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It is actually weird there is no Passenger trains from like Chicago to Sault Ste Marine MI and ON. There are not enough passengers along that route who would use train transportation to justify the cost of the equipment/people/etc. Ya I understand that but what if it stopped in Madison, Green Bay, ...

~Z~ wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 27, 2022 9:17 am

Gonna toss this video in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBtDEFGOJNg

It is actually weird there is no Passenger trains from like Chicago to Sault Ste Marine MI and ON.

1) What are the benefits to society? 2) How would you pay for it? If you look at the issue more broadly, there is merit to trains vs road travel. That being said, I PERSONALLY see this as something that could be a seasonal venture, but what they "want" is not realistic necessarily. In the United St...

Does anyone know if they would do a excursion trip from Owosso to Monroe. I would love to ride that

I think a commuter rail line would be great but instead of trying to establish one on tracks that don’t exist why not commuter rail service between Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids on the Gand Elk line first … then Grand Rapids would have a rail link to Detroit and Chicago via Amtrak out of Kalamazoo. Ju...

Why on earth does everybody seem to think that passenger trains to Traverse City might be a good idea? Lol Cause some people like the idea. Even if it sounds stupid to some people. People think it would be cool having “if this line existed” have the cherry capital of the world connected to Beer cit...

Why on earth does everybody seem to think that passenger trains to Traverse City might be a good idea? Lol Cause some people like the idea. Even if it sounds stupid to some people. People think it would be cool having “if this line existed” have the cherry capital of the world connected to Beer cit...

Interesting idea. Too bad the rails got taken out in the first place. Some state money would be needed. One other possibility passenger service to TC from GR. That probably has a better chance of success than AA to TC. An additional advantage is that at some point the metro GR area may want to look...

Here is my report if GLC ever made the white pine trail into a line from Cadillac to Grand Rapids. So if they did this they will have to share tracks with Marquette rail for a while and then CSX to go to the yard in Wyoming. They will have to remove 44 miles of concrete (Cadillac to Big Rapids) the ...

A daily train to from Ann Arbor to Traverse City is a great idea. Need to run two trains every day. One S.B. out of TC to AA and one N.B. from AA to TC. That way people in the middle of the route can get to TC or AA. The bad part is in AA you would have to get off train in eather North AA or at the...

I mean I believe this could happen. If it doesn’t work then it doesn’t work. If it works it works. And if they make MDOT loose a lot of money they can just sue the hell out of groundwork’s

DaveO wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 11, 2022 6:08 am

Resurrect a thread that has been at rest for over 8 years to add that?
Okay

Well this was back in 2013 and I wasn't in Elementray. I saw this and I wanted to add on to it. didn't know I could not do that.

Honestly I believe a better engine then that should be a F40PH. If this thing ever happens they should use that engine then a F59ph

People supporting this don’t realize that it costs a lot of money to run a train: crew, fuel, locomotive maintenance, leasing the passenger cars, and technically up keep of the tracks itself should be added. But the SOM will likely cover that cost for the state owned lines. I understand the money. ...

So I am seeing LSRC in Birch Run tomorrow and I was wondering what time do they go into the city?

Unemployed or working as a consultant. Either way, he is living off the government. At least he provides us with an evening of useless reading. Maybe in his next proposal he can electrify the line and have it powered by windmills and solar. No problem I will tell more stories I am just a kid who li...

I'm aware at how much more expensive it is but that's why you build your own line instead of relying on the freight carriers to be benevolent enough to allow passenger trains on their rails. Build your own line WHERE? And with what money? There was a rumor that they would do double track from Ann A...

5- the rumor of the line between Williamsburg and Kalkaska being rebuilt will not happen What rumor? There never was one. lol 1- stations like Mt Pleasent, Cadillac, and Traverse City will not be converted and stay as brewery’s The Cadillac depot is NOT a brewery. It is called the After 26 Depot Ca...

4- if they want to have any speed higher then 60mph GLC, Huron and Eastern and Ann Arbor railroad would be made into Class 4 railroads Hey at least they recognize that need. Now only to find the money. Not to mention that Class 4 is essentially worthless without signals. They also are thinking of m...

Well if you don’t want to listen to the 37min podcast here is the rundown 1- stations like Mt Pleasent, Cadillac, and Traverse City will not be converted and stay as brewery’s 2- there will be 1 or 2 event trains to TC maybe during the Cherry Festival. Equipment that would be used would ider be rent...