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I did not listen to the report, but if the location (National City) is correct, I suspect this will be a transload from truck to railcar. National City does have a short siding, good for maybe 10 cars in National City, which does include a couple MOW cars and a loaded ballast hopper (according to Go...

February 2023 Update #2: The GLOR is expanding again. GLOR has reached an agreement in principal to purchase the Indiana Northeastern Railroad. Parts of this line, which were cast off from Conrail, Norfolk Southern and Penn Central, will be a wonderful addition to the GLOR's lineup of lines. Indiana...

I can see empty 20' and 40' containers coming in on standard 89' flatcars depending on where they are purchased from. I do not expect to see finished containers shipping via rail due volume, damage potential (graffiti), and trucks being needed to deliver to the end users site. The only exception wo...

Okay, TC Man. But what you are failing to understand is that this board is full of people who would curl up and die if they could not give you a negative take on every single piece of news posted, here. :P Don't forget those who can't / won't open their eyes to see the whole picture, such as the st...

February 2023 Update: No major items to report. The GLOX GP40's #405, 406 and 407 which were sent in for rebuilding in Lima should be out within the next month. They have been upgraded to -3 standards and will be designated as GP40M-3s upon their release. The railroad has not decided which units wil...

January 2023 Update: GLOR's Muskegon to Hamilton line will be getting a pair of "new" customers in 2023. The first, Johnston Boiler has previously be a customer of the predecessor railroads, but quit service following poor service and damage to their products. Sadly fo railfans, the service will not...

GLOR and tourist operations. The GLOR is currenly hosting multiple different tourist programs and operations on their lines. Steam Railroading Institute is the largest and most well known of these organizations. They run based out of Owosso using either leased diesel locomotives or a couple differen...

1TrackMind wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:30 pm

They might try it once, and then realize how expensive and slow railroads are. I don't see it working for a custom order company unless they have room to store lots of containers.

Looking in the background of the picture, they seem to have room to store a lot of containers.

December 1st, 2022 Update: The Diann connector is operational, ending the long backup movements for trains ARTBU, ARTBB, ARBTB and ARTBU (Auto Racks Toledo - Blue Island UP or BNSF) at Diann. Trains will now simply take the connector track and continue on their merry little way. There is news out of...

November 2022 Update: DOW has recently announced they will be changing contract switching companies at their Midland facility. GLOR will take over as the contract switching provider for the complext effective January 1st, 2023. The operations will still be considered as part of the railroad operatio...

I don't think this would have anything to do with it, but does anyone know how the long WATCO's lease of the Grand Elk is for? I know they leased the line and the takeover date was March 8th, 2009, so the 15 year anniversary of the takeover of the lines just happened. I wonder if this could be relat...

Fall 2022 Update: Grading is complete and track laying is nearly complete at the new SW wye at Diann. Signal work is nearly complete as well. Weather dependent, the wye track should be operational by the beginning of winter. Construction is beginning on a siding for another new customer in the Toled...

Summer 2022 Update: Expansion has been the name of the game for the GLOR recently. Three major expansion projects have been in the works this summer. The reactivation of tracks in Durand has been completed. New ties and ballast have been laid and the tracks on the southwest side (coaling tower) side...

I have no knowledge of the situation, but would ask a simple question. Was this a single sign that indicates a possible name change, or are there multiple signs reverting the name back. If its a single sign, would it have been possible the railroad simple attached a new sign over the old sign and t...

Summer, 2022: Several large projects are ongoing on the western side of the State of Michigan and require gravel. Given that these are government funded projects, State of Michigan policies provide preference to state based providers. As a result, the State of Michigan has requested that contractors...

AARR wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:44 pm

For sale at scrap prices

chapmaja wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:09 pm

which are currently owned by the ICN and used for stone service

I'm still back in 2022, give it time they may get purchased for slightly more than scrap prices (but not much more).

The GLOR will also be resuming another service which has been lost for several years in the fall of 2022. 2016 was the final year the sugar beet service was conducted. After 2016, the sugar beets were all transported by truck to the sugar plants. The current plan is for Sugar beets to be loaded into...

AARR wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:43 pm

Impressive attention to details

Thank you.

The City of Ann Arbor and GLOR, as well as MDOT, who is a party to this issue as both the owner of the Amtrak Line and due to the proximity of the M-14 interchange, have agreed to a slight operational change which should limit the impact of trains crossing the connection. The City of Ann Arbor has, ...

June 1st, 2022 Update: GLOR has been operating a tank car transload out of Saginaw Yard in Lansing. These tank cars can either go to CN in Lansing orto Jackson to be forwarded on from Jackson to other interchange partners. Operations begin today on the extended Defiance Subdivision. A change was mad...