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Is it just me or did they get carried away with how high they raised the roadbed of I-96 above 23? I haven't been through it in a bit but seems like it has 18-20ft clearance, which requires an even longer and steeper grade for both directions of traffic. I'd like to think that they learned lessons ...

That's looking south from Park St/Lynn Street crossing of the GLC in Ashley, with the Middleton branch heading off to the right.

...and if we were to take Google's bad stitching-together of the photo literally, the future site of a GLC train wreck...

Third option is to get that new belt railroad around Chicago built, freeing up plenty of Chicago Line space. But note, I'm listing these in order of increasing "probably not", so yeah... Yeah, that's definitely the least likely option. The scheme went from "probably not" to effectively "never". The...

It looks like there's still hope for #91/70- a list of ITM equipment that was linked over at RyPN shows it as having either been sold to the City of Kokomo or lined up to be moved to Kokomo under Museum ownership. The document was a bit vague. It is still on site at the park at Noblesville, however.

Former Boyne City/Boyne Valley RR GE 44-ton switcher #70, nicknamed "Ladybug" is one of the pieces of the Indiana Transportation Museum (ITM) collection that is at risk, now that the ITM has been ordered to clear out of its home in Noblesville, Indiana by July 12. First, a short and simplified synop...

Photos on boatnerd.com, dating from February of last year, show the Viking cut down to its car deck, on its way to being completely scrapped. See http://www.boatnerd.com/news/newsthumbsb/html2/newsthumbs_1894.htm According to discussion on boatnerd.com, the Atkinson was cut down to its car deck in l...

NS3322 wrote:When did the real train station in Benton Harbor get torn down?

The brick depot at Lake Shore Drive and Water Street was demolished in late 1973/early 1974.

In assembling my notes on the C&O RoadRailers for an article I'm working on, I've found that I don't have any rough dates for when the rolling stock collection at Muskegon was dispersed from its old location at the Union Station. Does anyone recall which year that was? And while I'm asking, how abou...

The miniature railroad at the Monroe County Fairground.

There's a good run-down of the trip dates for the Chessie Steam Special, the Chessie Safety Expresses and a number of other special trains (such as the Freedom Train, the American Freedom Train and the Golden Spike Centennial Limited) at http://www.themetrains.com/main.html . The site also has photo...

This Sunday, Rails on Wheels is holding its annual Southeast Michigan Model Train Show and Sale at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, between Ann Arbor and Saline, from 10am to 3pm. The show features over 100 sales tables offering model trains and railroadiana, as well as several operating layouts ...

For a while, at least, wasn't one of the big selling points for buying locomotives from GE that they seamlessly financed purchases through GE Capital?

If that feature were to go away, I wonder how it would affect the product line under new owners?

A couple of us came up from SE Michigan to take part in this operating session, yesterday. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and found the GRMRHS guys to be great hosts. The club's layout represents the PM/C&O's Chicago-GR, GR-Plymouth and GR-Petoskey lines, including the branch to Manistee and the bi...

The equipment and depot at the end of Union Street in Sparta are still owned by the West Michigan Railroad Historical Society. The property they sit on is owned by the village. The Annie caboose that was previously up there was owned by a member who decided to sell it. In recent years, the Society h...

rr-fallenflags.org has shots of several 5000-series covered hoppers, at http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/dm/dm.html

A simple patch-out: http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/dm/dm5026d06.jpg

A repaint: http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/dm/dm5030dsa.jpg

I had a good time. I haven't been looking for too much lately, but picked up a number of painted HO scale figures cheap, some scenery material, and a batch of Code 70 turnouts for a decent price. Notable by their absence were Dave's Books, Steve's Trains, and Funaro & Camerlengo. My understanding is...

I don't believe that the Total / Leonard refinery in Alma could manufacture Jet Fuel. If the Alma refinery could make Jet A / JP-4 I doubt that they could make enough to meet Wurtsmith's needs. I recall reading somewhere that the Crystal Flash(?) refinery along the GTW in Carson City produced jet f...

Any reports?

GV used to be one of my "don't miss" shows, but it just hasn't worked out schedule-wise for me the last few years.

Why wouldn't they move it on it's own wheels ? Most other locomotives are shipped that way. It's got some major problems (brakes I think is the big one) so no major railroad will allow it to operate over their tracks. peter So. Why don't they fix them, going to have to anyhow if it going to be rest...

It was rather depressing to go through the IMDB entry for Blazing Saddles last night and realize that you now have to get to the sixth actor listed before you get to one who is still alive. Granted, the film was released 42 years ago. Such is life. 2016 has been a rough year for icons of the enterta...