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Saturnalia wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 31, 2023 7:02 pm

Wow those "bells" are horrible!

I wish I could say it was poor audio quality on the video, but they were awful in person as well. Expect the same noise at the road crossings.

The site still shows up when I search at https://www.omnisource.com/locations/
I thought it was closed years ago, but I may be thinking of another location.

The bridge has been placed over Old Hobart Rd in Miller. One major bridge to go (over CSX in Miller). In this picture I am standing in the shadow of the US 12 bridge over Old Hobart Rd ... the new bridge is the closest in the background. 20230730-Miller-OldHobart.jpg I also caught the pedestrian cro...

Miller Station is coming along nicely ... the parking lot nearest the station is being constructed. 20230723-MillerStation1.jpg East of the station the new alignment will run with one track on each side of these poles. 20230723-MillerStation3.jpg The track heading east up the hill has been realigned...

The second bridge at Burns Harbor was built this week - over the NS Chicago Line. The bridge over Old Hobart Rd in Miller seems to be getting closer as well.

I am hoping to catch actual videos of the signs in action, but here are a couple of animations showing the pedestrian crossing signs, The red LEDs alternate from side to side (instead of having normal crossing lights). The wording at the bottom lights when there is a second train. watc-a.gif One Tra...

At this point they've completed pretty much all of the grade work. Track is quickly approaching the EJ&E diamond in Gary from the east. They also shifted the existing main east of Lake Street this past week, too. The bridge abutments at CSX and Old Hobart are also in advanced phases of construction...

Curbing and storm sewer installers still having a disagreement. (Will they fix this one by installing a flat grate in the asphalt?) do you know how they resolved this? i've been worried about this for almost a year. :lol: The curb alignments won. Not sure what they did underground, but the grates w...

A lot of changes to the west ... several new signals have been placed. The second intermediate (new track 2) has been placed at Mineral Springs Rd. Note the difference between the track 1 signal on the left and the track 2 signal on the right, constructed to be narrower between the main tracks and y...

Today in Michigan City ... Traffic lights active on Franklin. The 10th and Franlkin light is fully active. 11th and Franklin is flashing red. The bags are off all of the crossing lights in Michigan City - with gates reattached at all crossings. 20230715-11thSt-Franklin.jpg More curbing has been plac...

Every rail cam needs a cat ... this one jumped off the roof!

The tracks are the CSX line through Hammond where the West Lake line will cross over. 20230708-WLL-HammondGateway3.jpg The new substations are a different design than the brick buildings seen along the South Shore. This substation will serve the yard and the northern part of the West Lake corridor. ...

Photos of the work being done at the new Hammond Gateway station: 20230708-WLL-HammondGateway0.jpg 20230708-WLL-HammondGateway1.jpg 20230708-WLL-HammondGateway2.jpg The South Shore tracks will be relocated on the ground level on the stones. The West Lake corridor track will be on the embankment to t...

Elsewhere on the South Shore ... work continues in Miller on the bridge over Old Hobart Rd 20230708-Miller-OldHobartRd.jpg At Dune Park a fence has been added between the trail connector and the track 20230708-DunePark.jpg And every concrete worker's annoyance ... a section of sidewalk that was repl...

Michigan City ... Washington St brickwork continues. Yes, individually placed bricks! 20230708-11thSt-Washington1.jpg 20230708-11thSt-Washington2.jpg North of the station platforms the curbing is being placed for the surface parking lot. 20230708-11thSt-Parking.jpg Construction on the parking struct...

Miller ... Construction of the new platform and tracks are moving along. The station building is externally complete. To the west of the station 7th St is now open - Lake St at the station remains the last road crossing that needs a major rebuild (scheduled for August). 20230701-MillerStation1.jpg 2...

Michigan City ... After being closed for 17 months, Chicago St has been reopened to traffic. The road was closed on February 28th, 2022, along with the eastern part of 11th St (Wabash St to the east). (The intersection with Green St at the Amtrak tracks is closed but the Amtrak crossing has also reo...

Most of the reviews say the ride is far too short for the price... People don't understand what 3 miles in one hour means??? As long as they can sell tickets they will survive. Hopefully most riders understand the length of ride (both time and distance). They do warn people that the return ride is ...

I could see Gogo squeeze getting rail service, (think the spur is still in place there) However I have done track work for a few customers of GLC and and most didn't have good things to say about them. The spur is paved over on their property. Wouldn't be able to get there with the rails cut to pro...

Dune Park ... The new crosswalk is officially open and the old crossing has been barricaded. I didn't see a train this weekend but I'm looking forward to seeing the new lights in action. 20230625-DuneAcres1.jpg 20230625-DuneAcres2.jpg 20230625-DuneAcres3.jpg Elsewhere ... Signal installers were busy...