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by Chip
Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:57 am
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: CN Train Location Updates - March 2024
Replies: 376
Views: 14222

Re: CN Train Location Updates - March 2024

If anyone is local and wants to see the BC Rail HU, it’s tooling around Flat Rock yard. I just saw it on the south side shuttling around a cut of cars.
by Chip
Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:05 am
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: CN Train Location Updates - March 2024
Replies: 376
Views: 14222

Re: CN Train Location Updates - March 2024

Something heading out of Flat Rock crossing Allen road. Monster of a train.
by Chip
Tue Mar 12, 2024 4:48 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Shortlines Train Locations Updates - March 2024
Replies: 160
Views: 6296

Re: Shortlines Train Locations Updates - March 2024

Chip wrote:
Tue Mar 12, 2024 3:17 pm
IORY waiting to depart Flat Rock as of 3:05
Heard a horn coming from that direction about 30 minutes ago. Could have been IORY or it could have been CN doing yard work, unknown which one it was for sure.
by Chip
Tue Mar 12, 2024 3:17 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Shortlines Train Locations Updates - March 2024
Replies: 160
Views: 6296

Re: Shortlines Train Locations Updates - March 2024

IORY waiting to depart Flat Rock as of 3:05
by Chip
Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:44 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Carleton, MI railfan meet
Replies: 22
Views: 1465

Re: Carleton, MI railfan meet

GRHC wrote:
Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:40 pm
1 Where in Carleton are we supposed to meet exactly? What side of the tracks what street or landmark? You do not give any details in your original post or any of your following post.
Just drive around for a while, you’ll find him
by Chip
Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:44 am
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: CN Train Location Updates - March 2024
Replies: 376
Views: 14222

Re: CN Train Location Updates - March 2024

Big a** fire along the tracks south of Mt Clemens. Some people claiming a train is involved. No confirmation. https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=warren%20scanner It’s a warehouse of a company that distributes vapes and vape supplies. My sister lives nearby, I’m trying to get more information if...
by Chip
Tue Mar 05, 2024 5:39 am
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: CN Train Location Updates - March 2024
Replies: 376
Views: 14222

Re: CN Train Location Updates - March 2024

Big a** fire along the tracks south of Mt Clemens. Some people claiming a train is involved. No confirmation. https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=warren%20scanner It’s a warehouse of a company that distributes vapes and vape supplies. My sister lives nearby, I’m trying to get more information if...
by Chip
Mon Mar 04, 2024 6:02 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: CN Train Location Updates - March 2024
Replies: 376
Views: 14222

Re: CN Train Location Updates - March 2024

Did they have a train die in Rockwood a few hours ago? Saw one parked as I crossed the tracks on Woodruff Rd then there was a second engine that appeared to have pulled the first engine off the train for some reason.
by Chip
Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:29 am
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Chip's Music Musings
Replies: 90
Views: 75924

Re: Chip's Music Musings

Speaking of The Chicken, here’s Gavin Harrison of Porcupine Tree/The Pineapple Thief/King Crimson doing a drum solo on David Letterman using bits of The Chicken.

https://youtu.be/99ATD9vTHSE?si=o49GQ54l9JaaTo8O
by Chip
Sat Feb 17, 2024 10:36 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: ADBF/JAIL Changes Made Under New Ownership
Replies: 283
Views: 922510

Re: ADBF/JAIL Changes Made Under New Ownership

CAT345C wrote:
Sat Feb 17, 2024 7:02 pm

When I worked at the A&B only one entity (allegedly) had the GP9 wiring diagrams after they were rewired and they were not an employee, could you imagine trying to fix something all the time with no prints?
Harder, yes, but not impossible if everything is labeled correctly.
by Chip
Thu Feb 15, 2024 11:50 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Cars vs Train
Replies: 3
Views: 654

Re: Cars vs Train

The railroad crossing is in the middle of the intersection there. A car accident occurred this morning. The damaged car wasn't moved in time and was hit by the train. Yet another in a long line of car-train collisions that could have easily been prevented by calling the emergency number on the blue...
by Chip
Tue Feb 13, 2024 3:48 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Shortlines Train Locations Updates - February 2024
Replies: 111
Views: 8475

Re: Shortlines Train Locations Updates - February 2024

IORY Southbound out of flat rock. Unknown cars and power as the gates came on after I crossed
by Chip
Fri Feb 02, 2024 6:55 pm
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Obituaries, February 2024
Replies: 24
Views: 3343

Re: Obituaries, February 2024

RIP MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer. Such an influential band and guitar player. Hard to find a band who doesn’t cite him as an influence

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/enter ... 456133007/
by Chip
Tue Jan 30, 2024 8:28 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: ADBF/JAIL Changes Made Under New Ownership
Replies: 283
Views: 922510

Re: ADBF/JAIL Changes Made Under New Ownership

I heard ADBF has a couple new engines, a pair of SD40's. Can someone confirm that? They’ve reached an agreement to purchase four GP40s from LSRC. 1162, 1164, 1171 and 1174 https://railroadfan.com/wiki/index.php/Lake_State_Railway#Current_LSRC_Locomotive_Roster Why are they also buying the parts sou...
by Chip
Sat Jan 13, 2024 4:15 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Shortline Train Location Updates - January 2024
Replies: 181
Views: 26610

Re: Shortline Train Location Updates - January 2024

Based on the signal arrangement entering the yard (R/Y), I’m pretty sure there’s an IORY train inbound to Flat Rock as of 3:05.
by Chip
Wed Jan 10, 2024 5:20 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Conrail Shared Assets Trackage
Replies: 26
Views: 5749

Re: Conrail Shared Assets Trackage

I see NS and CSX trains on the former NYC going through downriver, with NS taking the southbound traffic and CSX with northbound traffic. NS ownership of the line begins in Gibraltar between Old Fort and Gibraltar Rd. Not 100% sure where CSA ownership begins on the northbound track. Meanwhile on the...
by Chip
Tue Jan 09, 2024 9:04 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Conrail Shared Assets Trackage
Replies: 26
Views: 5749

Re: Conrail Shared Assets Trackage

What is the point of CR shared assets? Is it just a zone where they couldn’t evenly divide up trackage between NS and CSX? Or more of a customer idea? The way I understood it was there was 3 areas CSX and NS couldn’t agree how to divide these areas so nobody would have an unfair competitive advanta...
by Chip
Sun Dec 31, 2023 3:29 pm
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: Obituaries, December 2023
Replies: 22
Views: 21616

Re: Obituaries, December 2023

NASCAR legend Cale Yarborough dead at 84 Yarborough put together 83 wins and 319 top 10 finishes in his NASCAR career https://www.foxnews.com/sports/nascar-legend-cale-yarborough-dead Huge, huge, huge loss for the sport. Yes from a historical standpoint but from a current activity standpoint he has...
by Chip
Sun Dec 24, 2023 8:00 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Carleton, MI
Replies: 30
Views: 28397

Re: Carleton, MI

SD80MAC wrote:
Sat Dec 23, 2023 7:47 pm
You’re not going to see many.
And the majority of the ones you do see won’t be super interesting. It’s a lot of auto racks and intermodal on CSX.
by Chip
Wed Dec 20, 2023 5:15 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Carleton, MI
Replies: 30
Views: 28397

Re: Carleton, MI

If IORY is going into Flat Rock, they typically reach the yard about 10am and depart sometime in the afternoon. I’ve seen them leave as late as 5pm. Haven’t been able to nail down a schedule so I would guess it’s an as needed thing.