NSSD70ACe wrote:Super Chief wrote:Wheres Green Valleys location? I'm still trying to figure out whats going to be coming from Jackson and in between points westward. Will some of the JA/LA RR cars be coming west? I was hoping somebody could give us a list of active customers on the Michigan line? Could Detroit traffic come west instead of Toledo/Elkhart? Could this line take pressure off the Water Level route? Lots of possibilities.
That is an interesting possibility...From a railfan's POV I would love to see NS utilize trackage rights and make a deal with Grand Elk to ship through freights up via Kalamazoo to Oakwood/Willow Run. Who knows, it might help solve the problem in Dunlap, IN with the residents complaining about NS trains. We'll obviously have to just sit tight and wait, but it certainly is an interesting thing to think about.
While I was in GDLK territory September 19-22, I explored the line looking for all industries to get a feel for the railroad's traffic. I mostly succeeded, but Google satellite photos help as well. Anyway, see below for my list of GDLK customers. I won't claim it is 100% accurate, so I'm open to correction.
Thanks in advance.
GRAND ELK RAILROAD Directory of Industries
*unconfirmed
GRAND RAPIDS, MI
Louis Padnos Iron & Metal - 601 Letellier Ave (scrap metal)
Eagle Film Extruders Inc. 1100 Hynes Ave SW (polyethylene film)
Blue Linx Corp. - 825 Buchanan Ave. SW (building materials, lumber)
(shipper unknown) - GDLK Hughart Yard (crushed cullet glass)
Bulkmatic Transport Co. - 1440 Hynes Ave. (bulk wheat flour)
RSI Leasing Inc. - 1460 SW Hynes Ave. (plastics)
GE Railcar - GDLK Hughart Yard (railcar storage)
Great Lakes Gypsum & Supply - 3470 Roger B. Chaffee Blvd. (gypsum wallboard)
WYOMING, MI
Brink Farms - Mart St. (frac sand)
*Padnos‐Wyoming Recycling - 500 44th St. S (scrap paper, plastic recycling)
Magic Steel Sales LLC - 4242 Clay Ave. SW (steel warehouse)
Zeeland Truss & Components - 5836 Clay Ave. SW (lumber trusses)
MOLINE, MI
Green Valley Agriculture, Inc. - 150 146th Ave. (dry & liquid fertilizer, sand)
WAYLAND, MI
Bay Valley Foods - 652 W. Elm St. (non‐dairy powdered creamer, other powdered products)
CHS Hamilton - Reno Drive (Liquid fertilizer)
MARTIN, MI
Marshall Plastic Film - 904 E. Allegan St. (plastic packaging)
OTSEGO, MI
USG Otsego Paper Inc. - 320 N. Farmer St. (paper mill)
PARCHMENT, MI
*G‐P Epic - 400 Island Ave. (plastic consumer products)
KALAMAZOO, MI
*Kalamazoo Water Treatment - 1415 N. Harrison St. (wastewater treatment)
Graphic Packaging Corp. - 1500 N. Pitcher St. (paperboard mill)
Graphic Packaging Corp. - 1401 Harrison St. (warehouse)
*Kalamazoo Metal Recyclers - 100 Rochester Ave.??? (scrap metal)
LC Howard - 1940 Reed Ave. (warehouse)
LC Howard - 1919 Factory St. (warehouse)
LC Howard - Glendening Rd. (warehouse)
Evergreen Packaging - 2315 Miller Rd. (paperboard converting)
LC Howard - 4015 Emerald Dr. (roll transfer, ex-Int'l Paper)
Cytec Industries Inc. - 2715 Miller Rd. (industrial chemical mfg.)
*Fabri‐Kal - 4141 Manchester Rd. (foodservice packaging)
Green Bay Packaging - 5350 E. N. Ave. (corrugated containers)
*Kaiser Aluminum - 5205 Midlink Dr. (aluminum extrusions)
PORTAGE, MI
Mann Filter USA Inc. - 6700 S. Sprinkle Rd. (plastic products)
Pfizer - 7000 Portage Rd. (pharmaceutical products)
SCHOOLCRAFT, MI
J. Rettenmaier USA LP - 16369 US Hwy 131 (cellulose fibers)
Van Beek Nutrition - 3537 W. Yz Ave. (mineral premix plant)
Co‐Alliance LLP - 16721 US Hwy 131 (liquid fertilizer)
THREE RIVERS, MI
Johansen Farms LLC - 51609 US Hwy 131 (liquid fertilizer)
International Paper Co. - 1321 3rd St. (paperboard converting)
CONSTANTINE, MI
*OX Engineered Products - 700 Centreville Rd. (Plastic Products)
*Michiana Agra - 15115 Stears Rd. (Livestock Feed)
WHITE PIGEON, MI
Fresh Solution Farms - 70255 Blue School Rd. (Potato Processing & Packing)
The Andersons Inc. - 13600 Anderson Rd. (Grain Terminal, limestone, Ag lime)
BRISTOL, IN
Alliance Sheets Inc. - County Rd. 29 (corrugated containers) NEW FUTURE INDUSTRY
Robert Weed Plywood Corp. - 705 Maple St. (plywood fabrication, distribution)
ELKHART, IN
*E. R. Carpenter Co. - 195 Co. Rd. 15 S. (plastic foam products)
Blue Linx Corp. - 225 Collins Rd. (building materials, lumber)
Northwest Hardwoods - 1810 Conant St. (wood distribution & reman)