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Knowing the roads would be the most important...what shortcuts to take, how to get around the train so you’re not stuck waiting for it, etc.

David Collins wrote: Are trains on the Grand Rapids subdivision at all chaseable?

Depends on the direction of the train, the size of the train, the type of train, etc. Also depends on how frequently you want to photograph the train and how well you know the roads, not to mention how willing you are to exceed the speed limit.

I would say you can chase trains on the GR subdivion. You just have to be strategic and/or plan your encounters farther apart. Also the scanner is very much your friend. And not an online scanner. A real hand held one.

Live waking up in Nashville, Tennessee today

Wakey

chasing from say Saugatuck area down to Hartford isn’t the easiest, unless you hop on the highway or drive like JT Other sections you can get ahead of them easier. Not like chasing a 10-20mph shortline train, that’s for sure.

for the longest time some of my non-railfan friends thought chasing trains meant chasing them on foot for some reason

David Collins wrote: Are trains on the Grand Rapids subdivision at all chaseable?

that depends on if you’re chasing them on foot or if you’re in a vehicle if you’re on foot you’re SOL if you’re in a vehicle yeah I think you could.

Are trains on the Grand Rapids subdivision at all chaseable?

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i hear you on that one JT. Fell near the end of the season in track as I was tripped from behind when running during practice. Skid on the rough track surface, both knees and hands were bleeding bad. So not just the running joint pain, but skin skids too

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cycling >>>> running for the knees

Managed to catch E251

Live from Moterm in hopes of catching a train while I’m home…

Running is a great excersize. Unlike cycling, it is load bearing. So very good for you.

I was never a runner. SomehowI think I have what it takes to be a distance runner. But may never know.

That’s cool guys

did track in 6th/7th grade too, never have been a distance runner myself so I ran the 70 and 100m dashes

sort of. Ran track and field in 6th and 7th grade, 1/2 mile run was the main one I did. Then got into tennis in 8th grade and did that instead.

Those are good times. Were you ever a runner?

~Z~ wrote: he ran in 13:38. Previous was 14:06.

NS OCS EB on the water level route today, just passed Elkhart depot

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he ran in 13:38. Previous was 14:06. This last run was at a golf course up in Gowen MI. Usually it's at a school with ample parking lot spaces, but they directed everyone to park out off the fairways on the course grounds. Some hilly terrain to run, some single track, cool place. Golf course ran along the old PM Railroad ROW between Greenville and Howard City.

What was their time?

~Z~ wrote:kiddo after cross country run, new personal best time for the 2 mile.

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live from Salt Lake City....

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Rockford taco Bell refueled kiddo after cross country run, new personal best time for the 2 mile.

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DaveO wrote: unless you’re in ohio with a michigan license plate

FACTS

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Live version as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE4LsFgPw2c

Sammy Hagar’s I can’t Drive 55 .. i do have hard time not hitting the gas harder if this song pops on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvV3nn_de2k

unless you’re in ohio with a michigan license plate

Isn’t the speed limit always optional? At least for a few more years.

My friend just came up with a genius rule, when the guitar solo from Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd plays, the speed limit becomes optional

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~Z~ wrote: nevermind indeed GRHC.

I was tracking a helicopter and provided a link so others could track it but then it landed at the airport so I wrote never mind. It had nothing to do the fact that you edited and then removed one of my post. I think that’s what you thought I was referring to but I could be wrong.

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https://www.mapmyride.com/workout/7541751601

Bikey complete. 16? Miles total maybe.

nevermind indeed GRHC.

Just learned that the place we’re staying at for my dad’s 60th birthday is a mere mile away from the GR Subdivision

Also worked at making tomato sauce and canning tomatoes today

Hopefully bikey when I get home

Live from a random soccer practice scrimmage

Never mind.

~Z~ wrote: have you not see some of the youtubers who start their video a good couple minutes before the train is seen, before a horn or engine sound is heard? well, at least before I hear it

the 129th Ave crossing, I was having trouble finding the angle to start recording if I waited a bit longer for the train

~Z~ wrote: to each their own Andy. If I’m going to be at a crossing for 45 mins waiting on a train, much rather use a lightly used road than a busier one and be getting honked at, doesn’t sound peaceful

I have to thank the cars for giving a cool breeze while I waited for 45 minutes tho

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Andy24 wrote: But I do enjoy filming right when the train is within view of me

maybe I’m not getting it but, when else would you be filming, other than when the train was in view?

I wish there were a better train watching hotspot on the weekends closer to where I live unfortunately there’s not. So I would definitely have to travel a ways in order to go to one of those gatherings. Unfortunately I don’t have a lot of time in the summer to do a whole lot of anything but work. Oh and that reminds me this needs to be brought to peoples attention.
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