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iKJames wrote:

bctrainfan wrote:CN 9592 has two blue CN track evaluation cars, poss tied down for the night, in the Battle Creek yard, just south of the Emmett St bridge.

Which direction would they head out once on the move again? Just curious.

They went to Griffith and back today. Heading east tomorrow

Listen here-->https://www.census.gov/multimedia/www/radio/audio/pa140228.mp3 Profile America — Friday, February 28th (Also my b-day :-)). Although February is the calendar's shortest month, it stands tall in America's history of railroad development. In 1815, the first state charter for a railroad w...

Or just ask a conductor in Michigan MCL 462.255 462.255 Conduct as misdemeanor; penalty; powers of conductor or freight agent; duties of police officer; jurisdiction of court. Sec. 255. (1) A person who, while riding in the car of a freight, passenger, or other train on any railroad in this state, u...

20 years later: Memories of the 1993 Amtrak Sunset Limited crash 'never go away' (photos, map)

http://blog.al.com/live/2013/09/20_year ... f_the.html

"Officers from Bay, Saginaw, Midland and Arenac county police departments gathered in the Bay County Law Enforcement Center on Monday, June 3, for an eight-hour Grade Crossing Collision Investigation course" http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/index.ssf/2013/06/great_lakes_bay_region_police.html Read...

Locomotives, Wings & Wheels/Train Expo 2014 is coming to SRI. Only the name of the event has been listed which can be seen on the main page of the site. http://michigansteamtrain.com/ Also the North Pole Express is heading to Ashley this year, not the fairgrounds. http://michigansteamtrain.com/wp-co...

http://railroadfan.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10686/thumb_IMG_1040.JPG I got this plate about a year ago and decided to get a different one as I got tired of people asking me which bar do I think is the best. As I found out, the term ""Highball is the name for a family of mixed drinks that are com...

Thanks for the interesting background and history, Saxman! Since they never removed the tracks themselves, have there been any talks about re-activating that portion of the line? I worked at the Huck from 2006 to 2012. During that time, we made a few trips out there and removed most of the joint ba...

www.railamerica.com The 45 railroads formerly owned by RailAmerica are now part of Genesee & Wyoming. G&W operations currently include 111 railroads organized in 11 regions, with more than 15,000 miles of owned and leased track, 4,500 employees and over 2,000 customers. It is our Core Purpose to be ...

I went to a movie today and imagine my surprise to see Bluewater's Round observation/Lounge car in this film trailer. (2:15)

Want to run a circus train? Here's how:

http://www.feldentertainment.com/career ... x?id=60260

9HccMAjo7Yg Description: While working out in Wellington, UT, I witnessed a train collision with a water truck. I happened to get it on video because I was taping the train for my 4-year old son, who is a big fan of Thomas the Train. As I started recording, I was looking down to see where the train...

SPECIAL REPORT: DEATH ON THE RAILS from St. Louis, MO
IMHO, Article seems to blame the railroads

http://www.stltoday.com/news/special-reports/rails/

I went there on Friday Evening. Place was packed and reportedly sold out and the film was OK except for some focus problems while using inferred night vision and some heavy bass soundtrack during most of the film. Some people even got up and left as the film was "too intense" for them. (A guy said t...

Here is the trailer. And it does have a lot of railroad items in the trailer....otherwise I wouldn't bother posting it.

Ran across this and decided to share it. When the video is done, click on the lower right hand video with the word "meth" to view one from Jackson, Michigan

PPCX 800316, (SAL 71/SCL 6105/AMTK 2235), Business Car "Venice", NRHS Bluewater Chapter??? As far as I know, Bluewater NRHS has never owned the Venice. I believed it was owned by an individual who stored it at the Saginaw Roundhouse. He passed away and his wife sold it Sam Staples, who is the curre...

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. has agreed to buy RailAmerica Inc. for $1.39 billion in cash, a move that combines the two largest short-line and regional railroad operators in North America. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443437504577544560474266738.html http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=...

Sullivan said the train's engineer spotted the kids -- nearly 50 of them, plus a dozen leaders -- spread out along three-tenths of a mile of tracks ahead of the train which was traveling at about 40 mph and stopped 500 feet from the campers. The director of the Bear Valley Community Association says...

Sorry to add more fuel to the fire, but here is another one regarding the recent teen vs CN freight in Fenton.

http://brighton.patch.com/articles/pede ... n-accident