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A small sign in this picture makes it my favorite for this weekend. "END CTC". This picture was taken at Dune Park looking west, which means CTC has been extended from Michigan City to this point at the west end of CP 43.5. CTC has been out of service since February 28th, 2022, for construction. The...

Are all of the new signals installed (mounted) yet, at least east of Dune Park? Yes, and they are in service for the test trains. CP 43.5 Dune Park to CP 33.3 Michigan Ave, Most of the signals west of Dune Park have also been placed. The big to do: Track 1 signals at CP 57.5 EJ&E crossing. The new ...

There seemed to be several teams out today fixing things between Dune Park and Michigan City. A ballast train was working track 1 westbound from CP 33.3 (Michigan Ave) and left the train at 11th St station before quitting time. There were also signal installers and overhead electric trucks at variou...

Track 2 is connected and in use as the main line past the Miller Station 20230819-Miller1.jpg West end where the old track is disconnected to the left. 20230819-Miller2.jpg The new connection track to CSX. 20230819-Miller3.jpg Looking past Platform 2 and up the hill toward Michigan City. The area ne...

It was seen live on the East camera at the station. The camera feed was taken down as soon as possible after the incident. There may be a screen capture floating around but if VR finds it they are enforcing their copyright to get it taken down. I saw it on the VR feed. The pedestrian seemed obliviou...

Miller will be 767 parking spaces (486 in main "west" lot) and two high platforms. Access from US-12/20 (three entrances west lot, two entrances east lot). A nice station building near the platforms. Ogden Dunes will be 560 parking spaces (206 on the north side, 354 across the street) and one high p...

Here are a couple of images to get you started (all information available on the public project website). From the preliminary engineering plans, an overview of Miller. Red is new construction, green is relocation, yellow is removed track. The line drawing schematic does not show the actual curves. ...

Track 2 in Miller with the switch that will connect to the CSX connection (track running off to the left). 20230812-Miller4.jpg The old main line and CSX connection is to the north of the new tracks. 20230812-Miller5.jpg To the east of Lake St is Clay St where a new universal crossover is being inst...

This weekend in Miller ... Lake St closed and work is underway on the new Track 2 main and CSX connection. 20230812-Miller1.jpg To the east of Lake St track is being constructed to cross Lake St and connect to the east gauntlet at the platform. 20230812-Miller2.jpg At the west end of the platform Tr...

I'll pass. The building is not entirely on the property being sold (not including the platform area). About half an acre on one side of the tracks and a tenth of an acre on the other side of the tracks. Zoning restrictions that would not allow the current building if it were to be built today. Hopef...

Rainy Saturday ... but I did get a few pictures. In Michigan City ... Shown are Franklin St and Wabash ... an overhead crossing light has been added to the arms that originally held traffic signals. A lot cleaner design than the original. 20230805-11thSt-Franklin.jpg 20230805-11thSt-Wabash.jpg 20230...

From the project update email ... the OWLS (one way low speed) diamond where the EJ&E crosses the South Shore (and US 12/20 in the background). The design of an OWLS diamond allows the fast trains on the main line to pass with lower speed trains on the cross track. The design leads to less damage to...

Muskegonrailfan89 wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 02, 2023 6:49 pm

Not sure how to upload photos but I have some if anyone is interested of the damage

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Interesting ... I would have guessed the opposite. Any idea of how many cars per month?

Update from last week's board meeting: Substantial completion of construction work is expected in mid-November, Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District President Michael Noland told the Board of Trustees at their regular business meeting. “We are nearing the home stretch here,” Noland said...

Goshen and Auburn are close enough for any local scrappers to still use OmniSource. Are any of the base level OmniSource sites "Collection Site, Ferrous Processing, Nonferrous Processing, Auto Recycling" rail served? The remaining Michigan sites will be Adrian, Bay City, Ecorse (River Rouge), Jackso...

Saturnalia wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 31, 2023 7:02 pm

Wow those "bells" are horrible!

I wish I could say it was poor audio quality on the video, but they were awful in person as well. Expect the same noise at the road crossings.

The site still shows up when I search at https://www.omnisource.com/locations/
I thought it was closed years ago, but I may be thinking of another location.

The bridge has been placed over Old Hobart Rd in Miller. One major bridge to go (over CSX in Miller). In this picture I am standing in the shadow of the US 12 bridge over Old Hobart Rd ... the new bridge is the closest in the background. 20230730-Miller-OldHobart.jpg I also caught the pedestrian cro...

Miller Station is coming along nicely ... the parking lot nearest the station is being constructed. 20230723-MillerStation1.jpg East of the station the new alignment will run with one track on each side of these poles. 20230723-MillerStation3.jpg The track heading east up the hill has been realigned...