note: To ensure his photos are protected, I have added a watermark to each photo.)
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Re: Amtrak trains thru Three Rivers
Thanks for posting the photos!
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As you can see by the pics the wye at 4th street still in to the old east/west main that went to Jackson/Niles in the old days. Now Elk uses the yard west of the dwarf signal as their yard in Three Rivers. Conrail freights took the siding at Cowling to let the Amtraks pass. I called Tom last night from Florida and we both remembered a lot of details about these shots. He has gotten 10,000 likes on his pics. Does anybody remember if Amtrak went to the Kalamazoo depot to pick up passengers and then back up to BO tower to go south?
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Another photo!