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@ AARR « Fri 6:05:37 pm »
Good luck GTW Dude
@ GTW Dude « Fri 6:01:03 pm »
Might be buying a speeder this weekend. Fingers crossed!!!
@ Chip « Fri 4:26:34 pm »
I got to ride to/from work in my friend’s Porsche today so that was fun
@ LansingRailFan « Fri 3:54:33 pm »
has started a new topic: Shortline Train Location Update - July 2022
@ SD80MAC « Fri 2:41:51 pm »
Not an easy feat these days
@ SD80MAC « Fri 2:41:39 pm »
Saw and shot different CSX trains east of GR today over the course of a few hours
@ ~Z~ « Fri 11:30:58 am »
okie sd80mac. guess what i’m saying is some radio communication sure would help tell when you guys are running or where you are. Shortline thread update would be awesome too. I’d like to head over and watch on some sunny evening they run. Last couple appears to have been thursdays.
@ SD80MAC « Fri 11:16:56 am »
I watched E800 go by from inside Waverly Yard, I was wondering how long it would take for us to be there while a CSX train went by
@ SD80MAC « Fri 11:16:15 am »
Good luck!
@ Tom49801 « Fri 11:04:37 am »
SD80MAC wrote: Glad Tom ended up seeing us on the Holland cam last night
That was by shear luck, I was waiting for E800-29 to go by Holland & Hamilton Northwestern showed up :)
@ SD80MAC « Fri 10:55:14 am »
We use 61 when we are on our own rails
@ SD80MAC « Fri 10:54:55 am »
But otherwise no
@ SD80MAC « Fri 10:54:51 am »
the last time I ran I called out when we were entering the branch
@ AANscaleRunner « Fri 10:40:37 am »
has started a new topic: Great Lakes Central Updates July 2022
@ ~Z~ « Fri 10:03:45 am »
Wiki says you guys are on CH61 - perhaps use that, and amtrak1007 can add it to the list scanned for shortlines? :)
@ ~Z~ « Fri 10:00:57 am »
do you at least call out any crossings or something to that effect as you travel from Hamilton, alerting the railfan nerds out there of your progress?
@ SD80MAC « Fri 9:58:12 am »
The only reason we would need to contact the RN is if we were going to go onto the mainline
@ SD80MAC « Fri 9:57:41 am »
Nope, it’s all other-than-main track so we don’t need verbal permission. We do get CSX orders faxed to us for bulletins. We work on CH 08 when we are on CSX
@ ~Z~ « Fri 9:53:32 am »
SD80Mac - do you guys radio into CSX on CH35 to get permission onto trackage, or do any of your switching duties in waverly yard on CH08?
@ AARR « Fri 9:50:27 am »
Earlier this week it went several days with no posts. There have been a few posts lately but some of the regulars haven’t visited there recently. It’s ok, though. I appreciate the contributions of anyone interested.
~Z~ wrote: super long threads is inactive? The three that you post in all had a post awaiting your reply, and you did that this morning to each thread.
@ SD80MAC « Fri 9:15:41 am »
Glad Tom ended up seeing us on the Holland cam last night
@ ~Z~ « Fri 8:55:42 am »
i even replied to one superlong thread just for you, so feel free to continue the activity :)
@ ~Z~ « Fri 8:52:44 am »
super long threads is inactive? The three that you post in all had a post awaiting your reply, and you did that this morning to each thread.
@ AARR « Fri 8:28:12 am »
And the two threads I like the most, Paper Railroads and Super Long Threads, are mostly inactive at this time.
@ AARR « Fri 8:26:07 am »
Mod Duties: Approve sandpatch post, lock June’s threads, check over night posts, respond to post alert, and other exciting stuff.
@ KC8RBK « Fri 7:16:06 am »
has started a new topic: CN July Updates: 2022
@ AARR « Fri 6:40:05 am »
June’s threads are locked
@ AARR « Fri 6:36:42 am »
#3 C III CMGN
@ Tom49801 « Fri 5:28:08 am »
has started a new topic: CSX Train Location Updates - July 2022
@ Talk « Fri 1:15:08 am »
#2 The Usual
@ Jetlink « Fri 12:13:37 am »
Him and multi railroad dude.
@ Jetlink « Fri 12:13:26 am »
SD80 really stirs up a lot of trouble here. I say we make him a mod.
