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Is Amtrak/state paying a lease to NS now, and does anyone know how much if they do? ALso a brief update, new ties along the line from west of Battle creek to Augusta, then a few here and there to Galesburg, track machine on one of the sidings near us lumber in BC....any word on when they will be wor...

Rumor was that Amtrak was going to buy it, but dont think anything official has happened yet

I've read various info about the pissing match between Amtrak and NS over maintenance on NS track from Kalamazoo east to Detroit. Clearly NS's speed limits have been a disaster for Amtrak's schedule, often running more than 3 hours late as they pass through Battle Creek. Today, however, I saw piles ...

GLC does have a bunch of ex-Metra cars in storage in Cadillac, maybe one of those? They are also still talking about commuter service from Howell to Ann Arbor, and maybe limited service from AA to Traverse City. Whether it can happen remains to be seen....

hope that works out!

Very little movement on NS between Battle Creek and Kalamzoo. They run their local switching from Hinman yard mostly late night/early morning. These are the NS customers in and around Batlle Creek as far as I can tell: Kellogg's Post Cereal ADM Sweetner Terminal across from Kellogg's at the Hinman y...