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- Mon Mar 01, 2021 8:25 pm
- Forum: Historical Q & A
- Topic: Train Bulletin Board
- Replies: 3
- Views: 72
Re: Train Bulletin Board
100th St was Ross Station, 76th was Carlisle Station. Byron Center was on the NYC line. My mother's sister married an Andringa who's father-in- law owed the elevator at 76th St - nw quadrant. I remember going to their house on Sunday night and the train would come flying thru and shake their house -...
- Mon Mar 01, 2021 6:14 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Beacon in Traverse City
- Replies: 2
- Views: 258
Re: Beacon in Traverse City
The 2 ITFX cars appear to be pool cars for Nucor. I can't see who's leasing them but they are round tripping to Nucor in IN
- Fri Feb 19, 2021 9:10 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: GRE Amway yard
- Replies: 11
- Views: 910
Re: GRE Amway yard
I don't believe Amway ever shipped anything out by rail. Quite a few intermodal trailers roll in and out although I don't know how the volume compares to the past.
- Thu Feb 18, 2021 1:29 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: GRE Amway yard
- Replies: 11
- Views: 910
Re: GRE Amway yard
90 car yard complete with a scale and the trackmobile. NS would send them a scale car occasionally. I haven't seen one for a while. Amway used to make a lot of their product at the plant. Mostly inbound covered hoppers of a soap ingredient. They don't make much if anything there anymore. The yard wa...
- Sat Jan 30, 2021 10:17 am
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Shortline Updates January 2021
- Replies: 82
- Views: 17453
Re: Shortline Updates January 2021
It's an empty. Car trace shows it was supposed to go to the GR as a load. Instead went to "Wyoming" I'm guessing Victor Barnes on Porter. Then it came north. Y297 left it on the interchange track to get it out of the way? Standard had a car that was routed NS to Memphis to CSX. They delivered it to ...
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 6:05 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Plymouth Sub happenings
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4160
Re: Plymouth Sub happenings
Scrap prices are up. Now's the time to scrap it.
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 5:20 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Shortline Updates January 2021
- Replies: 82
- Views: 17453
Re: Shortline Updates January 2021
And people sitting under tents around fire pits drinking beer from the brewery LOL
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 2:14 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Shortline Updates January 2021
- Replies: 82
- Views: 17453
Re: Shortline Updates January 2021
The addition of those 2 huge bins at King Milling need to be filled
. It definitely hs increased the inbound traffic. The area sure looks different with the old elevator behind the brewery on M-21 at the corner gone.

- Sun Oct 11, 2020 9:28 am
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Shortline Updates October, 2020
- Replies: 75
- Views: 26388
Re: Shortline Updates October, 2020



- Sat Oct 10, 2020 9:18 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Shortline Updates October, 2020
- Replies: 75
- Views: 26388
Re: Shortline Updates October, 2020
The "hoopers" were goaded at a CHS facility in Milton ND, population 58. The elevator has a balloon track for loading.
- Sat Oct 10, 2020 12:27 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Dispatching styles and the “RN”
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5948
Re: Dispatching styles and the “RN”
Having worked towers, dispatching as a craft dispatcher, and chief dispatcher, I can say there is a different style of dispatching these days. When I was a chief, I had good dispatchers who were left alone, and dispatchers who I watched like a hawk. However they were still given the freedom to disp...
- Thu Oct 08, 2020 12:57 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Shortline Updates October, 2020
- Replies: 75
- Views: 26388
Re: Shortline Updates October, 2020
That's what it looked like in the dark this morning. I'll have to get a car number 

- Mon Oct 05, 2020 5:31 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Shortline Updates October, 2020
- Replies: 75
- Views: 26388
Re: Shortline Updates October, 2020
SOO 115681 load from Nekoma ND
- Sun Oct 04, 2020 6:22 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Shortline Updates October, 2020
- Replies: 75
- Views: 26388
Re: Shortline Updates October, 2020
Bad car # doesn't trace
- Fri Oct 02, 2020 7:55 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: CSX Plymouth sub train symbols (Early 2000's)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6831
Re: CSX Plymouth sub train symbols (Early 2000's)
I hate to say it but should have routed it CN Toledo CSX. So you tell me why it was given to NS at Detroit when it was to interchange at Toledo? I forgot to include that one of my conversations with NS CS when it was in Elkhart the lady asked me where the car was going. me -the address on the waybi...
- Thu Oct 01, 2020 9:14 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: CSX Plymouth sub train symbols (Early 2000's)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6831
Re: CSX Plymouth sub train symbols (Early 2000's)
That is 47 days in transit, 17 day bad ordered. And folks wonder why customers pay more for truck delivery? I know for a fact a project was shut down over this lumber not showing up in a timely manner. Thanks for the run-down, I enjoy reading these. Incredible. CN and NS are outdoing themselves on ...
- Sun Sep 27, 2020 6:01 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Spartan Motors in Charlotte
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4046
Re: Spartan Motors in Charlotte
Google is my friend - data from 2017
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/rail-spu ... rence-kahn
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/rail-spu ... rence-kahn
- Fri Sep 25, 2020 7:46 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Go Go Squeeze email stating rail service starting
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4314
Re: Go Go Squeeze email stating rail service starting
I work with a customer on rail service. In the last 3 weeks I have 2 horror story's that would drive anyone to trucks regardless of cost. Worse than delivering and placing a loaded center beam from Alberta in a refinery on Delaware Bay in spite of being notified and then ............... sending it b...
- Sat Sep 19, 2020 10:38 am
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Great Lakes Central September 2020 Updates
- Replies: 50
- Views: 16825
Re: Great Lakes Central September 2020 Updates
Must be the trucks didn't want the fly ash business
- Sat Sep 19, 2020 10:35 am
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Michigan Short Line Updates: September 2020
- Replies: 48
- Views: 16336
Re: Michigan Short Line Updates: September 2020
Pulled a lot of empties. CSX delivered a lot of Kings this week