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by trainjunkie47
Fri Sep 13, 2019 11:46 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Is Huron & Eastern Getting a New Locomotive
Replies: 4
Views: 7448

Re: Is Huron & Eastern Getting a New Locomotive

Here it is. Sorry I couldn't find a bigger image.
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by trainjunkie47
Sun Sep 01, 2019 8:46 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: CN buys CSX Line to New York
Replies: 6
Views: 6537

Re: CN buys CSX Line to New York

Woodard, New York, and the end of the new CN track to be precise, is just off of Interstate-81, in a prime location for an intermodal terminal that can easily serve Albany, Binghamton, Rochester, and even points around New York City. The haul length is likely adequate to bring in containers from Hal...
by trainjunkie47
Sat Aug 31, 2019 1:39 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Alexis, Oh traffic question
Replies: 3
Views: 4947

Re: Alexis, Oh traffic question

Which trains are 384/385? Are these the CN trains from Flat Rock to Toledo and onto Bellevue? I'm a little surprised NS would use this connector as the interchange between them and the AA for autoracks. I would have through they would have simply run the cars over the TT line to Ottawa Yard, or don...
by trainjunkie47
Thu Aug 29, 2019 11:50 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Alexis, Oh traffic question
Replies: 3
Views: 4947

Re: Alexis, Oh traffic question

It gets used daily by the 384/385 freights. NS also sometimes interchanges cuts of auto racks for the Jeep plant on that connector. I've seen the NS stop just south and cut off twice in the last couple of months. Once AA pulled it through the interchange and backed it all the way to Ottawa Yard. The...
by trainjunkie47
Tue Aug 27, 2019 10:52 pm
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Unstoppable on TV
Replies: 19
Views: 17968

Behind The Scenes Of 'Unstoppable' Mini Doc

YouTube video about the making of the movie 'Unstoppable'. Features interviews with the lead actors, camera coordinators, directors, producers, and railroad officials. A total of 11 different locomotives were leased or purchased for this movie. Run time is 29;41 and the date uploaded was 6/13/19 htt...
by trainjunkie47
Tue Aug 27, 2019 8:49 pm
Forum: Ohio Talk
Topic: AA Railroad Interchange in Toledo
Replies: 4
Views: 8604

Re: AA Railroad Interchange in Toledo

The interchange track running south out of CN Lang Yard is quite active. When I was there last Thursday, CN was backing a rather large cut of empty auto racks onto that transfer track. AA also has trackage rights across the NS owned bridge over the Maumee, near the intersection of Albany and Summit....
by trainjunkie47
Sun Aug 25, 2019 7:53 pm
Forum: Illinois Talk
Topic: Railroads around Nashville & Mt Vernon, Il
Replies: 4
Views: 11696

Re: Railroads around Nashville & Mt Vernon, Il

The Evansville and Western goes through Nashville, though I'm not really certain how much traffic you can expect to see or what time of the day it might run. My guess would be 2-4 trains total on any given day. Nearby Centralia has each of CN, NS, and BNSF running through there, with the CN line hos...
by trainjunkie47
Mon Aug 12, 2019 10:38 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Wolverine to Toronto?
Replies: 52
Views: 25767

Re: Wolverine to Toronto?

Why not run it up the MtClemens sub to Port Huron and Sarnia? It would avoid the headache of Windsor as the tracks are aligned. No new connections would be required, though a modification to the station in Port Huron would be required unless the train was backed in or out of the current spur.
by trainjunkie47
Tue Jul 30, 2019 10:31 pm
Forum: Ohio Talk
Topic: Derailment in Swanton
Replies: 26
Views: 37731

Re: Derailment in Swanton

Unless they can prove criminal intent with her parking the vehicle on the tracks the NS will have to swallow all the cost of the derailment but the NS could charge her with train delay fee. Criminal intent is not a requirement in civil action. She can be sued. I'm quite certain NS is looking into h...
by trainjunkie47
Fri Jun 28, 2019 8:59 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: CN Derailment in Port Huron Tunnel
Replies: 58
Views: 34636

