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by GTW Dude
Thu Jan 18, 2024 4:05 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: MSU GE 45 Tonner Status
Replies: 1
Views: 903

MSU GE 45 Tonner Status

Does anyone know what happened to Michigan State University #1 after it was sold to UTLX In Cleveland, Texas? Is it still there?
by GTW Dude
Sun Jan 07, 2024 9:16 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Michigan Grades
Replies: 38
Views: 11562

Re: Michigan Grades

Gratiot Hill at the Michigan Transit Museum (Former GTW Selfridge Spur) gets up to a 5 percent grade at one point (or so I've been told) and was at one time the steepest grade anywhere on the GTW. We've had a few times where rain or wet leaves create slippery conditions where even our motorcar equip...
by GTW Dude
Sun Dec 03, 2023 10:29 am
Forum: Historical Q & A
Topic: DSR Catenary Vs. Q-Line Catenary
Replies: 2
Views: 1857

DSR Catenary Vs. Q-Line Catenary

Hey everyone, just wondering what the difference is (if there is any) between the previous Detroit Department of Street railways catenary and the current Q-line catenary. Thanks!
by GTW Dude
Sat Sep 16, 2023 1:56 am
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: CN Train Location Updates - September 2023
Replies: 395
Views: 310928

Re: CN Train Location Updates - September 2023

Z148 past Trowbridge 1:55
by GTW Dude
Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:41 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: CN Train Location Updates - September 2023
Replies: 395
Views: 310928

Re: CN Train Location Updates - September 2023

Is the new CN unit trailing behind the train at Trowbridge?
by GTW Dude
Fri Aug 25, 2023 10:03 am
Forum: National / Other States Talk
Topic: Locomotive News
Replies: 18
Views: 7238

Re: Locomotive News

I don’t see where it says CN is retiring any GP9’s in your post. The article you linked shows G&W is purchasing more dash 8’s and dash 9’s after they cheated the EPA but nothing about roster retirements.
by GTW Dude
Thu Aug 17, 2023 10:34 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Tahquamenon River Boat / Toonerville Trolley final season????
Replies: 4
Views: 2508

Re: Tahquamenon River Boat / Toonerville Trolley final season????

Wife and I rode that about 4 or 5 years ago. Trolley wasn't much, but the boat ride was cool. Our tour saw bears when I rode it back in 2016, but they lured them close to the tracks with food. I only rode the trolley. There actually might be another tourist operation that opens up soon in the U.P.....
by GTW Dude
Thu Aug 17, 2023 10:24 pm
Forum: National / Other States Talk
Topic: Pending rail car retirements, high scrap rates tighten equipment market
Replies: 12
Views: 6872

Re: Pending rail car retirements, high scrap rates tighten equipment market

What standards/qualifications does a car need to meet at 50 years old? I still see cars built in the 60's or old MOW equipment built in the 40's on Class 1's. IIRC a couple of CB&Q 40 foot boxcars lasted until a couple years ago in BNSF MOW service. Does the rule just prevent interchange between rai...
by GTW Dude
Sat Jun 03, 2023 10:32 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Pontiac’s long forgotten GTW Through Baggage car
Replies: 23
Views: 16019

Re: Pontiac’s long forgotten GTW Through Baggage car

I have great news! My grandfather found his old negatives of the express boxcar and I have managed to digitize them. Here in all of its glory is GTW 11487 with end doors!
by GTW Dude
Fri May 05, 2023 8:32 am
Forum: Historical Q & A
Topic: 1930 reroute of the GTW Holly Subdivision
Replies: 6
Views: 4888

Re: 1930 reroute of the GTW Holly Subdivision

Could you imagine an electrified GTW running from Pontiac to Detroit? I wonder if any more plans were drawn up. When Trowbridge bridge was built it had 4 arches. Was it planned for one track to travel under each arch or was it two tracks in both of the middle two arches?
by GTW Dude
Thu Apr 13, 2023 11:45 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: NS and CP Train Location Updates 2023
Replies: 292
Views: 197665

Re: NS and CP Updates 2023

Sounds like there’s a midnight RoadRailer over the scanner.


