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Sounds like CN is pulling the plug on the mothballed section of railroad between L’Anse and Baraga. Per a post on the YooperRails group on Facebook the town was notified last month. How long has it been since anything even went to Baraga? 10-15 years maybe? Wondered why the line wasn’t offered to Wa...

GRHC wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:28 am

The Hamilton Northwestern transload facility will be constructed in Fillmore Michigan according to the word on the street.

That was the assumption before

Any updates on the YN2 count as of the beginning of the year?

Just so happens that I am the Chief Marketing Officer and DSLE. We have opened our Transload and are currently working on bringing in 4 new customers. We usually run between 1pm and midnight Monday - Friday and as needed by our customers. Where is the transload located? Any hope of customers along ...

Grand Ledge siding is no longer going to be designated as a siding in the timetable, it will just be an "other than main/yard" track, with hand throw switches. Expect either end of the siding to have just an intermediate signal. The thinking behind putting an absolute signal west of town is that th...

Z151 clear Godfrey headed back north. Has a big train today for anyone interested

Z151 clear Plaster Creek with 28 cars. Has 3408, 3567 and 3406 today coming in for power.o

Y197 is currently working the Acme Lead. He is between Porter and Burlingame.

**Y197 clear Chicago Drive

Z151 clear Fuller Jct per the scanner

Y197 just left the City Market Lead with a reefer from Michigan Cold Storage and 4 high cubes from Columbian. They have covered hoppers still connected to their locomotive and two loaded bulkheads as well as two more high cubes Looks like 303 is on their way out. Has 4554 leading a GE and one single...

301 clear Grandville. Has a big cut for Waverly and he will be going to Sawyer with coils on the rear. Now with 57 cars. Looks and sounds great in Grandville.

M327-04 @ 09:51 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 696 axles. CSX engines #909 + #449 & 171 cars (61 loads + 110 empties) @ 7,306 tons & 9,952 feet long. L301-04 @ 10:09 Grand Rapids, Mi job briefing with the RN Dispatcher: CSX engines #8199 + #8066 & 53 cars (36 ...

There is a pair of new signals at Lawson Rd (100.77?). Both masts have two heads, three aspects on the upper and two on the bottom. The relay case said “Grand Ledge Holdout”. What is the purpose of this signal when there isn’t a control point? I can understand why you’d need at EB holdout but why a...

Things to note as I chased 303 today and did some reconnaissance at some of the new locations. There is a pair of new signals at Lawson Rd (100.77?). Both masts have two heads, three aspects on the upper and two on the bottom. The relay case said “Grand Ledge Holdout”. What is the purpose of this si...

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Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:26 pm

L303-03 @ 13:25 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CH126.3 Clarksville, Mi with 100 axles. CSX engines #507 + #5335 & 22 cars (14 loads + 8 empties) @ 2,060 tons & 1,615 feet long. He has work in Lansing & his final destination is Detroit.

Clear Woodbury

L303 building their train as we speak in Wyoming. Has a YN2 GE leading today, better shoot them YN2 units while you can.

Guessing this means that trains will be originating out of the Bay City/Saginaw area then? No need to keep a geep in the house at Alma. Wonder if the Alma interchange will also be a thing of the past minus unit trains. Are there even any active customers in the Alma area?

Didn't Wolverine in Rockford also get served by the MIGN? I seem to remember a post on Facebook regarding a wreck in Rockford that was caused by kids throwing switches and messing with the brakes on cars causing them to wreck on the north side of Rockford.

Amtrak’s Cardinal departed Crawfordsville, Indiana (CSX Monon Sub) around 10:45 with ALC-42 #334 on the point and behind that DOTX 221, the Pennsy painted FRA car. Besides those goodies up front, nothing special behind that. No storms here yet, but Naders are everywhere else!

Some of those kids have already been visited by CSX. There are snapchats of them climbing on BNSF power at Wells, standing on the nose of an engine in Waverly, and hanging off the sides of coal gons. Amazing these idiots have not gotten arrested yet. Amazing that they think it's cool to post this s...

GTW 1951 is preserved at IRM. AA 20 and 21 are both preserved, one in Shephard and the other down in Raisin Center. Saginaw Valley Railway Museum has a former Consumer's Power RS1 on display. Coopersville & Marne also has ex Tuscola & Saginaw Bay RS1 2394 "Corkpine Express" on display. On the UP si...