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Ken Calvert, long time Detroit radio personality, passes at 72.
God, do I feel old.

Is this RR ever going to fix their loco issues, or lease/buy something, as this seems to be a recurring problem with these guys??

Sounds like a real SHORT. line .

Old Chrysler plant on Mt. Elliot, south of 8 Mile Rd. ??

BUT. BUT, BUT---- you mean Mary Barra, and the GM top management are incorrect, about EV's ? Say it isn't so.................

Speaking of Terre Haute--- does anybody know where the MILW. ROADS yard was in Terre Haute? Remember reading somewhere that it was almost circular.

From what I have heard from railroaders, and what I have read in these pages and other RR publications--- these units may be old,and non- tech, but---that may be a selling point to certain RR that don't need/ want high-tech units. They are way easier to diagnose, and repair.

rxThe NS line through Fostoria is double track. Used to have quite a bit of traffic, as did the CSX. Have not been there in a while due to being sick. My son and I once counted about 65 trains, ON BOTH LINES,CSX AND NS , in a 12 hour time frame. Don't know what it is now. Probably less.

Uh, we are over -- complicating this--- all I was trying to find out is the price they cost brand new, delivered from EMD, to the RR that ordered them------- as one of the posters already stated, that they were around. 200,000 dollars. Thank you for the answer.

Yes, that is the price, now. I was curious as to what they cost, brand new.

As far as those Geeps for sale--- would anybody have an idea of the price they were, new??? Thanks!!

Maybe, just maybe, the crew should have just kept on going .

The old spur to Lapeer grain is in place,on the west side of the street only--- a recent road re- paving has cut the spur off ,and the grain facility is supposed to be torn down,and made into a weed dispensary.

No, give them what they want-- no diesels in Cali., in trains, trucks, anything. No construction equipment, ambulances, concrete mixers, fire trucks--- get rid of it all. No trucks to deliver anything-- food, fuel, the same for trains. Then- try to run a state, with those rules.

I have re- read my first post--and to explain, the pretend wording does not apply to the individual driver--- but rather the city,or township, or county where ever the track in question is. If the track is out of service,or is physically severed to NOT allow a train to pass , the governing powers wo...

I used to have a CDL,and am aware of the significance of a RR track. My point is--- there is no physical way,that a train could be on those tracks, and seems to me that with all the communication,and tech stuff nowadays, that a city,or county would be aware of an abandoned,or dead track, and treat i...

Wonder why the powers that be just don't take out or cancel the signs, and just pretend it is not there. The chances of having a train now running north of M59 are zero, so let's give it up already.

Well, I remember reading somewhere, that the State of Mich. gave a grant to rebuild a bridge on PAINT CREEK TRAIL-- a walking/riding trail, so I would imagine that they could help to help to rebuild a small bridge to help with a potential industrial/ employment situation . We will see. Seems a littl...

PUNCTUATION???

I used to work near that plant, when it was GM. There were a few tracks on the east side(rear) of that plant, but there also was a track or two on the west side,(Mound Rd.) that entered from the north, and one was alongside an exterior wall--- that might be the one taken in the pic. It's been awhile...