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IF YOU ARE DRUNK, YOU ARE NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. I’m spreading that message as my girlfriend got in a serious head on accident that involved a drunk driver yesterday. She’s in critical condition but she should make a full revovery. There was, however, a time period though the evening that we (her parent...

MQT1223 wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:30 am

MuskegonRailfanning wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:25 am

CSX G126 clear Fostoria with a heritage duo, CSX 1973 & 1976, grain for MQT

Please don’t do that… even on April Fools

Lighten up. People do this every year. People can always check the cameras Fostoria has or anywhere along that line.

It’s ok to have a little fun

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:48 am

M327-01 @ 07:44 Grand Rapids, Mi mark up with the RN Dispatcher: CSX engines #1836 (RF&P Heritage unit) + #726 & 17 cars (4 loads + 13 empties) @ 939 tons & 1,089 feet long. They are ready to depart. CSX promo video for the #1836 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h8nLCp8ol0

Grandville at 8:15

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 01, 2024 6:41 am

MQT1223 wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 01, 2024 6:34 am

Andy24 wrote: ↑

Mon Apr 01, 2024 6:21 am

Late start for M327-01 this morning?

Crew usually goes OD around this time, so define late?

M327's on duty time is usually 4:30am

It is April Fools Day after all…






Just kidding, I know the railroad doesn’t do anything with it

This may seem like a stupid question: with CSX doing the GP40-3 rebuild and leaving the original cab on, is it possible that the SD40-3 rebuild program comes back with the same concept that is being used on the geeps (same cab, newer tech, etc)? Or is the SD23 or ET23 or whatever it’s called the pat...

L303-31 update: it sounds like will instead be the crew for a loaded Grain to depart from Grand Rapids with CSX engines #160 + #228 (elephant style) that he is now spinning & will also need to cut away the last 3 cars due to them being Bad Orders. He'll have 87 grain cars. Where is this grain train...

Graham Halverson wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 29, 2024 9:27 pm

At 21:10, there was a southbound taking the High Wye in Durand, and it looked to have about 2 or 3 cars. I don’t know what it is, it’s not L508 as it passed an hour or two prior. Anyone know what this is about?

R944, the Flint-Durand-Flint turn.

Graham Halverson wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 29, 2024 4:27 pm

CN L507 by the Fort St cam at 4:23. CN X2.
Finally some new units, dual of SD75I.

Tail end by Royal Oak at 7:35

GTW6401 wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:34 pm

513, IC 9607 is heading back to Pontiac with two tankcars.

Currently at Royal Oak, 1835.

He’s early today… lol

Graham Halverson wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:56 am

GTW Original Paint working Flat Rock at 10:53

Should be 5831

~Z~ wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:46 am

You have a co-pilot, they can film

Katie unfortunately was not with me. I was lone wolf on this chase.

I made the decision to drop some money on a dash cam shortly after this trip. I’ll be able to avoid having to go handheld from now on after I get it (in the coming days).

Love the classic Canadian horn on that thing. I was all over it too, I’m gonna be 100% straight up and say it was one of the coolest horns I’ve ever heard. I got a video of that unit and another train I filmed in Royal Oak a few days before that chase happened that I have premiering on Monday, the ...

In today’s world, it could very well be that something about Mr. Gearhart’s past made it inappropriate to continue to have the yard named after him. This may not sound relevant, but hear me out: Ferris State University has a building called the David L Eisler center (for the many FSU alumni on this...

I continue to see a steady flow of these gondolas cycling through CN’s Pontiac yard. From there they go to either the Ferrous Processing yards in Pontiac or Detroit (on DCON). The majority of them go to DCON. However some of them go up to the Ferrous facility on the former PO&N in Auburn Hills. Unr...

AARR wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 27, 2024 10:21 am

Why build a run around siding there when there is already one in Grawn just a few miles south?

I don’t know much about the trackage in Traverse City, so forgive my ignorance, but isn’t there one in TC as well?

https://youtu.be/9RbJ3xd7cPM?si=wBhpSkRdBwtuXnoh Trying a new format out for this video, and I let my girlfriend take the reins for editing on this one. I think she did a good job. L507 on 3/17 had quite a wild lineup in terms of locomotives. I couldn’t possibly miss this lashup, but we had to go up...

Looks great so far! I’d like to see the engines sometime soon

Are you going freelanced or is there a particular railroad you’re modeling?

Graham Halverson wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:47 am

CN E251 passing the Fort St cam at 10:18.
CN X2

Royal Oak at 12:13, power is elephant style. Sizable train too.

Manistique wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:01 am

353 had an extra car today, five Ventures and one older snack car. If one of the Ventures was a snack car it looked the same as the coaches from the outside.

It’s been like that as of late, it’s for spring break per a conductor friend of mine.

Well James, you have CSX M326 and M327 that run but they dont stick to a daily schedule so you'll have to figure out a day they both run. Usually CSX run's 2 coal drags through there a day. Amtrak 370 and 371 also travel down the CSX. (370 is mornings and 371 is nights) for AML wise you have one NS...