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GLC 395 396 NB out of Cadillac propane tanks and covered hoppers. About 12 cars. Looks like a Kalkaska Petoskey run.

I was in Cadillac yesterday around noon. There was a group of half a dozen people and vehicles at the north end of Tufford yard. It looked like a meeting. The is also a pile of rail nearby that I had not seen before.

Does anyone know of plans for changes to the yard?

I believe this is George St. in Trenton with the original FN interlocking tower in the center of the frame.

The US railroad network is approximately 140,000 miles. To cover all the track would require traveling over 500 miles per day assuming 5 days per week and 50 weeks a year. It is not likely that kind of rate is sustainable. At 100 miles per day 25000 miles per year is covered. Class 1 railroads have ...

David Collins wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 05, 2023 1:30 pm

Didn’t catch the railroad name but there’s a trio of G&W painted SD40-2’s heading toward Grand Rapids. I’m uneducated with Grand Rapids area shortlines and the whole area so I apologize for how vague this is.

Where and when did you see these locomotives?

The highway bridge that was adjacent to the railroad bridge was abandoned due to scouring of the piers. The highway bridge was recently demolished.

Given the short distance to Holly, I suspect the Ratalee stop was, as you suggest, a part time flag stop and not a formal station.

Windate: https://www.michiganrailroads.com/stat ... indiate-mi

Rattalee Lake: no info

Clarkston: https://www.michiganrailroads.com/stat ... arkston-mi

There was (is) a diamond on the American Seating plant property for the Pere Marquette to service the plants. Here are links to two Sanborn Insurance Maps from 1913 that show the trackage in the area. Map 485 shows the diamond east of the PM/PRR tracks that ran North through that part of town. Map 4...

In a recent video by AANscaleRunner a half dozen or so cement cars went north to Elmira. It also appeared several empty cement cars were used as spacers between the plastic pellet loads. This past Tuesday I noticed a cut of cement hoppers on the pass at Walton Jct. I did not count how many or check...

EB Cadillac 399 396
32 cars. 1043 am

Loaded center beam and MT gon in North yard.

~Z~ wrote: ↑

Sat May 20, 2023 10:05 am

Thou art correct. Friend of mine lives in Harrisburg. Saw railroad tracks on an island and looked interesting.

I am attending the PRRTHS meeting. I had the photo open on my phone trying to locate the site. A Pennsylvania resident sitting next to me told me the answer.

FNB Field City Island Harrisburg, PA

NS 5356 WB at Jackson at 1212 with 3 hoppers and one tank

I caught Grand Elk at the M-28 crossing north of Trout Lake headed back to Newberry this afternoon.

They may be running the same rotation as CN. Tuesday Thursday Saturday to Trout Lake and Monday Wednesday Friday to Munising.

Grand Elk Yooper Division
WB MP 40 Newberry Sub.
FURX 5551 about 12 cars. 1315

PatAzo wrote: ↑

Wed May 10, 2023 1:36 pm

Where is it 2.jpg

Not Michigan

Purdue University

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