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PatAzo wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 03, 2023 12:56 pm

Saturnalia wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 03, 2023 10:43 am

Create good content people want to watch and you'll be rewarded for it.

That's it in a nut shell.

That doesn’t solve the problem by itself. A lot of great stuff gets uploaded that no one sees because the creator is not in the good graces of YouTube.

~Z~ wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 27, 2023 4:41 pm

Where be it? Not in Michigan. Thought the track layout was pretty interesting.

Concord Naval Weapons Station, California.

Thank you for the replies to my HBD question. The media circus and political sideshow around this cleanup are mind boggling. The EPA is looking like a bunch of political hacks not the science based entity it is supposed to be. I stopped reading when the EPA announced that they were “ordering” NS to ...

I have a question for those who know how the PTC /signal /communication systems work.

Does anyone outside of radio range of a detector know when an alarm occurs?

For instance, if a hotbox detector alarms, does the dispatcher know? Will PTC stop the train or alert anyone else?

As of 2016 NS had a combined detector near MP 50, East Palestine, a dragging equipment detector near MP 61, Columbiana, and a combined detector near MP 69, Salem.

It is likely that the heat did not set off the detector at MP 69, nothing was dragging at MP 61, and the detector at MP 50 alarmed.

AARR wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 20, 2023 6:09 pm

My old eyes can't make out those letters on the chimney

J T wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 20, 2023 6:01 pm

~Z~ wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 20, 2023 2:01 pm

Ding, fries are done. Nice work, correcto.

Didn't take long to find where CMS was with a google search.

You could have looked at the trailer parked at the dock like I did.

https://www.hometownstations.com/news/train-derails-in-delphos/article_246ceb2e-b06f-11ed-b662-3b30f924e9d8.html Delphios, OH is on the former Pennsylvania RR main line trackage, now own and operates by a shortline railroad, About 20 miles west of Lima. OH. The line is owned by CSX and operated by ...

Is it just me or are we seeing lots of new rail cars? According to data from AAR, about 50,000 new freight cars are added to the fleet each year. As of 2018, approximately 140,000 cars were over 40 years of age. Assuming an even distribution over a decade, 14,000 per year would be retired upon hitt...

Schteinkuh wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 15, 2023 8:10 pm

Would you look a regulatory agent in the eye and say "but it's only 2 tons!", yes or no?

Don’t completely fill the fuel tank

Are there any damage estimates yet? It's got to be at least in the hundreds of millions. From the Wall Street Journal: “ JPMorgan analysts estimate that Norfolk Southern faces costs from the East Palestine derailment of roughly $2.7 billion.” https://www.wsj.com/articles/ohio-train-derailment-chemi...

I'd appreciate someone double checking my math. ARAUCO North America announced plans to build a new particleboard mill located in Grayling, Michigan, to produce 424 million ft2 (750,000m3) on 3/4" basis: 452 million ft2 / 32 (4x8) x (60.8x1.5) lbs. (taken from below charts) / 2000 = 646,218.75 tons...

LansingRailFan wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 6:03 am

The 2007 is be used by the National Loss of Shunt Committee to test a "Shunt Enhancing Device", …

I had to look at today’s date after reading this. I thought it was April 1st already.

LansingRailFan wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:37 am

Standard Railfan wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:26 am

LansingRailFan wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:12 am

Copy/paste off of Fb:

4215, 3925, 4049 (?) SB approaching Barton Drive 9:32 am. with not too many random cars. They brought a long CSX grain train up earlier.

Which railroad might this be?

Ann Arbor sorry didn’t realize the poster didn’t actually say AARR in the post.

Thank you.

LansingRailFan wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 25, 2023 10:12 am

Copy/paste off of Fb:

4215, 3925, 4049 (?) SB approaching Barton Drive 9:32 am. with not too many random cars. They brought a long CSX grain train up earlier.

Which railroad might this be?

The lights on your vehicle do not change the laws of physics. Never assume that a train crew has seen you and can stop. Always assume the opposite until (as OLI states) the railroad confirms that rail traffic has been stopped. After the railroad confirms traffic has been stopped, post watchmen in b...

The feed mill received rail service back in the MIGN days (Biehls Feeds and later Ellsworth Farmer Exchange) but I don't know if they ever got anything from TSBY. However, TSBY delivered well drilling supplies to that same siding including drilling mud and pipe. Has that building in Mancelona that ...

Petoskey run today. That's all the info I have at the moment. I watched a video of GLC NB through Alba on January 10th. The last two cars appear to be cement hoppers. The second to last car carried the reporting marks of Lone Star Industries (LCEX) which is the parent of Buzzi Uni Chem. I assume th...

GAL wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 16, 2023 4:41 pm

What is the plant in Beaverton MI?

https://eastjordanplastics.com/company

CSXBOY wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 13, 2023 6:07 pm

Plus Amtrak will have to go after CN if they want any access in that area.

Amtrak would not have to “go after” CN. If Amtrak wants to establish a route, the host railroad must accommodate the service.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but IIRC GLC runs two local turns on their line between Cadillac and Owosso, with them meeting in Clare and swapping trains before returning to their respective terminals. Could something similar happen between Owosso and Toledo? Maybe have a southbound out of Owosso and a ...