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- Fri May 17, 2024 7:17 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: NS and CP Train Location Updates 2024
- Replies: 57
- Views: 7290
Re: NS and CP Train Location Updates 2024
Oakwood happenings as of 7:15pm: NS 1068 (Erie heritage unit) brought 120 into the yard at 5pm, cut the train at about mid-point, and shoved a long cut of 86ft boxcars onto the Dearborn sub for the NS OJ switcher to deal with later. It then pulled forward, dropped it’s cars and mid-dpu, hookedup to ...
- Thu May 16, 2024 12:51 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: CN Train Location Updates - May 2024
- Replies: 219
- Views: 10546
Re: CN Train Location Updates - May 2024
The RDC car is in Michigan as well, Schoolcraft at 12:43pmLansingRailFan wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 11:57 am11:56 - EB o926 with EJE 667, weed sprayer train, is at Morrice at 11:38 and will be meeting WB M399 between Bancroft and Vernon. They will take M1 at Bancroft
- Wed May 15, 2024 11:33 am
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: CN Train Location Updates - May 2024
- Replies: 219
- Views: 10546
- Wed May 15, 2024 7:51 am
- Forum: Railfanning Information
- Topic: CSX Locomotive Roster News, Updates & Information Thread
- Replies: 1407
- Views: 1611615
Re: CSX Locomotive Roster News, Updates & Information Thread
What’s this I’m hearing about a Dash 8 and two Dash 9’s exiting storage?
- Mon May 13, 2024 11:24 am
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Recovering lost videos
- Replies: 7
- Views: 728
- Mon May 13, 2024 11:06 am
- Forum: Photography Workshop
- Topic: Daily Uploads
- Replies: 515
- Views: 377455
Re: Daily Uploads
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53718613188_83d5fda7e1_z.jpg All of my favorite things by David R. Collins , on Flickr The westbound California Zephyr is slowing down for it's Naperville station stop with a pair of P42's and the normal CZ consist in tow. The P42's are some of my favorite engine...
- Sun May 12, 2024 6:43 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: CN Train Location Updates - May 2024
- Replies: 219
- Views: 10546
Re: CN Train Location Updates - May 2024
Q116 probablybluewonderrails wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 5:43 pmCN #8801 + CSX #5384 east clear mp218 Lansing at 17:41. Racks then stacks
- Sat May 11, 2024 12:30 pm
- Forum: Photography Workshop
- Topic: Daily Uploads
- Replies: 515
- Views: 377455
Re: Daily Uploads
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53713751131_eb0f847a3f_z.jpg The cracked-out chief by David R. Collins , on Flickr Amtrak Southwest Chief #3 pulls into Naperville Amtrak/Metra station with an absolutely wild consist in tow on a drizzly and muggy May afternoon. Amtrak's Phase I Heritage Unit #16...
- Fri May 10, 2024 10:49 pm
- Forum: Photography Workshop
- Topic: Northern lights photos 5/10/24-5/12/24
- Replies: 1
- Views: 237
Northern lights photos 5/10/24-5/12/24
Ran up to Holly tonight to shoot the northern lights, spectacular is the only word I have to describe it. It lasts this whole weekend all over Michigan
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- Thu May 09, 2024 9:23 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Having a bad day? Something to make everyone smile :)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 336
Having a bad day? Something to make everyone smile :)
https://youtu.be/1mvuaSDBviM?si=ucHWkb2gTFF29tPz DISCLAIMER : The parents of the kiddos in the video gave me full permission to post, I would not have posted this if I did not get said permission. But I did, so here it is. One of my railfan friends (who was in town from Florida) and I were out for A...
- Thu May 09, 2024 2:31 pm
- Forum: Historical Q & A
- Topic: Could have Conrail survived?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 880
Re: Could have Conrail survived?
Does CSX get any of the chemical or scrap metal traffic? In Detroit, CSX currently seems to have very little presence or interest in Conrail anymore, aside from the intermodal to and from Livernois, and a CSX Dispatcher controlling the Lincoln Secondary. One would need sit at Delray at night to obs...
- Thu May 09, 2024 1:44 pm
- Forum: National / Other States Talk
- Topic: Shareholders vote no to Ancora takeover of NS
- Replies: 1
- Views: 362
Shareholders vote no to Ancora takeover of NS
https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/norfolk-southern-shareholders-back-ceo-alan-shaw-but-give-activist-investors-three-board-seats/ This is great news. If Boychuk and Barber ever got the controls of the company on their hands, NS would’ve fallen apart very quickly. They did however giv...
- Mon May 06, 2024 11:23 am
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: CN Train Location Updates - May 2024
- Replies: 219
- Views: 10546
- Mon May 06, 2024 10:27 am
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: NS and CP Train Location Updates 2024
- Replies: 57
- Views: 7290
Re: NS and CP Train Location Updates 2024
The NS heritage units getting new paint. Wow. Time flies. Will they all get new paint? Kind of surprised they didn't just become ubiquitous black NS when it was time for a paint refresh. They are, the PRR is next for the paint shops. So far, the Reading Lines, Virginian, Southern and Lackawanna hav...
- Mon May 06, 2024 9:16 am
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: NS and CP Train Location Updates 2024
- Replies: 57
- Views: 7290
Re: NS and CP Train Location Updates 2024
NS 1074 (Lackawanna Heritage Unit) is trailing on 11N, this is it’s first revenue run since getting fresh paint. Northwood, Ohio at 9:05
- Sun May 05, 2024 12:19 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: CN Train Location Updates - May 2024
- Replies: 219
- Views: 10546
Re: CN Train Location Updates - May 2024
Opdyke at 12:15, missed the powerGraham Halverson wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 12:06 pmRoyal Oak at 11:51. Super friendly engineer.Graham Halverson wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 9:19 amCN E251 by the Fort St cam at 9:19. CN X4.
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- Thu May 02, 2024 7:26 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: White Cloud question
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1927
Re: White Cloud question
Would it be possible to have someone here sketch on a present day satellite image roughly where all of that would’ve been?C&O Dispatcher wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2024 4:54 pmThis may help:
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5 ... the-mbr-co
Fascinating map though for sure.
- Thu May 02, 2024 4:38 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: White Cloud question
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1927
Re: White Cloud question
David I’m not sure how far back into history you are looking, but as you may know, White Cloud was once a junction town where the Grand Rapids-Traverse City line (today the MQT) crossed the Muskegon-Big Rapids line. Wow. This I did not know. Would you happen to know where this junction would’ve bee...
- Thu May 02, 2024 3:48 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: White Cloud question
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1927
Re: White Cloud question
I heard about this train brought up by some people that live up that way. Where did it run to?C&O Dispatcher wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 4:31 pmThere was also the Dow Special on Sundays and the empties back on Thursday. I also recall the occasional GR-Baldwin turn when needed. Not sure what they ran in PM days.
- Thu May 02, 2024 1:27 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Great Lakes Central Updates May 2024
- Replies: 41
- Views: 2485
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates May 2024
396 and 395 ran to Traverse City today with a centerbeam and a few cars for Beacon (don’t have an exact count).