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by Buster Manning
Fri Jan 07, 2022 2:46 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Amtrak Train Locations/Heads Up - 2022
Replies: 405
Views: 235291

Re: Amtrak Train Locations/Heads Up - 2022

I have no idea what they are being tested on.....afaik, the only people that ride in them is a technician of some sort for the car builder and maybe a curious Amtrak employee or two All I know is that those cars feel heavier than Amtrak's cars and that dragging that thing around on the rear of our t...
by Buster Manning
Wed Dec 29, 2021 1:09 pm
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Where Is It?
Replies: 11243
Views: 2150653

Re: Where Is It?

Looking south on Old M-99 in Jonesville on the IN. The trackage those cars are sitting on was the connecting track between the Old Road and the Ft. Wayne & Jackson trackage....
by Buster Manning
Sat Dec 18, 2021 10:10 pm
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: NCDOT's Piedmont Trains!
Replies: 1
Views: 4596

Re: NCDOT's Piedmont Trains!

I lived there from March 2001 to September 2003, used to work these trains off the extra board ( back then, it was only one each way a day). The power was some ex- GO GP-40PHs' and a couple of the F59s' that NCDOT bought new from EMD. Hoping at some point that MDOT follows NCDOT lead and gets a main...
by Buster Manning
Fri Dec 17, 2021 3:01 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Amtrak Train Location Updates - 2021
Replies: 244
Views: 230141

Re: Amtrak Train Location Updates - 2021

'cause there is no where else to park it and not be in the way of the other trains and still be on "Amtrak" property
by Buster Manning
Fri Dec 17, 2021 2:58 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: 3 AML incidents this week 12/10-12/16/21
Replies: 13
Views: 7522

Re: 3 AML incidents this week 12/10-12/16/21

(nodding solemnly) what he said....
by Buster Manning
Tue Dec 14, 2021 9:46 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Amtrak Train Location Updates - 2021
Replies: 244
Views: 230141

Re: Amtrak Train Location Updates - 2021

Yet another trespasser strike in the Ann Arbor area tonight.....355 was the train involved....and with 352 already running late enough that they were held at Lake for the meet with 355, lots of unhappy passengers tonight
by Buster Manning
Sat Dec 11, 2021 2:32 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Amtrak Train Location Updates - 2021
Replies: 244
Views: 230141

Re: Amtrak Train Location Updates - 2021

trespasser incident

For a town full of "smart" people, there sure are a lot of dumb ones who get hit by a train in this area
by Buster Manning
Fri Dec 10, 2021 10:32 am
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Amtrak Train Location Updates - 2021
Replies: 244
Views: 230141

Re: Amtrak Train Location Updates - 2021

why does it need the marker lights on if it's parked ??
by Buster Manning
Mon Dec 06, 2021 6:29 am
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Where Is It?
Replies: 11243
Views: 2150653

Re: Where Is It?

looks like the M-57 crossing of the GLC mainline just south of Ashley
by Buster Manning
Wed Nov 24, 2021 11:24 pm
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Where Is It?
Replies: 11243
Views: 2150653

Re: Where Is It?

looking west on the Ann Arbor's Saline branch from the Industrial Drive crossing. Back 7 years ago when I worked for the Annie, we would shove high cubes onto this spur for minor car repairs before they went into the Faurecia plant.
by Buster Manning
Sat Nov 06, 2021 10:16 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Amtrak Train Location Updates - 2021
Replies: 244
Views: 230141

Re: Amtrak Train Location Updates - 2021

I think you mean...."I've never seen the baggage car on the front of 355 as opposed to the back YET"

it's happened before......and it'll happen again....no rhyme or reason to it
by Buster Manning
Sat Nov 06, 2021 10:12 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Pontiac’s Wessen street crossing
Replies: 8
Views: 8283

Re: Pontiac’s Wesson street crossing

This light was put in place by the CN Signal Dept. to alert Amtrak crews that when spotting the train north of Wesson St., it was still on the circuit .....which when the idea of said light was proposed 10+ years ago, back then 350 would spot the train north of the crossing to then turn as 355 ( it ...
by Buster Manning
Thu Nov 04, 2021 11:07 am
Forum: Railfanning Information
Topic: Amtrak P42 engine door
Replies: 2
Views: 6874

Re: Amtrak P42 engine door

direct engine room access
by Buster Manning
Mon Oct 25, 2021 7:56 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: ALC-42 Charger Tracking
Replies: 22
Views: 31789

Re: ALC-42 Charger Tracking

even more amazing.....only 2 mins late turning the corner at CP-482
by Buster Manning
Mon Oct 25, 2021 7:52 pm
Forum: Railfanning Information
Topic: Why is restricting white?
Replies: 10
Views: 8854

Re: Why is restricting white?

Who uses white?
by Buster Manning
Sun Oct 24, 2021 9:15 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: ALC-42 Charger Tracking
Replies: 22
Views: 31789

Re: ALC-42 Charger Tracking

Who said they were going to be based out of Battle Creek?? Look for them in Jackson (edit.....if and when they ever show up.....because just like their state owned cousins, continuing the pattern of mechanical issues runs in the family) and if plans for testing go off of past history, it will be dar...
by Buster Manning
Sat Oct 23, 2021 11:50 am
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Where Is It?
Replies: 11243
Views: 2150653

Re: Where Is It?

Looking at The Culinary Institute of Michigan in Port Huron
by Buster Manning
Fri Oct 15, 2021 2:39 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Amtrak Train Location Updates - 2021
Replies: 244
Views: 230141

Re: Amtrak Train Location Updates - 2021

Parking lights?? If you are referring to the red marker lights that are to signify the end of a train, some employees turn those on while the engine sits there, thinkin' it's a safety requirement...
by Buster Manning
Sun Oct 10, 2021 1:08 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Amtrak Train Location Updates - 2021
Replies: 244
Views: 230141

Re: Amtrak Train Location Updates - 2021

Buster sayeth this: 354 was late account of another trespasser strike east of the AA station (for a town full of "smart" people, they sure do get hit alot in this area)....the way the jobs are set up( HOS plays a big factor), the crew of 354 wyes all three units after arrival into PNT and then sets ...