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- Thu May 16, 2024 12:53 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: St. Joe Swing Bridge Work
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7820
Re: St. Joe Swing Bridge Work
Off topic but railroads don't wanna know car info in such detail, and certainly don't want customers to know. They're not in a service business like the LTL guys and know they can BS their way through situations with phony reasons why freight wasn't delivered on time. Easy, no accountability and mos...
- Tue May 14, 2024 1:16 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Plymouth Sub Grain Operations Q1 2024
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1598
Re: Plymouth Sub Grain Operations Q1 2024
Interesting info but a pair of grain trains every 10 days doesn't sound like much. Does anyone know if this is more or fewer of these than they used to run?
JG
JG
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 10:35 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: New siding-business in Traverse City???
- Replies: 77
- Views: 7477
Re: New siding-business in Traverse City???
MQT1223 wrote: There isn't even container ships on the GREAT LAKES. Take them things to Toledo, Detroit, Chicago... not TRAVERSE CITY. After reading all these posts, I marvel at all the misinformation floating around and how long it took to get to the real truth. I'm an outside observer, and obvious...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 8:11 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: AA Train Symbols
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1673
Re: AA/DTI Train Symbols
Thanks for all the interesting info guys (esp. C&O dispatcher), I grew up in the 70s along the DTI (Dearborn Branch in Taylor) and often visited the aunt and uncle who lived in Carleton back then and saw lots of DTI and Chessie action. Sure miss those busy and colorful days...
JG
JG
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 11:45 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Delray,
- Replies: 38
- Views: 45499
Re: Delray,
there hasn't been any recent coke trains to gary from rouge there have been inbound blocks of coke cars periodically from gary that come in on a492 and then south on L508 Just to clarify, there is no coke that comes specifically from USS Gary since that is a different company than Rouge owner Cliff...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 11:27 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Conrail Shared Assets Trackage
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7087
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 9:29 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Conrail Shared Assets Trackage
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7087
Re: Conrail Shared Assets Trackage
The line crossing the Holly sub just west of 75 is the former Detroit Terminal mainline. This is essentially the eastern end of the referenced Highland Park Industrial track on the Knorek website. The Detroit Terminal and Union Belt were, in a way, the competing terminal railroads in Detroit. Anywh...
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 9:08 pm
- Forum: Ohio Talk
- Topic: Toledo Terminal Remains and area questions.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7627
Re: Toledo Terminal Remains and area questions.
Off the top of my head, NYC had Stanley, Whitmore Yard just north of the TT crossing, and Oakdale Yard at the connection with the Chicago Line. PRR had its Outer Yard also just north of the TT in Walbridge (running about 20 trains a day up to PC merger) on their Toledo Branch, and the C&O of course ...
- Sat Dec 23, 2023 9:38 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Carleton, MI
- Replies: 30
- Views: 46472
Re: Carleton, MI
You’re not going to see many. Yeah, not like the halcyon days of the mid- to late-70s. At least 14-16 on the DT&I, 20-25 on the Chessie and then there was a period (maybe a year or so) when the newly-formed CR ran all their Detroit Line northbounds through Carleton to the ex-Pennsy when they totall...
- Wed Dec 13, 2023 2:02 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: CN Dearborn Sub
- Replies: 33
- Views: 48881
Re: CN Dearborn Sub
Hey LRF, "Ok, so if we assume cars/trains coming up the NS Detroit line (Ex Wabash) to Detroit, and its destination was Toronto, how would the CN Dearborn Sub even be involved at all?? Cars/trains would go past the NS Melvindale Yard, past Delray, then up the Mt. Clemens Sub to Pt. Huron and onto T...
- Fri Nov 11, 2022 8:00 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Trains that used to run along the Plymouth and Grand Rapids subs
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4587
Re: Trains that used to run along the Plymouth and Grand Rapids subs
I often go back to this site when looking for information for my model railroad, or if I just want to remenber "the good ole days" of Plymouth. You want good ol' days try this link. More trains than your eyeballs could probably handle: https://members4.boardhost.com/RRHXHistory/msg/1578165000.html E...
