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it appears two different jobs are in the yard in bad axe currently for hesr. One of the rail america units and the black 3037 are tied up to a short 3-5 car train on one of the sidings in the yard, probably the croswell job for Tuesday they have been running Tuesday/Thursday the past couple weeks wi...

It is my understanding the Bad Axe day job runs to Croswell once a week during the regular time (Sunday?) and twice a week (Sunday and Thursday?) during the sugar beet "Campaign" which begins around November and ends around April. All other movements are as-needed. No prob. Really wanna get up ther...

On a similar note the co-op elevator received a grant that will allow them to upgrade the bean processing facility in pigeon, tripling production capabilities. That should mean more boxcar traffic in and out of there.

Local county looking to expand rail use

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Perhaps one of the elevators loaded a 25 car block or so A long, for this end of the line anyway, cut of around 40 cars mixed hopper and tank cars sitting on the hesr mainline just south of bad axe should mean a rather nice train headed west towards sebewaing later this evening, typical time lately...

A long, for this end of the line anyway, cut of around 40 cars mixed hopper and tank cars sitting on the hesr mainline just south of bad axe should mean a rather nice train headed west towards sebewaing later this evening, typical time lately of leaving bad axe has been 6-8pm from what I can hear wh...

I live in bad axe near tracks and can confirm the co op does get infrequent rail service. I pass it everyday on my way to work and in the past year I would say there may have been about ten times I have seen hoppers,usually 1 or 2, at the plant. First car I've seen in several months at the bad axe ...

Possibly inactive customers I have questions about: Midwestern BioAg - Kinde I was riding around early today and happen to go past Midwestern bioag, the small spur havd very little in the way of weeds around it and the ones that are around the tracks are only a few inches tall so at a minimum they ...

It's been about two years so I have decided to audit the list again. Plus, I am also creating an interactive Google Map of the HESR with all of the customers. Here's what I have: hesrcustomers1.JPG hesrcustomers2.JPG Possibly inactive customers I have questions about: Cooperative Elevator Fertilize...

HESR 3037 was left next to the sidestreet in the bad axe yard last evening while one of the railamerica units sits near the former engine house. There are a couple of small empty open hoppers parked further down the siding from the 3037 that had stone in them the last time I seen them so maybe 3037 ...

Hesr headed south out of bad axe at 8pm. Unknown power besides two of the g and w paint scheme with 7 hoppers and 3 tank cars.

I live in bad axe near tracks and can confirm the co op does get infrequent rail service. I pass it everyday on my way to work and in the past year I would say there may have been about ten times I have seen hoppers,usually 1 or 2, at the plant. Also as of late last year there were still tank cars g...