@ Jetlink « Fri 12:12:57 am »
SD80MAC wrote: Any day a cyclist is miserable is a good day indeed :D
I have been a cyclist and been miserable ever since SD80 told me the truth about toasters.
@ Jeff L « Fri 12:00:01 am »
#1 Alpha Male
@ Derektrainman03 « Thu 11:37:08 pm »
has started a new topic: The Worcester and Southern Railroad
@ Chip « Thu 8:34:28 pm »
I’m pretty sure DT&I boxcar in Flat Rock Yard has been scrapped
@ KenB « Thu 5:41:56 pm »
has started a new topic: Michigan Railroad Club
@ ~Z~ « Thu 2:39:18 pm »
I wouldn’t mind one that connected Spring Lake to downtown Muskegon though. Then you’d have a bike trail along the lakeshore from Saugatuck to Hart
@ ~Z~ « Thu 2:38:03 pm »
There’s already a decent trail between Holland and Spring Lake at least which goes along Lakeshore Drive.
@ AARR « Thu 2:33:49 pm »
They will use whatever the new trail is called following the CSX ROW from Muskegon to Holland
J T wrote: No, not the Muskatawa Trail! The cycling nerds would have a meltdown. :lol:
@ SD80MAC « Thu 2:09:22 pm »
Any day a cyclist is miserable is a good day indeed :D
@ ~Z~ « Thu 1:27:50 pm »
righto! no removing my cycling routes :)
@ J T « Thu 1:04:02 pm »
SD80MAC wrote: That too, nothing between GH and West Olive. Rip that up, relay Penn Jct to Muskegon. ROW is pretty much intact. Probably close to the same amount of grade crossings too
No, not the Muskatawa Trail! The cycling nerds would have a meltdown. :lol:
@ AARR « Thu 10:25:29 am »
You guys have me considering changing it LOL
@ AARR « Thu 10:19:44 am »
You guys make good points
@ ~Z~ « Thu 10:14:07 am »
getting rid of the line along US31 would be great for MDOT one would think. Add more businesses in too.
@ SD80MAC « Thu 10:12:57 am »
The city of Grand Haven would likely contribute too. They’d love the railroad out of the middle of their town
@ SD80MAC « Thu 10:12:18 am »
That too, nothing between GH and West Olive. Rip that up, relay Penn Jct to Muskegon. ROW is pretty much intact. Probably close to the same amount of grade crossings too
@ SD80MAC « Thu 10:11:28 am »
They’ve wanted it gone for years
@ ~Z~ « Thu 10:11:27 am »
it’s too bad there are basically zero customers between west olive and muskegon.
@ SD80MAC « Thu 10:11:13 am »
If you came up with enough money and the right proposal, I’m sure you could get the Army Corps to kick in some money to eliminate the bridge in GH
@ ~Z~ « Thu 10:10:46 am »
Does Not Load.
@ SD80MAC « Thu 10:10:39 am »
The GTW between GR and Muskegon would make more sense now than the existing ex CSX line
@ GR H & C « Thu 10:01:46 am »
SD80MAC wrote: [quote="GR H

OK I don’t know what I just did but I will start over when I click on the link it works maybe because the file is in my phone I tried something hopefully it’ll work for you now I gave you a shout out and a thank you for posting a reply to my question in the Muskegon abandonment thread.
@ DaveO « Thu 9:59:39 am »
Adhesion? Thinks about the shortcomings of the Garratts and saddle tank engines back in the days of steam.
@ AARR « Thu 9:54:42 am »
Heck, let’s just reconnect the original D&M line north of Bay City and run our little trains in circles LOL
~Z~ wrote: and heck, add a line between Elmira and Gaylord so traffic can loop over between the lines easier. Lines are only 8 miles apart.
@ AARR « Thu 9:53:41 am »
Right?
@ ~Z~ « Thu 9:53:40 am »
and heck, add a line between Elmira and Gaylord so traffic can loop over between the lines easier. Lines are only 8 miles apart.
@ AARR « Thu 9:53:16 am »
Laying track is more expensive than maintaining a bridge
@ ~Z~ « Thu 9:52:40 am »
well, i just gave you a prototypical scenario :) Fremont to White Cloud. It’s a pretty short distance.

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