Southwest Detroit 3.24.23

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Southwest Detroit 3.24.23

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Y194 passes through Delray on their return to Rougemere after working the Boat Yard Line.

ImageCSX 6516, Delray, Detroit by tcamp7837, on Flickr

The NS Boat Line Job set off their boxcar for Evans at Green St, then shoved the Covered Hoppers onto Zug Island.

ImageNS Boat Line Job by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageNS 5348, Detroit, MI by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageNS 9842, Detroit, MI by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageNS shoving onto Zug Island, Detroit by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageNS shoving onto Zug Island, Detroit by tcamp7837, on Flickr

The Conrail LV-35 shoved back toward Livernois after working the Junction Runner. Currently the Conrail Bay Window Caboose is used as the shove platform.

ImageConrail Bay Window Caboose - CP Lou, Detroit by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageConrail Bay Window Caboose on LV-35 by tcamp7837, on Flickr

The cars were left near CP Lou, and the engine went back to the yard office, passing CSX I131 with Union Pacific engines.

ImageConrail Caboose - CP Lou, Detroit by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageConrail LV-35, CP Lou, Detroit by tcamp7837, on Flickr

ImageConrail LV-35 & CSX I131, Detroit by tcamp7837, on Flickr
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Re: Southwest Detroit 3.24.23

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I enjoy your trip reports CRD
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Nice report, I enjoyed the caboose shots.
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Thank you for this trip report! The overcast skies feel just about right for a gritty industrial chase along the Boat Yard Line and by Livernois.

Is CSX’s only customer on the boat yard line the Transflow terminal down at Rosa Parks? Also, I didn’t realize NS went into Zug with less than a Coke train. I thought smaller interchanges were accomplished on that run around visible in photo #4.

I didn’t relive That Conrail caboose was still hanging around and getting some use. Great to see. I’m surprised it doesn’t have more graffiti. I wonder why LV35 would leave their train in that spot?

Thanks for sharing!

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Follow up thought after I opened these photos on an actual computer on Flickr, I had no idea the old #2 main is still stick rail! It's clearly visible in that last photo with I131.

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The Transflow and Delray Connecting Interchange seem to be the only active customers for CSX.

There have been no reports of the Produce Terminal receiving cars in years.

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Where was the pic of the UP stack taken?

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Delray wrote:
Wed Jun 07, 2023 8:47 pm
Where was the pic of the UP stack taken?
On John Kronk between Lonyo and Wyoming

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ConrailDetr​oit wrote:
Thu Jun 08, 2023 12:01 am
Delray wrote:
Wed Jun 07, 2023 8:47 pm
Where was the pic of the UP stack taken?
On John Kronk between Lonyo and Wyoming
Excellent. Thank you.

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