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One would think maybe a huge lake like Lake Erie, but alas, it's not that large of a lake. It is in a state that touches Lake Erie at least.

Where be it?
Not in Michigan, but for something for the eclipse, it's in the path of totality:

Grand Elk south through Byron Center at 4:59pm. WAMX 4190 and WAMX 4124 running LHF with 19 cars.

Saturnalia wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:05 pm

I plan to head to Deshler.

Weather forecast is looking better and better. If forecast looks good Monday morning, I'm shooting for Deshler as well with my kiddos and hang there for the afternoon.

Linky for approx where I think David is planning his meetup: https://maps.app.goo.gl/sYiMJsEZScD1SgND9

Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 12:51pm. WAMX 4124 and 4190 both facing north with 16 cars.

Grand elk north through Byron Center at 2:07pm. Wamx 4124, 4225 and 22 cars.

Grand Elk south through Byron Center at 4:23pm. WAMX 4209, WAMX 4189 and 39 cars.

Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 12:34pm. WAMX 4189, WAMX 4209, and 15 cars. Mostly tank cars and covered hoppers, empty centerbeam in middle with a boxcar on the rear.

Very sorry to hear about your girlfriend. The drunks need to just stay where they drink until sober. Times like this when having interurbans to shuttle the drunks around would be nice to have.

Grand Elk south through Byron Center at 4:18pm. Colorful lashup with WAMX 4225, leading 4124 and 4190(been hiding the Wisconsin Southern unit a bit) with 50 cars. 30 boxcars to start and covered hoppers/tank cars for the rear 20.

Joe Flaherty from the TV show Freaks and Geeks, died 4/2 at the age of 82: https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop ... rcna146053
Freaks and Geeks - only lasted a season but one of my favorite shows by far.

Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 12:34pm. WAMX 4124, WAMX 4225 and 14 cars. Couple of open gons full of ties at the rear.

So this April Fool's day's change appears to be the gift that keeps giving. Changed the redirects on the index pages to point to an old flash video of Homestar Runner asking why the website is down, and being told "the system is down, yo." Deleted them yesterday and set it back how it was, but appea...

Grand Elk south through Byron Center at 8:58am. WAMX 4209, WAMX 4189 with zero cars, lite power.

Grand elk north through Byron Center at 8:00pm, yet again.. 3 movements by them today. Wamx 4189 and 4209 with 10 mixed cars.

One would think it's a better idea to just stand on a sidewalk near where a busier railroad crosses a road, and take photos of the various boxcars/autoracks that go by. Watch a class 1 railroad around a city where speeds are typically slower, or a shortline railroad. Would see a higher total number ...

Grand Elk north through Byron Center approx 12:30pm, WAMX 3807 and WAMX 3808, probably 30 cars. Hadn't seen either of those locos in a couple months.

Back south through Byron Center at 2:39pm. Wamx 3808 with 18 cars.

Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 3:13pm. WAMX 4189, WAMX 4209, and 8 cars.

Might not be the best idea to be doing handheld recordings while driving. Gotta figure the new cell phone rules frown upon that. You have a co-pilot, they can film