- Thu Aug 18, 2022 1:54 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: CN Wyandotte
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10098
Re: CN Wyandotte
DaveO:
"But his post was from 2019 and yours is from 2022?"
Yeah, saw that but my post was just in case anyone might still think any current moves are for USS. Maybe some folks might not have been paying attention...
JG
"But his post was from 2019 and yours is from 2022?"
Yeah, saw that but my post was just in case anyone might still think any current moves are for USS. Maybe some folks might not have been paying attention...
JG
- Wed Aug 17, 2022 1:38 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: CN Wyandotte
- Replies: 10
- Views: 10098
Re: CN Wyandotte
KenB wrote:
"The plant grinds coal for blast furnace injection for both USS Great Lakes Works and AK Steel Dearborn Works."
Except that USS GLW doesn't use its blast furnaces or make steel anymore...
JG
"The plant grinds coal for blast furnace injection for both USS Great Lakes Works and AK Steel Dearborn Works."
Except that USS GLW doesn't use its blast furnaces or make steel anymore...
JG
- Fri Jan 10, 2020 3:57 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: NYC-PM connection
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3907
NYC-PM connection
Anything using the newer NYC-PM connection these days that was built to better handle the CP traffic to CSX, since all their traffic is now on NS? Has CSX ever given thought to running their Canadian interchange traffic in one train directly to Toledo or GR, bypassing Rougemere altogether? JG
- Mon Dec 04, 2017 7:17 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Propsed Steel manufacturing in/near Durand
- Replies: 46
- Views: 17025
Re: Propsed Steel manufacturing in/near Durand
[quote="atrainguy60"] "It isn't going to be steel mill" Oh, really? Good thing we can count on you for factual information. Your credibility has plummeted in my book, and you were the one buying into a false rumor: http://www.autonews.com/article/20171204/OEM10/171209904/ohio-firm-eyes-major-steel-p...
- Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:17 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Plymouth city CSX road blocking email
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8858
Re: Plymouth city CSX road blocking email
They still run trains through Plymouth??
- Wed Aug 02, 2017 10:54 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Railfanning Monroe
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4595
Re: Railfanning Monroe
[quote="AARR"]That's about half of what it was in the CR days Uh, no. For decades during CR, the Detroit Line saw about 20 trains a day, usually 12-16 manifests (depending on the economy) and the rest unit trains of various types. So, if they're only running 10 trains a day now then what you say is ...
- Fri Jun 23, 2017 7:47 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Propsed Steel manufacturing in/near Durand
- Replies: 46
- Views: 17025
Re: Propsed Steel manufacturing in/near Durand
There is already plans in the works to build a new Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. iron ore processing plant at the Port of Toledo. Toledo has the existing railroad and docks to make the project work. http://www.toledoblade.com/local/2017/06/15/Kaptur-welcomes-Cliffs-to-Port-of-Toledo.html Yes, and k...
- Tue Jun 20, 2017 2:01 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Propsed Steel manufacturing in/near Durand
- Replies: 46
- Views: 17025
Re: Propsed Steel manufacturing in/near Durand
I'm not trying to be the downer here, but what is the benefit of building in Durand? Yes, it has the rail connections and the nearby highway connection, but is it near the source of the raw materials? No. Is it near the customer? Not unless something else big is happening we haven't heard about. If...
- Sat Jan 14, 2017 11:53 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Railfanning at Plymouth/Romulus/Wyandotte in the 1990s
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2664
Re: Railfanning at Plymouth/Romulus/Wyandotte in the 1990s
What was railfanning like in the 1990s? Was CSX busy? How many GTW trains were on the Shoreline sub? I know Conrail was busy, That NS line in Romulus was it always NS? Was it fun to railfan in the metro Detroit area in the 1990s? I know these days Plymouth on has 15 trains or so a day. CN in Wyando...