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Sitting around at breakfast we came upon a question--we know where autoracks are loaded, can not recall seeing any pictures or locations where they are unloaded. Like in the Chicago area or Detroit?

I am not the answer to some of the posters metal health issues--just look at Dockor No's picture!!

Middle Mi did you read my post--it was a question about whether they had a police force and also referring to the legal issues involved--I guess you cant keep your hat on. Also I am 74 years old and don't intend to hop trains!!!!!

Does the Grand Elk employ any form of police? Now don't get too excited but it would be possible to hop the train going north to GR and get off as it slows going into the yard, or by 28th street; or vice versa. Keep your hats on,we all know the legal issues involved!!!

Went to Kazoo station to see it on the Blue Water (10:30am) as listed on this site; good old 30 upfront with 26 taking up the rear. Has anyone seen the Chargers or is this a "Fake" time table?????

Driving along Stadium Dr saw a Amtrak passenger train mozing along at 2:15 heading west. Last two cars said Federal Railway Admin--very shiny SS with large picture windows on the rear end car. Does not show-up on the Dixie site; obviously some special train.

Back in 1968 I worked putting a 5 foot sewer line from Scott Paper to the Detroit Sewage Treatment facility (under Jefferson Ave.is the Main Interceptor for Detroit--32 feet in diameter of raw sewage!) If you look on Google Maps just to the SW of the air photo in the article there is a single track ...

Riding the Blue Water from KAL to CHI. It was delayed 57 mins. at Port Huron; question is-- if it is a mechanical question where does the mechanic come from to attend to the problem????Do they have staff in Port Huron and for that matter in Pontiac to deal with these types of issues?

Anytime I see some pictures posted, there are always (mostly) two engines pulling less than ten cars! My brother-in-law worked the C&O out of Ludington for 40 years; he said the engines were not that reliable back then. They would break down out in the "boonies" and have to wait for a rescue engine-...

Driving on the Skyway road as it approached the Dan Ryan, I saw a tanker truck fueling a set of NS road engines. This was near the container/trailer loading yard along the Skyway, this is the first time I have seen this (I finally saw a plane leave the Gary airport--what a day). Anyways ,where does ...

Saturday I rode the Wolverine 358 to KAL from CHI. After leaving Union Station and over the Chicago River, we were passing a stopped container train (really long). The engineer was tapping the horn as we went by it. Was there a specific reason for this? Was he warning anyone that a train was passing...

Any increase in the sales tax has to be approved the people--that is why the bozo legislators tried to kick off their plate! Want a cushy job, with healthcare for a lifetime--try the state legislature. raising the state sales tax is a sure way lose that cushy job.

Am I reading this correctly----four engines to pull a mess of empties. This must be a group of "junkers" to finish the run, or just incase a few of them break down

Along the Indiana Tollway -southside-before Gary there is the company that has stacks of usable ties and an increasing stack of junk tie area, and rail lengths. Under the Skyway bridge on the westside of the river, Amtrak slows down for the lift bridge is a small operation that appears to be grindin...

Why would they be stopping for Customs? Wouldn't the manifest be all done from RR offices by computer? All truckers carry the manifest copy that is furnished by the shipping agent or trucking company--if something is wrong they are refused entry and go back to the shipper or agent for correction. Ar...

Returning from the "Windy" along Indiana Tollway saw a single consist of white tank cars rolling west ; also saw a line of them waiting to head into the Whiting refineries. Are these the "new" tank car design and painted to distinquish them from the "oldies"?

Well, we have all seen the answers on this site about the "Bo Tower"; I pass it a few times a week and the occupant's black SUV is consistently there. What is he doing in the tower????With 6 Amtraks a day and a few Grand Elks and all the new signaling, I hope they have plenty of crosswords to or com...

I rode the 352 back to Kazoo this evening--left the Windy 1.25 hours late due to the 351/365 being late into the Windy. Initially Amtrak said the 351 hit a snowplow and the 365 was coupled to it and brought it to the Windy????Later announcement said someone had mechanical issues. 352 got back to Kaz...

I have access to the real BBC in the UK; there was a program that dealt with the train service in Mumbai--you have seen pictures of their trains. They were interviewing an engineer who had worked for 30 years as an engineer. Asked about how many people he had hit--somewhere between 75 and 80 deaths ...

Some shipping containers are refrigerated, on the ship and on the train. I was driving down the Chicago Skyway freeway and noticed a line of containers waiting to enter the yard; a string of them were refrigerated, just like over the road reefers. These were NOT trailers, but containers, from the ea...