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Roger that. Thanks for the help, guys.

I may be spending time in the Chicagoland region sometime in the not-so-distant future and am curious to know about traffic levels at Franklin Park, excluding Metra operations which I'm very familiar with. Does anyone have a rough estimate on how many freight trains CP puts through the Franklin Park...

Hello all, I haven't posted on RRFan in years and figured I'd come here for an inquiry I have on Canadian National in Michigan. I apologize if this has been asked before, but I didn't see anything quite matching my query upon search. Lately I've been trying to document CN action on the DT&SL line be...

cbehr91 wrote:

rwtrave wrote:Wait, which train became Q116? Q114 or Q166?

114 became 018 and 116 became 114.

Okay. Thanks.

Wait, which train became Q116? Q114 or Q166?

Well, thanks for the information everyone. I appreciate it. Hopefully they continue to run for a few more days. I'm a sucker for shooting oddball trains.

Over the past couple days, CSX has run an X550, X552, X554 and X556. All of these trains are off of UP. Apparently (from what I've heard), these trains were originally supposed to be from UP in Chicago, but were instead, routed out of St. Louis. Does anyone know why? What are they doing, and what is...

Agreed with Tops, and I hope you took more frames of this train. Try something where the train is closer to you, and even then it can get nabbed with the "common/cloudy" rejection. I've got plenty of shots of this local and the other daily local, but this was the only location where the trees block...

I'm the one who heard it on the scanner. I was actually thinking that he may have been saying "Emergency, Emergency, Emergency", but he said it sloppy enough to sound like, "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy." My friend Rich Antibus called moments after and he thought the same. Either way, it was a terrible situa...

Since we're on the subject of Deshler trains now, I have a quick question. Does the Q324 still run from E to N? If not, then what still uses the NW Connection? I'd imagine Q324 still does run though.

Deshler, OH

- Better photo ops and props
- Friendlier, more peaceful railfan area
- Nicer people, small "country" town
- It's not far from Hamler & Defiance (which I like)

Rich

I managed to catch the 186 at TR 308 in Bellevue on 11/1/09, lead by the NS 2763 and 6770. It was a fairly short train.

18N is the Fostoria Mixing Center make-up, isn't it? Come to think of it, I do believe I've heard that before whilst railfanning around the "Iron Triangle." Sorry about the bad information regarding 412 and 413. I always was of the belief that those went into Indiana on the ex NYC. My mistake! Also,...

Redside20 - Maybe they do, I could be wrong, but regardless, they'd still go through Millbury on the NYC. But as for the 13Q, 14Q, 15Q, 17M, 18M, 26N, 23N, 184 and 353, I didn't realize that Millbury was west of Oak Harbor. Those all come through, the 184 and 353 having CN power daily (and the occas...

From my experience, the normal, mostly daily symbols on the NS Chicago Line are - 20K - Intermodal 21K - Intermodal 22K - Intermodal 23K - Intermodal 24M - Intermodal 21Q - Intermodal 25Z - Intermodal 20E - Intermodal 205 - Intermodal 206 - Intermodal 20Q - Intermodal 20R - Intermodal 21J - Intermod...

Caught the same 344 going over the Portage River in Oak Harbor yesterday! Nice lashup! Crappy P3 horn on the lead unit though! Also caught the 184 with CN power at Fremont and Clyde. Nice day out!

I understand. I currently still face all of the drama and gossip of high school. Hopefully that will all be a thing of the past within two years though.

Alright, well I suppose I'll apologize, and I won't let it happen again. Let's just move on, and forget this thread. What needed to be said was said anyways.

I really don't want any trouble, and have been trying my best to avoid things like this, and it really just irritates me when that doesn't seem to happen....

Never did I once question what you were saying. Either of you two. And I wasn't acting like I know everything either. And the only reason I brought DM's name up, was because I figured had I not, you would've thought I was just going based off of what I saw trackside, and not a somewhat reliable sour...