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by i995impalass
Mon Jan 08, 2024 8:51 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Michigan Grades
Replies: 38
Views: 11572

Re: Michigan Grades

1-1.3% Comstock Park hill to between 9-10 mile road to Mill Creek on Marquette Rail Andy ^ That’s wayyyy north. I am talking about exactly at West River Drive and 4 Mile Road. I’ll take 1% for the grade if it’s the same stretch of hill. The grade I was referring to starts at Mill creek (West River)...
by i995impalass
Sun Jan 07, 2024 8:19 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Michigan Grades
Replies: 38
Views: 11572

Re: Michigan Grades

1.7 % at MP 60 on the LS&I (between Forestville and Dead River) 1.50% at MP 70 on the LS&I from Empire JCT to Empire Mine Siding 3.8%-4% Hill at Oxy in Ludington on Marquette Rail 1.3-1.9% at Kopje (Woodland Park) Grand Rapids Sub on Marquette Rail .9-1.5% Both sides of Newaygo Hill (Grant to Muskeg...
by i995impalass
Fri May 19, 2023 10:43 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Upper Peninsula Railroading
Replies: 22
Views: 10523

Re: Upper Peninsula Railroading

In a month or so, I will be heading back to upper Michigan (mostly Marquette) to visit some friends that live up there. I know this has been discussed years ago in a different thread, but I wanna know how accurate it is in 2023. I also have not been up to the U.P in about three years. Can someone g...
by i995impalass
Mon Jul 04, 2022 6:45 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: LS&I U Boats
Replies: 7
Views: 12621

Re: LS&I U Boats

3000, 3009, 3073 are the last three remaining operating units. 3074 had catastrophic failure last summer and is sitting on the deadline. The greens haven’t been used much at all this year, due to slow shipping season and will be sidelined when the new 4400's show up later this year. My guess is two ...
by i995impalass
Tue Nov 16, 2021 6:35 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: MQT North End 10-26-2021
Replies: 18
Views: 17782

Re: MQT North End 10-26-2021

CSX and MQT do not block trains for each other. MQT takes everything north to Baldwin typically, where the Bald Eagle job is usually the one to break the train down into Ludington, Manistee and GR Sub Local cuts. The GR Sub Local traffic is the tacked on the front of the next southbound train to be...
by i995impalass
Mon Nov 15, 2021 6:30 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Mid-Michigan Railroad/HESR on the Michigan Shore Railroad
Replies: 6
Views: 7605

Re: Mid-Michigan Railroad/HESR on the Michigan Shore Railroad

KRR 3805 - Returned to KRR. Suffered severe electrical fire 4/2017. Sold to LTEX as #2517. Being rebuilt by American Motive Power. https://railroadfan.com/wiki/index.php/Mid_Michigan_MMRR,_MS,_GRE#Past_Mid_Michigan_.28MMRR.2C_GR.2C_MS.29_Locomotives 3805 had its fire on MQT. WIKI for MS should be u...
by i995impalass
Tue Oct 19, 2021 8:10 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Throwback Thursday: Michigan Shore Railroad
Replies: 10
Views: 7248

Re: Throwback Thursday: Michigan Shore Railroad

2104 is in Manistee currently getting traction motors replaced. Not sure what’s running GR in the meanwhile.

Also, new video posted of 5106 in 1996 before 3839 and 2057:

https://youtu.be/JYy9E7VZpGg
by i995impalass
Fri Oct 15, 2021 6:30 am
Forum: Historical Q & A
Topic: Pre-1982 C&O Photos
Replies: 5
Views: 8426

Re: Pre-1982 C&O Photos

Here is a video of a Chessie System train headed thru Alden, MI around the time frame. It looks to be shot from Lake Street in Alden . At 34 second in, it looks to be a 1981/82 Chevrolet Caprice. at 44 seconds, I can make out the squarebody, but it has the circle headlights which was last used in 79...
by i995impalass
Fri Oct 15, 2021 5:46 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Throwback Thursday: Michigan Shore Railroad
Replies: 10
Views: 7248

