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Eastbound by Trowbridge at 1019
Westbound by Trowbridge at 1025

Westbound by Trowbridge at 0939

Eastbound by Trowbridge at 1015

Eastbound by Trowbridge at 0924

Eastbound by Trowbridge at 1018

Westbound by Trowbridge at 0953

Westbound by Trowbridge at 0935

L303? eastbound by M-52 at 1341

Westbound by Trowbridge at 0907

Westbound by Trowbridge at 1524
Eastbound by Trowbridge at 1526

P276 (VIA equipment) eastbound by Trowbridge at 1435. Westbound by Trowbridge at 1439.

Ugh, please delete this thread

Eastbound and westbound past Trowbridge at 1512

2) The line beyond Williamsburg extends a significant distance east of the last customer before splitting into two tracks and then coming together again and ending short of Williamsburg Rd. What is the purpose of the tracks still being in place, and the extra track (odd design for a runaround track...

Westbound by Trowbridge at 1630

Eastbound by Trowbridge at 1624

Through freights on the Canada Southern and on the Air Line were discontinued in 1979. Conrail informed the Canadian Transport Commission by early 1981 that it wanted to unload the CASO, and after much legal wrangling sold it in April 1985 to CN and CP. Re the PC schedules, by 1975 I don't think Pen...

GTW started pulling the track from Spring Lake east in 1976. It was pulled about a half mile east of GM when GM pointed out their switch agreement. The rail was re-laid back to GM although they skipped the tie plates. The Coopersville plant wasn't announced until June 1979 and groundbreaking was on...

Supposedly, GM/Delphi was the reason the tracks were saved at all, as the Central Michigan that owned the line after GTW sold it tried to remove the tracks to salvage the material but were stopped due to the Gov requirement to have active rail service to the facility. There would have been an aband...

MiddleMI wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 07, 2024 10:22 pm

What's the grade like around Lake Odessa on the CSX Plymouth Sub? For a relatively flat area through Mid-Michigan, it's rather noticeable.

Eastbounds face a 1.8% climb to about First St., then .66%. Max for westbounds in the area is .70% leading up to Bliss Rd.