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Just caught them headed west over Grand River and MLK around 130-2pm ish.

How did a GTW loco get to be south of Grand Rapids on the old NYC? I don't know the exact connection but the GTW does go to Battle Creek so they must have had access to what is now the Grand Elk Railroad somehow. Pere MQT1223, I'm guessing that they shoved the executive train north through Plainwel...

Looks good man. Amazing how fast a layout starts to come around after a little bit of hardshell to give you a rough form. Im in the market for a backdrop similar to yours but I need late fall/early winter trees with no leaves. Where did you order yours from? No-one seems to make that time of year wi...

droppin' some quality loads there

GreatLakesRailfan wrote:

For Patrick, here's what the west end of the ex-PH&D yard looks like in Port Huron, or at least what it looked like back in April. Lots of bumpers.

The right hand 3 tracks are exactly what I have in mind. Thanks for a great photo.

Patrick

Thanks guys. I have some pretty solid ideas of what Im going to do. When I get some ties down, I'll share photos.

thanks again

Patrick Welch

CSX North yard near BC Cobb in Muskegon has 2 stub ended tracks. Both have Hayes style bumpers protecting the end of track.


Good info guys, how about more details on the ends of the stub?

Thanks,

MQT3001 wrote:New Buffalo is stub-ended, as is Ludington

Any specifics about those yards? I've been around the west side of the Ludington yard but I didn't stop to see how the tracks terminated. Was it always a stub end yard or did all tracks converge to the boat slip?

Thanks!

Patrick

Doktor No wrote:Wyoming 36th Street ex Fisher Body yard on GDLK is too.

Completely forgot about that yard. Been there a few times measuring up equipment but never made it down far enough to see how the track ends.

Thanks Doktor No


Patrick

Besides Kilgore yard, are there any other rail yards that were stub ended either by design or later in the yards lifespan? I'm looking to see what determined the use of certain types of bumpers or ballast piles at the end of each stub track.

Thanks,

Patrick Welch

Hey Ben,

Did you deliver some hot loads last nite? Moving some heavy tonnage.

Move the layout into the basement

Ben, I think I have copies of those prints too.

Patrick

Im not sure if Welches gets a daily switch.

Doesn't it turn at Lawton?

Im wondering if the truck driver had a medical emergency. MT truck, no skid marks, good weather, etc, something just doesn't add up He was 77 years old which was what didn't add up. Hard to believe any interstate trucking company would take the risk of letting a 77 year old be on the road whether i...

Im wondering if the truck driver had a medical emergency. MT truck, no skid marks, good weather, etc, something just doesn't add up

SousaKerry wrote:

In a recent study it was determined that each windmill kills 65ish birds per year. If coal fired plants were responsible for this much damage to nature it would be headline news.

Challenge accepted now where is my pellet gun...

Gonna be a record year for bird deaths in 2014 LOL

Solar and wind will become big players eventually, but after I retire :wink: In a recent study it was determined that each windmill kills 65ish birds per year. If coal fired plants were responsible for this much damage to nature it would be headline news. I KNOW that a coal fire plant kills more cr...

nice photoshop job JT. Laughed my ass off!

Bottom line is, the industry is going to have to do something. Rumor is that MCV has a permit for a 650MW plant on its current site. CMS will have secured the Jackson plant (NG) by 2016 The good thing about the Jackson plant. If Gas is high in price, they run right passed the plant. If its a little ...