Re: Throwback Thursday: Michigan Shore Railroad

jaykirks wrote:
Thu Oct 14, 2021 8:57 pm
I wonder how MMRR #2057 is currently doing after 4 years out of town...(20:57 PM)
Still running up North. Go see it kicking around Manistee.
by i995impalass
Tue Oct 12, 2021 6:51 am
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Shortline Updates - October 2021
Replies: 129
Views: 82076

Re: Shortline Updates - October 2021

LS&I 7 Weigher only job on this morning. Single blue.
by i995impalass
Wed Oct 06, 2021 9:29 pm
Forum: Historical Q & A
Topic: KBE Connecting
Replies: 31
Views: 25500

Re: KBE Connecting

My recollection is that one of the principals in the KBEC venture was originally a motorman for the DSR, then a bus driver after streetcar operations were terminated. How this qualified him to be a shortline railroad owner/operator is unclear to me. Perhaps one of the other company officers knew so...
by i995impalass
Wed Oct 06, 2021 8:46 pm
Forum: Historical Q & A
Topic: Amway Spur - Cascade Township - Kent County
Replies: 5
Views: 7647

Re: Amway Spur - Cascade Township - Kent County

Tom- Do you know who owns the property from Patterson East, Amway? Also, was it in the works to extend past Kraft for future development?

Very interesting that KB&E had interest. Do you know where the proposed ROW would have been? M-6 area perhaps or just due west of Steelcase?
by i995impalass
Wed Sep 29, 2021 2:23 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: ADBF Ownership Change
Replies: 56
Views: 34400

Re: ADBF Ownership Change

Raildudes dad wrote:
Wed Sep 29, 2021 10:02 am
Hi i995impalass:
I just get another bag of popcorn and read the latest posts. :)
Lol, thank guy. Hope that new TM at GR is getting the Standard cars timely.. :mrgreen:
by i995impalass
Wed Sep 29, 2021 7:19 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: ADBF Ownership Change
Replies: 56
Views: 34400

Re: ADBF Ownership Change

Lol that's comical. What would be the point of making the Adrian line 25 mph? The Jail is in rough shape it'll take millions to get it up to 25 mph. What facts do you have that this project would costs millions? The whole railroad is 10 mph, with some sections down to 5 mph. There's roughly 3250 ti...
by i995impalass
Tue Sep 28, 2021 7:57 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: ADBF Ownership Change
Replies: 56
Views: 34400

Re: ADBF Ownership Change

Lol that's comical. What would be the point of making the Adrian line 25 mph? The Jail is in rough shape it'll take millions to get it up to 25 mph. What facts do you have that this project would costs millions? Look at what ND&W has done just to get them to 10mph. Where do you see the Pioneer budg...
by i995impalass
Tue Sep 28, 2021 7:48 am
Forum: Railfanning Information
Topic: Upper Peninsula Railroad Operations Thread
Replies: 65
Views: 115247

Re: Upper Peninsula Railroad Operations Thread

Update: LS&I has had security at the Dead River Bridge. If you're planning to adventure up for colors, stay on public property. The bridge and surround area of the bridge is all private property and any access to the bridge is trespassing. Second, railfans from out of state had an incident which a t...
by i995impalass
Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:47 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: ADBF Ownership Change
Replies: 56
Views: 34400

Re: ADBF Ownership Change

Track surfacing project has started in Jackson. Goal is to get JAIL and ADBF up to 25 mph. ADBF has never been surfaced and JAIL hasn’t been since they leased it. Lol that's comical. What would be the point of making the Adrian line 25 mph? The Jail is in rough shape it'll take millions to get it u...
by i995impalass
Sat Sep 04, 2021 9:22 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: CN Yooper Operations
Replies: 21
Views: 21245

Re: CN Yooper Operations

Does anyone know the operational plan for the Trout Lake - Munising line, one control does get handed over? I assume the new operator will operate from Trout Lake. It looks like the interchange will be at the small yard on the CN mainline, which is where the current interchange between CN trains ha...