Also heard NS B31(?) passed Wyandotte with 334 axels. No clue on direction.

Edit: Likely NS 331 to Bellevue
by GTW Dude
Tue Feb 21, 2023 8:52 pm
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Setting Up a Website
Replies: 1
Views: 3115

Setting Up a Website

Hey everyone, in case you didn't know I've been working on a passion project for quite a while called "The GTW Steam Archive" which tracks all remaining equipment from the GTW steam era (Post 1961) along with historic footnotes, photos, and more. I was wondering where I should start in order to lear...
by GTW Dude
Tue Feb 21, 2023 8:11 pm
Forum: Web Site updates, questions, and suggestions
Topic: RRFan meetup location suggestion
Replies: 9
Views: 5200

Re: RRFan meetup location suggestion

David Collins wrote:
Tue Feb 14, 2023 7:39 pm
I'm down for Durand personally, My only concern however is that it gets dead very quickly, and you could go several hours without seeing something. Pick a date though, I'll be there.
Oh No! You mean ill have to socialize with other people? ewwww
by GTW Dude
Tue Feb 21, 2023 8:09 pm
Forum: National / Other States Talk
Topic: G&W EPA Settlement, 88 locomotives to be destroyed
Replies: 18
Views: 5727

Re: G&W EPA Settlement, 88 locomotives to be destroyed

I wonder what the definition of destroy will be. Does it mean a complete scrapping of the unit, or does it mean removal and destruction of all the power assemblies and electronics, while still leaving the shell of the unit available for preservation. This could be interesting for the ex-D&TSL 46, w...
by GTW Dude
Tue Feb 21, 2023 8:06 pm
Forum: Historical Q & A
Topic: Oxford MI Station moved to Almont MI?
Replies: 0
Views: 3515

Oxford MI Station moved to Almont MI?

Semi-recently I was researching the gravel pits of Oxford which included some old newspaper clippings in the Central Michigan University archives. While re-reading a screenshot I took, I realized the article stated that the station had been sold in 1956 to private owner and moved to Almont Michigan....
by GTW Dude
Sat Feb 11, 2023 12:10 pm
Forum: Historical Q & A
Topic: Greenfield Village "Railroad Days" of yore...
Replies: 15
Views: 9811

Re: Greenfield Village "Railroad Days" of yore...

I posted some photos of other items showcased at the railroad days events in this thread a while back.

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=30569&hilit=Bluewater&start=20

Now that I have a photo scanner, I'll have to take my Bluewater 'Sentinel' issues back out and scan them.
by GTW Dude
Thu Jan 26, 2023 11:37 am
Forum: National / Other States Talk
Topic: G&W EPA Settlement, 88 locomotives to be destroyed
Replies: 18
Views: 5727

Re: G&W EPA Settlement, 88 locomotives to be destroyed

“According to the DOJ, the consent decree, which also requires G&W remove from service and permanently destroy 88 older locomotives that are not required to meet any EPA emission standards“ That’s an unbelievably stupid excuse to scrap older locomotives. If you want to punish the G&W by forcing them...
by GTW Dude
Mon Jan 16, 2023 6:08 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: CN Lake Orion Sub - The end finally???
Replies: 279
Views: 244663

Re: CN Lake Orion Sub - The end finally???

Just left Topgolf on the border of Auburn Hills and Lake Orion and unmistakably heard a locomotive horn. Is the local out of Pontiac working tonight? I’ve never heard them all the way out here before.
by GTW Dude
Mon Dec 26, 2022 8:44 am
Forum: Historical Q & A
Topic: Penn Central Mackinac Branch
Replies: 14
Views: 13694

Re: Penn Central Mackinac Branch

Oops, I made the mistake clumping the Saginaw Branch and Bay City Branch together which is where my confusion started. My bad.
Thanks for the track charts StandardRailfan.