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Volume #12 has just been posted. Aside from continuing to watch the day to day action at mile post 54.8 in Howell, Volume #12 showcases then President George H.W. Bush and his presidential campaign train which visited the Saginaw Subdivision on September 27, 1992. The train was chased northward from...

Volume #11 has just been uploaded. We continue the series with yet another volume of locomotive action from mile post 54.8 in Howell, Michigan on CSXT's Plymouth Subdivision. Highlights include watching a northbound Grand Trunk Western detour train running over the Tuscola & Saginaw Bay (Ex Ann Arbo...

Volume #10 has just been uploaded. As of January 1992, Canadian Pacific was running three pairs of trains on the Plymouth Subdivision: R200 thru R205. Due to the increased traffic, CP released C424’s 4200-4250, C630’s 4500-4512, M630’s 4550-4573 and M636’s 4700-4743 into system-wide service. CP also...

Volume #9 has just been posted which picks up right where Volume #8 left off. Volume #9 continues the locomotive action at mile post 54.8 in Howell, Michigan on CSXT's Plymouth Subdivision. From Chessie System GP30M's, Family Lines System C30-7's, Soo Line SD40-2's and Canadian Pacific Alco's, there...

Volume #8 has now been uploaded. This volume of the CSXT Plymouth Subdivision series continues the tradition set in earlier volume's of non-stop locomotive action at mile post 54.8. What really stands out with Volume #8 however, is the huge amount of Soo Line power seen on CP trains R200, R201, R202...

The 'new' Volume #7 has just been posted. I gave up on the original Volume #6, not going to happen. Hence, I have renumbered the first Volume #7 back to Volume #6. Anyhow....This is the CSXT Plymouth Subdivision main line at mile post 54.8. Watch locomotive after locomotive pass by offering non-stop...

Volume #7 has just been posted. As for Volume #6, I am still working on it. Some serious technical glitches have arisen. But to not slow down progress any we are continuing to release the series. So welcome to Volume #7 as we share continuing locomotive action on the CSXT Plymouth Subdivision main l...

Volume #5 has been posted! This edition showcases hardcore Plymouth Subdivision locomotive action at mile post 54.8. The 1990's were a busy time on the subdivision. CSXT had three pairs of freights running. Q326/Q327 Detroit-Chicago, Q334/Q335 Toledo-Grand Rapids and Q336/Q337 Flint-Chicago. Canadia...

Volume #4 of this series has just been posted. Aside from continuing to view the day to day operations of CSXT's Plymouth Subdivision at mile post 54.8, this video also showcases the engine facility at Wyoming Yard in Grand Rapids as well as the locomotive line-up at Barr Yard in Riverdale, Illinois...

Volume #3 has just been posted! This next in series video contains highlights from the Brighton derailment of CP Train 202 as well as scenes from Willard, Fostoria and Walbridge, Ohio with a little Barr Yard in Riverdale, Illinois at the end thrown in for good measure. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com...

Volume #2 has just been posted! This is a continuation from Volume #1. This video showcases the Holland Tulip Train weekend featuring all four of the CSX F-Units. Following that are clips from Wyoming Yard in Grand Rapids as well as Barr Yard in Riverdale, Illinois where you can see a pair of vintag...

I have just released the first 30 minute video clip from a new video series documenting the CSXT Plymouth Subdivision starting in 1988. These video clips are just that - short clips - mostly of locomotives passing through Howell, Michigan around mile post 54.8. You should be able to just click on th...

If this has been covered before, then forgive me - but why has Amtrak 58 and Amtrak 68 plus two coaches been parked at East Jackson Yard for the past month or so? There is a unit on each end of the two coaches. Just curious as every time I drive past it looks to me they continue to be parked in the ...

Any news on the Deshler diamond replacement? Still on for 7-9?

You are correct. Nice pair of power on Q327. Why split it up? Saw the pair last Friday morning myself in Fostoria on L234. You'd think CSX would take a few extra motors out of storage so they were not so power short. Of course, we won't talk about the hundreds of locomotives they have retired and so...

Would somebody 'in the know' please tell me the logic behind numbering this locomotive 329?

Happy New Year Everyone! And to commemorate the festive occasion, I am unleashing to the world small video clips from what is known as 'The Steve Michaels Experience Railroad Video Series'. Or in other words - my personal video collection dating back from 1998 with Volume #1 running up through 2017 ...

Thanks! Was curious as to who that was.

BL2-1843 and I headed down to Marion early last Friday morning, July 21 where we spent from 6:30am through 7:00am Saturday morning, July 22. Parked at the depot for 24 hours straight without missing a thing. Recorded 76 trains during that time. On CSX we saw 37 trains and 75 locomotives while on the...

Perfect! Exactly what I wanted to know.