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As it is, Amtrak is a MONEY LOSER on its Wolverine Service. Whats I-94? I saw a statistic once from a reputable source (if I find it again I will post it) that stated we spent more on the roads (may have been just the interstate highway system) in 2011 than we have on Amtrak across its entire 40 ye...

Based on that, between 1969 and 1975 the double track was removed between Buchanan and the Niles depot (192), and from CP Hump (189) to the west side of Dowagiac. (Sounds like you misread there being single track from 189 to 192) The double track at CP Hump was later moved back another mile or so t...

http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/rail ... 1-1975.pdf

Employee time table number 7 shows single track MP 192-229 at least by 1975, as well as MP 189-192, and MP 146-177. Not sure where that translates to as far as city locations.

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The only other reason to do this would be for safety I can see no substantial safety increase between single and double track on the route. Well obviously the MI line is all track warrant control... :roll: I can see that the people of MARP and the high speed rail group lack real world understanding...

B17 heading east. All lined and locked normal at cog (Wayne MI)

As needed.

THere is already a thread dedicated to this, about 14 threads down from your post of about the same title. INformation has already been compiled there, I suspect you will find your answer there as well.

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I don't think ownership of the lines was really in question. Mostly the how's of operation. But anyway, as I understand it Michigan owns the mainline (KZOO-Wayne) and NS still owns the major yards (at this point only BC, JXN, Willor Run, and Wayne) yards. So if watco got the opperating contract they...

[quote="M.D.Bentley]...........................But then again this is just a RUMOR.........................[/quote] So.... when should I make the press release :D In this hypothetical conrail situation then, all of the locals (your b series jobs) would be taken over as well as yard jobs? I am just n...

B17 opening up at Cog headed west.

Because they split profits, but shoulder 0 of the expense. Why you think CSX invests in the INRD, EVWR, et al? Split the profits without incurring the expenses. Think of it as dividend payments on a share of stock. I think it's time we review why business, any business, is in business. To make mone...

NS can give it to Shared Assets, then they can paint some engines pretty blue and all the young foamers and foamettes too young to remember Conrail can quit obsessing over it. what a great addition to the discussion about how 3 rail lines could be linked to form a better system. What? NS retains so...

I'd see a combined AA/GDLK/MC advantageous as a single system. NS Interchange in Elkhart, CN in Toledo & Battle Creek and CSX in Toledo. While current traffic obviously flows without crossing the "line" in Kalamazoo and Ann Arbor, the ability to go multiple routes from anywhere on the system could ...

Rumor? This is the first I'm hearing of this :shock: If this "new MC" had come about, this is how I see it going about (keep in mind...I'm a novice when it comes to this sort of thing): You'd have your major yards in Kalamazoo, Jackson and Grand Rapids. The yard in Battle Creek is seldom used anywa...

M.D.Bentley wrote:There is another player in the game. They would take over all the former BIG Conrail trackage in the state. It would be sort of a home coming.

If you are talking about the rumor I believe you are I have had a similar conversation with someone else about it. Not convinced that that would happen.

At this point I don't think the STB's argument against the Michigan Central would hold water, since the main argument was the preservation of the passenger line to high standards. I don't think there would be an issue from the STB if the Grand Elk were to get service over the Michigan line. What mi...

Mark F wrote:Did anyone watch the five hour cab ride today? It was like the "Yule Log" show for railfans.

I saw it. Laughed. And flipped channels. Cab rides are better with cab chatter. So yes it was just Yule log for rail fans.

And a look in the "What if" dept., CSX heritage units! http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/archiveThumbs.aspx?id=112568 I can't believe people clog rrpicturearchives with junk like that. The worst part is that they went through and posted the same scheme multiple times (the drab gray family lines on) ...

PatAzo wrote:The opposite view in 1990.

that isnt miller on the now AML is it? (would have been east jackson at the time of the photo iirc)

The Chicago Detroit Mercury. Not Detroit and not Battle Creek. The view is eastward. There are two mills in the background. The nearer one ran into the 90's. The more distant one (closed by the mid-70's) had a cross over named for it. Ill guess it is in jackson then, but i have no idea where it wou...