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- Wed May 08, 2024 5:22 pm
- Forum: Historical Q & A
- Topic: Downfall of Plymouth
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4894
Re: Downfall of Plymouth
I just was watching a video on Youtube about the city of Plymouth and the guy in the video was griping about the train traffic in Plymouth MI and I would always hear stories from friends and family about how annoying the trains are in Plymouth. I live near Plymouth on the CSX Detroit Sub and I go t...
- Tue May 07, 2024 5:42 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Where Is It?
- Replies: 11205
- Views: 2111807
Re: Where Is It?
Ashtabula, OH -- near W. 30th Streethttps://www.google.com/maps/@41.874732, ... ?entry=ttu
- Thu May 02, 2024 4:54 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: White Cloud question
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1594
- Thu May 02, 2024 4:33 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: White Cloud question
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1594
Re: White Cloud question
About 30 cars a week (three blocks of 10 cars) of whatever that chemical was still being delivered via UP-CN-CMGN in the 90's. I don't know if it still is or not. I heard about this train brought up by some people that live up that way. Where did it run to? It came up to Chicago from Freeport, TX o...
- Thu May 02, 2024 4:01 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: White Cloud question
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1594
Re: White Cloud question
There was also the Dow Special on Sundays and the empties back on Thursday. I also recall the occasional GR-Baldwin turn when needed. Not sure what they ran in PM days. I heard about this train brought up by some people that live up that way. Where did it run to? It came up to Chicago from Freeport...
- Thu May 02, 2024 9:47 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: MMRR industries/HESR new connection in Alma
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1541
Re: MMRR industries/HESR new connection in Alma
I honestly can't recall how much the refinery shipped by rail. From what I could "Google" it appears the refinery closed in 1999. I used to spend summers on my grandmother's farm in Gratiot county and remember when driving into Alma I would always see that flame burning up on a high tower. I stayed ...
- Wed May 01, 2024 10:44 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: MMRR industries/HESR new connection in Alma
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1541
Re: MMRR industries/HESR new connection in Alma
When I was on the agent/operator extra board out of Saginaw, I worked the agency at St Louis a few times when the regular agent was on vacation. That would have been 1976, just before I started breaking in on dispatching. The main customer then was the chemical plant. I remember having to drive into...
- Wed May 01, 2024 6:17 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: White Cloud question
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1594
Re: White Cloud question
As I recall, ML18 and MP17 usually met at White Cloud. MP17 usually met #145 at either Kopje or Baldwin. #145 and #146 almost always met at Walhalla. There was an operator on duty at Baldwin on the night shift who gave us all the "dope" on the trains out of GR and Manistee for our train sheet and us...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 4:31 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: White Cloud question
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1594
Re: White Cloud question
Maybe not the high point, but in the 1960’s to 1980’s you had the GR-Traverse City pair 145/146. Later cut back to Manistee. You had the GR-Saginaw pair 238/239 which later became ML18/MP17 and the passenger train pair 25/26 GR-Petoskey. The psgr service ended in 1966 I believe. All those trains als...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:11 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: MMRR industries/HESR new connection in Alma
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1541
Re: MMRR industries/HESR new connection in Alma
The MAC elevator east of Breckenridge is probably the largest customer. They are one of the largest, if not the largest, elevator in MI. My guess is the Anderson's in Hemlock would be the second largest. The "fueling terminal" is an asphalt distributer. Last I heard they receive about 250 cars a ye...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:14 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: New Ties along the Lake State Railroad in Holly
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1149
Re: New Ties along the Lake State Railroad in Holly
Although the traffic levels here are nothing like they used to be (20+ trains a day during my time), it's nice to see that LSRC is maintaining the track!
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:02 pm
- Forum: National / Other States Talk
- Topic: CSX head on collision in Folkston, Georgia
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1745
Re: CSX head on collision in Folkston, Georgia
OK. It's pretty much impossible to line opposing moves in CTC by signal indication. The exception would be if DS gives a train authority to pass a STOP signal into another train. Allowing a RESTRICTING signal is usually only for following moves, or sometimes couple back to train. This one sounds lik...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:38 pm
- Forum: National / Other States Talk
- Topic: CSX head on collision in Folkston, Georgia
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1745
Re: CSX head on collision in Folkston, Georgia
Hmm. That sounds rather questionable to me, but we shall see!
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 3:46 pm
- Forum: Historical Q & A
- Topic: Ludington Subdivision
- Replies: 2
- Views: 654
Re: Ludington Subdivision
There was one important item that GRS did NOT supply as part of the "west end" operation. It was a single rubber part from a bike pedal firmly attached with electrical tape to a cut-off fishing pole, and notched to perfectly fit the signal and switch levers. With this device, one could reach over a...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:49 pm
- Forum: Historical Q & A
- Topic: Ludington Subdivision
- Replies: 2
- Views: 654
Ludington Subdivision
IMG_0247.JPG Happened upon this article from 1955. This is the same GRS console I worked in Saginaw (as well as the "south end"). Whoever that dispatcher is must have retired before my time there. This job was referred to as the "west end", and also handled the train order Elmdale, Port Huron and B...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:29 am
- Forum: Historical Q & A
- Topic: Pere Marquette Station Book
- Replies: 1
- Views: 375
Pere Marquette Station Book
Here's a link to a PM station book I was given back in the 60's. Interestingly, I couldn't find a date on it anywhere. The pages were all rather dark and stained, so I did the best I could converting it to a pdf file. Some of you may find it of interest or use it as a resource. Thought I would pass ...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 1:42 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Plymouth & GR sub-div Work
- Replies: 106
- Views: 26580
Re: Plymouth & GR sub-div Work
Not even a new scenario on CSX. Joy Holdout was an absolute in Michigan City for years. Although obviously not installed by CSX, we had absolute "hold out" signals in several places: Scottville; just east of Baldwin (so a train like ML18 didn't have to run restricted speed for several miles toward ...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 9:50 am
- Forum: Historical Q & A
- Topic: Carleton Yard
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2419
Re: Carleton Yard
Doug, did you ever copy & deliver Penn Central train orders in Carleton? Gary Betz Ionia MI We copied and delivered the running order for any northward trains on the Lincoln Branch: "Eng XXXX run extra Carleton to Penford." Occasionally, the PC dispatcher would issue an order establishing a tempora...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:59 pm
- Forum: Historical Q & A
- Topic: C&O Runaway Train on December 17th, 1970
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3640
Re: C&O Runaway Train on December 17th, 1970
Not to get overly nostalgic, but quite a bit of the railroad I knew is now "just a trace in the woods" -- or a bike trail!
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:34 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Eclipse Train?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 743
Re: Eclipse Train?
Not The Sportsman??