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12:45 engine 2680 Y121 lite power arriving at Zeeland perhaps to reposition or pull the big 12 axle flat or the 2 BNSF hoppers stuck behind it. I think the Lumber Yard spur is empty.

Great idea! Here’s WM 1852 on L303 at Cedar Street, Lansing on 8/22/24. B2B with CSXT 455. IMG_6251.jpeg Are you planning to include Heritage units that came up from Toledo to Rougemere and return? A few have come up that went back south again. Chessie comes to mind, but I believe a few others did, ...

Thanks for the head-ups guys. Caught the hurrritage mullet Conrail unit with gp30m4216 at centennial St in Zeeland. YouTube video posting later. Both you clowns stay the hell away from my house. lol If I would've been in town I would have joined you both but I was out of town so I could not. I actu...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtlwestrailfan/54029790363/in/dateposted/ Speaking of Via, looks like they're starting to rebuild the F40s AGAIN. 40 planned so far. Interesting! Now makes sense as the SC-42 Chargers are going into service relieving some of the assignments for the F40s (and the P42s)....

Let's look at some recent logo shots! As cars are ever more graffitied I always keep a lookout for interesting railroad logos. Here's a few: 000114200023.jpg A few of the original Grand Elk locomotives still have their original logos now 15 years after the start of Kalamazoo Branch operations. 3531 ...

Eastbound passing CP MA in Lansing with 2 GEs at 12:53 - L305? Decent sized train, viewed from several blocks away.

This is probably ancillary to the discussion and from a bit of a different era, but Fowler is somewhat unique in that the railroad hotel still survives. The “Fowler Hotel” was built near the tracks at North Main and West Clinton and catered to newly arrived travelers and others arriving by train. Ma...

Heavy lift equipment staged in Zeeland…

L301 has pretty much something for everyone today! In no particular order, about a dozen scrap gons for Padnos, about 10 CPOX coal loads for West Olive, two long cuts of black tanks cars of the type that typically head to Muskegon, a variety of covered hoppers including 2 BNSF ones that might find t...

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Sat Sep 28, 2024 6:29 pm

Video by Great Lakes Central Railroad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcGJEd3xqyM

Ah ha, thanks AARR! They’re moving at a pretty good clip there, too!

The former Chrysler Mt Elliot Tool and Die plant is just south of 8 Mile. There is a short spur across Mt Elliot into the north end of the plant but it looks like it may only have been used for large equipment deliveries as it ends under the track for a bridge crane. I’m not sure they’ll use rail at...

I’ve heard 1977 is getting a thorough mechanical assessment at Owosso shops as the desire is to make better use of the resources already on the railroad if feasible. As was said, NW2s are pretty rare these days and it would be neat to have one operating here if it makes sense to do so. Seems like th...

Short MQT northbound tied down just below the Grant Depot tonight, with 3413, 3408, 3343 and maybe 12-15 cars. Assume they will go north on Sunday as usual.

A whole line of MofW track equipment in one of the tracks in the MAC yard in Newaygo. It looks like they’ve been busy.

Y194, CSXT 2013 at Riverside Park in Detroit. They are returning to Rougemere Yard with 8 cars. Thank you for this report. It’s rare we hear updates from the Boat Yard Line. Pretty much the last two csx customers are the transload at Rosa Parks and the Delray Connecting interchange, unless I’m miss...

I appreciate the back-story to strategies like this. Thank you. Plus the unspoken truth that Amtrak is trying to save Superliners for the western Long Distance trains with this move as well... Amtrak may not have acknowledged the equipment benefits of freeing up the Capitol superliners….but Rail Pa...

Think I found it: AIS Construction Equipment in Lansing, https://maps.app.goo.gl/WWHPDvhHNMjxmQei8 On North Grand River Ave on the northwest side of town near the airport as you said. Good sleuthing! Yes, on that short service road beside AIS Construction Equipment live those two critter killers. N...

And now for a brief master class on some of the Grand Elk's more interesting power in and around Grand Rapids: 000650500026 GDLK 4190 WAMX Wisconsin Southern Wyoming Yard 10-21-2022 Done.jpg Adding a blast of color to any Grand Elk consist it joins, 4190 is clearly a former Wisconsin & Southern SD40...

Something big will soon be coming or going from Zeeland. Erickson’s rigging is starting to stage equipment along the Van Den Bosch spur for a heavy lift. In the past, these have been transformers from the Zeeland Co-Energy plant. +1 covered hopper on the Plastcore spur which arrived in the last day ...

L301-23 @ 13:26 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 182 axles. CSX engines #4053 + #2009 & 43 cars, or, #4053 solo with 44 cars. He’s headed into Waverly mp CG22.8 Did anyone in the area see the power on L301? Just the SD40-3 (long hood forward), no Geep power today....

A couple west MI siding and spur sightings: 1 empty centerbeam at Zeeland Lumber 1 covered hopper on the spur at Endeavor Ag/Harlem on the Fremont Sub. After HNW restarted interchange operations I wasn’t sure rail was going to continue to Harlem so am glad to see this. In other cargo news, I’ve lear...