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NB CN train at Milwaukee Jct on the ground.

The Port area of Monroe is still served by the NS & CN.

These two pieces of equipment always work together. If you see one , the other is usually near by. The ballast regulator ( also known as a "Broom" ) places the ballast / stone for the tamper to force under the ties and profiles the track afterwards . The Tamper raises and straightens / curves the tr...

WELL as sad as it is. The tower is slated to come down on Monday the 16 th. No 11th hour reprieve.

Crossings, crossings, crossings. Without ABSOLUTE grade crossing separation , the higher speeds maybe a ways off. The Milwaukee Road was not the only one to do all of that. They were hitting the Century mark on the Detroit line between Detroit and Toledo on jointed rail. I worked with a couple of en...

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Wed Nov 04, 2020 12:21 pm

Interesting that the new signal which is taller than the old one is closer to the freeway overpass making it more difficult to see the upper head when approaching it.

YUP. Crews are already commenting on that. Maybe they can raise the freeway a bit

We, called it "Dirty Mike". Took forever to get the engine cleared, ( Brakes & stuff ) ok'd to move. And then another forever to get it moved to Conrail's River Rouge yard. There is a YouTube vid of Dirty Mike moving on its own.

Those that have been wanting to get pictures of the tower. Well, to late. Bridge being torn down now.

IF I had a Nickle for every time I saw someone taking picture of my train , well that's a lot of nickels. TSA follows us too. They often inquire when they see someone following us and taking pictures. I've instructed them to approach and ask what they were doing.

Most likely the old Mack yard. Before the rebuild. North yard had docks too . And Dodge main had docks as well.

Well maybe that's the power for the next train in the other direction .

I always wanted to be a GANDSTA :-

A lot further WEST .A lot.....

56 car loading spots. Life is good ( for now ) That's the old Budd lead side, Conner lane at one time.

Is the bridge "OK" ? Pictures of said Bridge.

Did you forget about Conrail ? Being a class 3 Terminal & switching railroad offers a lot of expansion possibilities. As the BIG railroad tide recedes , the already established railroad will take on more of what the class 1's no longer care to do.

Well, back in the day ( YES, I can say that :-) ) This was part of a service that Conrail offered called SteelNET. A steel shipping and warehousing service. And later Dearborn steel. Use to love catching that job and taking a break to watching whatever movie was playing on the screen that you could ...

WELL . It is called a BLAST furnace. Is it not ?
And let's hope everyone is safe.

The Oak island boys were sniffing around a sunken steam locomotive on the West side of the state. Something to do with a Confederate shipment of silver from down south.

Same thing happened at the CSX vansite at Livernois yard a few years back. perator had minor injuries from the fire.