Re: CN Derailment in Port Huron Tunnel

Since they can't run double stacks through the Detroit River tunnel, where would the reroute of 148 and 149 go? Buffalo and across CSX?
by trainjunkie47
Sat Jun 15, 2019 11:05 pm
Forum: National / Other States Talk
Topic: CN Automating Rail Car Inspection
Replies: 0
Views: 6300

CN Automating Rail Car Inspection

CN Rail expects automation to save up to $400 million over next three years Artificial intelligence can inspect 120 cars in the same time it takes a worker to check a single car. A typical railcar inspection takes about two minutes for a Canadian National Railway mechanic walking on uneven ground ar...
by trainjunkie47
Thu Jun 13, 2019 9:36 pm
Forum: Indiana Talk
Topic: Body Found At Kirk Yard
Replies: 6
Views: 10119

Re: Body Found At Kirk Yard

An article on NWITimes reports that a 61 year old man died after being struck by a CN train. No indication the victim was a railroad employee. https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/man-dies-after-being-struck-by-train-in-railroad-yard/article_bc7f1d03-3645-5277-9450-f83e3363aabd.html Thank You. Not s...
by trainjunkie47
Thu Jun 13, 2019 7:55 pm
Forum: Indiana Talk
Topic: Body Found At Kirk Yard
Replies: 6
Views: 10119

Re: Body Found At Kirk Yard

Nothing is online about this???
by trainjunkie47
Thu Jun 13, 2019 7:30 pm
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: June, 2019 Obituaries.
Replies: 6
Views: 10724

Re: June, 2019 Obituaries.

Richard P. Kughn, former Lionel toy train co. owner, dies at 89 Ann Zaniewski, Detroit Free Press Published 6:00 a.m. ET June 13, 2019 | Updated 1:08 p.m. ET June 13, 2019 Richard P. Kughn once said fine vintage cars were works of art, "like a Picasso or a Rembrandt." He often treated them as such, ...
by trainjunkie47
Sat Jun 08, 2019 9:46 pm
Forum: National / Other States Talk
Topic: Subway Derailment in Boston
Replies: 0
Views: 6065

Subway Derailment in Boston

9 hospitalized when subway car derails in Boston Boston – A subway car has derailed in Boston, sending nine people to the hospital. Local emergency officials said none of the injuries are life-threatening. Officials with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority said the accident occurred at ab...
by trainjunkie47
Wed Jun 05, 2019 9:58 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Train vs Bicycle - Guess who won
Replies: 10
Views: 14856

Re: Train vs Bicycle - Guess who won

It said in the article that the train was only going 15 mph. Is there something to switch in that area, or is there a passing siding near by? I'm surprised that the train would be going that slow. The cyclist is fortunate. If that train was going track speed, he would probably have been a stain on t...
by trainjunkie47
Fri May 31, 2019 4:32 pm
Forum: Indiana Talk
Topic: South Shore Train Hits SUV at Ogden Dunes.
Replies: 1
Views: 6029

Re: South Shore Train Hits SUV at Ogden Dunes.

Wait until NICTD sends him the bill. I hope the Ogden Dunes Fire Department bills him as well.
by trainjunkie47
Fri May 31, 2019 4:22 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Truck Strikes CN Train Causing Derailment
Replies: 12
Views: 8331

Re: Truck Strikes CN Train Causing Derailment

Update: Truck driver released from the hospital.
by trainjunkie47
Sat May 18, 2019 11:33 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: City rules derail Plymouth museum's plans to buy a caboose
Replies: 15
Views: 19274

Re: City rules derail Plymouth museum's plans to buy a caboo

Standard Railfan wrote:I am wondering why the city of Plymouth would consider a vehicle a building.
Unless the caboose is maintained in an operational state.....and.... the caboose is parked on a spur which can access the CSX system, then it is a building, instead of a vehicle.
by trainjunkie47
Wed May 15, 2019 10:51 pm
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Claypool, Indiana - May 12, 2019
Replies: 1
Views: 5895

Re: Claypool, Indiana - May 12, 2019

I'm glad you saw something while you were there. I was in Claypool for four hours back in March and never saw a thing.