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000652840034.jpg Michigan Shore making its great escape from Holland Waverly Yard northbound with lone unit #2019, 9 tanks and one shortie covered hopper. August 29, 2023. 000652840032.jpg This one-time Klemme Co-Op Grain car of Iowa was parked at Lansing's Ensel Yard on September 13, 2023. When th...

Side Note: are or were there other diamonds in the Kalamazoo area I would have to think so considering how much trackage and different rail lines that Kalamazoo once hosted. Yes indeed! :) At one time, East/westbound trains on the Michigan Central mainline banged across 5 individual diamonds betwee...

Charlotte Southern video of part of the dinner train being shoved to interchange with CN: https://youtu.be/IVpMq2LbyvY?si=7w8ihHgPJUrJyQfM FYI as of 01/29/2024 - the City of Charlotte has added EXEMPT signs to all of the ADBF crossings in town. Unknown about the crossings out of town. Does anyone k...

I was able to go behind the scenes at Van Den Bosch courtesy of a friend at Ferris State (took a lot of planning) during first semester, and it is a neat little operation. I managed to get video (from the ground and air) of the 121 job doing their thang there, I hope to have the video out showing V...

Note: CSX engine #6549 has a camera mounted mounted inside the cab and Y121-14 has a conductor in training as part of the crew this afternoon. I’d venture to say any of the refurb engines from the last 5 years or so have inward facing cameras. Very few CSXT road locomotives don’t have them at this ...

Per a bulletin issued by CSX on February 5, the following signals are retired and removed from service: CH 105.2, CH 101.2, CH 99.2, CH 97.8, and CH 95.1. New eastward and westward color light intermediate signals are in service at the following locations: CH 104.3, CH 97.8, and CH 94.2. New eastwa...

Yesterday, January 29, P42 174 was released from Beech Grove leading train 51 the Cardinal from Chicago, then was assigned to lead train 30 to DC. This is the first Genesis painted in the Phase VII red blue and deep blue scheme debuted on the ALC-42s. The red and dark blue nose with the white strip...

I too got a look at the sign. Is it there permanently? It will be here until additional signal work takes place moving or eliminating the location where the signal rules change from Chessie to CSX standard. Semi related- despite having the more modern safetrans type equipment at Ensel, North Lansin...

Y121-12 @ 10:58 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 120 axles. CSX engine #6549 & 29 cars. He’s headed into Waverly mp CG22.8 Got stopped by them earlier at the Wilson Ave crossing, missed the power but the part of their train I did see was all intermixed tanks and g...

Does anyone know if the intermediate signal just east of the West side I-96/I-69 overpass will be replaced? The old searchlights are gone. I couldn’t get a good look last time I passed over that bridge to see if any work was going on there… I will have to check if the old high mount searchlight abso...

Hope the turnout is better than last year!

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Tue Feb 06, 2024 12:09 am

CH 69.7 has been that way a few years now. Not sure when it was replaced.

A 2012 post on this board indicates the signal was already replaced with a Safetrans replacement by that time. #history

Y121-02 westbound from the main to the M.J. lead Zeeland Michigan @ 15:38 CSX engine #6508 + 5 cars. BF73BD40-0DB7-419C-8BBD-B9C32D52F4B7.jpeg Y121-02 westbound from the M.J. lead to the main Zeeland Michigan @ 16:00 CSX engine #6508 + 4 cars. It was fun to catch GRHC trackside in Zeeland and catch...

Y121-02 eastbound stopped on the main preparing to enter onto the M.J. lead Zeeland Michigan @ 14:14 Onto the M.J. lead @ 14:16 CSX engine #6058 + 6 cars. Note: Y121-02 eastbound has cut off 4 cars of its train and left them on the main and will be setting off 1 loaded center beam flat car on the Z...

Details for the CP Empress 2816 transcontinental tour are being made public today:

https://www.cpkcr.com/en/community/fina ... team-train

Yesterday, January 29, P42 174 was released from Beech Grove leading train 51 the Cardinal from Chicago, then was assigned to lead train 30 to DC. This is the first Genesis painted in the Phase VII red blue and deep blue scheme debuted on the ALC-42s. The red and dark blue nose with the white stripe...

Tell me what the M&J lead name is for and what was the customer and what did they produce? For 100 points.... Mead Johnson… baby formula I’ve seen it both ways depending on the timetable M&J or M.J. lead M.J. would seem to be correct because it’s Mead Johnson not Mead and Johnson. It’s kind of like...

Nice G125 video steamlogger! That ROUTE ROCK covered hopper a few back from the engines is entering at least its 45th year in that paint scheme! I wonder what the deal is with those covered dumpsters along the old drive there a Plaster Creek?

IIRC Holland Panel and Plascore are no longer active shippers with CSX. My mind may have been playing tricks on me, but I’m pretty sure there was a covered hopper at Plastcore about a week ago. It was picked up by Thursday late afternoon. I’ll keep a closer eye on it. Cars tend to linger for weeks ...

I closed out 2023 noting 16 inbound loads to Van den Bosch Feed in zeeland, and appreciate GRHC noting that he counted 22, which is certainly more accurate because he lives even closer to the siding than I do! 2023 also saw two outbound transformer loads on 8- or 12-axle depressed center flatcars ea...