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- Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:01 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: 353 Incident outside of Kal
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1654
353 Incident outside of Kal
Anybody have any details with what happened with 353 on Sat afternoon outside of KAL with it hitting a trespasser; one RUMOR I heard was that the guy was a railfan taking photos, any news would be appreciated.
- Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:13 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Granholm to talk high-speed rail in Jackson on Monday
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3650
Re: Granholm to talk high-speed rail in Jackson on Monday
Amen to that!!!! I can verify the heat; last night we were pretty much on time everywhere until we were coming into PTH, the dispatcher tells us that because 394 is too long and blocking the switch into main 4--so we can get into the station--and a way too long 393 is to come thru the tunnel first b...
- Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:19 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: NS michigan (8-14-09)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3309
Re: NS michigan (8-14-09)
Exactly my point--MORON--and to think that there is the cop shop right beside her too; of course, the only time I have seen the Mattawan po-po was when I waxed the girl who ran the gates on a crossing just east of here.
- Sat Aug 15, 2009 10:36 am
- Forum: National / Other States Talk
- Topic: Laydown on tracks - stupid people
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1389
Re: Laydown on tracks - stupid people
that depends on how big the train is, how fast it was going, weather and rail conditions, brake conditions, just a whole lot of variables...
- Sat Aug 15, 2009 10:31 am
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: NS michigan (8-14-09)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3309
Re: NS michigan (8-14-09)
Owl, you are going on the assumption that the right-of-way is 50 ft. wide--which some are and some are not; myself, I would rather not see anybody on the r-o-w--'cause there are people who just aren't smart enough to get out of the way of that big thingee coming down the tracks. Everyday I go by peo...
- Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:04 am
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: NS michigan 8/10/09
- Replies: 3
- Views: 948
Re: NS michigan 8/10/09
That detector got 352 and 355 yesterday with false readings too; when I came thru on 354 later on that night, there were maintainers working on it and it didn't get a false reading
- Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:03 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Local Drop Offs in Birmingham
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1597
Re: Local Drop Offs in Birmingham
The switch to this spur was pulled when CN put down the CWR on #1 last year.
- Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:35 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Amtrak's International
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1755
Re: Amtrak's International
Yes, I would like to see it come back as a second train in this sevice lane; however, there needs to be some improvements made for this service: 1. Amtrak and VIA need to get their reservation computers hooked up together for this train--and I imagine all international service trains-- instead of se...
- Sat Aug 01, 2009 3:39 am
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: NS michigan (8-1-09)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 805
Re: NS michigan (8-1-09)
B34 was following us out of Jackson too
- Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:12 pm
- Forum: Railfanning Information
- Topic: Exploding GEVO's - recall issue
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4570
Re: Exploding GEVO's - recall issue
I agree about the SD50s' and you could say the same about the 60s' series also--at least on the NS; on more than one train I was on we had 3 or 4 GP60s' and we would pull faster than some of the 6 axles as long as the rail was dry. Sometimes bigger isn't always better; I think if somebody was to bui...
- Wed Jul 29, 2009 9:25 am
- Forum: Model Railroading
- Topic: Saturday ops - August 8
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2375
Re: Saturday ops - August 8
Hogger, I have to pass on that date --too much stuff going on in the month of Aug. I did talk to Chuck about it and he sounded like he was interested though....
- Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:06 pm
- Forum: Railfanning Information
- Topic: Exploding GEVO's - recall issue
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4570
Re: Exploding GEVO's - recall issue
NS and CN pretty much had the same bulletin out, but theirs said not to walk by on the walkway when the engine was in notch 1 or higher.
- Sun Jul 26, 2009 7:28 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Train Festival 2009: Update
- Replies: 584
- Views: 60324
Re: Train Festival 2009: Update
The B-25 and the B-17 both 'visited' the SRI grounds today; that -25 sounded awesome when it first passed over after takeoff....
Are both of these aircraft at Yankee Air Museum??
Are both of these aircraft at Yankee Air Museum??
- Wed Jul 22, 2009 6:26 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: official "where is the 765" thread
- Replies: 96
- Views: 9522
Re: official "where is the 765" thread
Dude, since when did you go 'goth'??
With that wind-blown hair and dark areas around the eyes, you could be going to a Depeche Mode concert.....
With that wind-blown hair and dark areas around the eyes, you could be going to a Depeche Mode concert.....
- Tue Jul 21, 2009 7:01 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: official "where is the 765" thread
- Replies: 96
- Views: 9522
Re: official "where is the 765" thread
Gosh Scooter, I get excited when I see you shootin' Amtrak---
At least we don't have any of those look-alike dash 9s' that EVERYBODY else has---now that's boring!!!!!
At least we don't have any of those look-alike dash 9s' that EVERYBODY else has---now that's boring!!!!!
- Thu Jul 16, 2009 1:37 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Train Festival 2009: Update
- Replies: 584
- Views: 60324
Re: Train Festival 2009: Update
Why couldn't it run up the Wabash to Detroit and then get handed off to CSX??? Isn't there a connection to run between Oakwood and Rougemere that transfers between the two yards use?? Seems like it would be a whole lot quicker going directly to Detroit than running east then north thru Toledo out of...
- Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:22 am
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Scheduled Railroad with Worst Ontime Record
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2007
Re: Scheduled Railroad with Worst Ontime Record
And here I was thinkin' that my railroad had that 'honor'..... To me, it seems HH was more interested in running those 10,000ft monsters on the mainline than the little trains that need to deliver the cars when needed (scheduled??); perhaps he forgot that while the railroad needs customers, the cust...
- Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:50 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: CN POLICE REMINDER!!
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2684
Re: CN POLICE REMINDER!!
I've never seen a CN po-po there either when I walk across the tracks to go get ice cream :wink: :wink: That being said, I've seen my fair share of IDIOTS crossing the tracks right in front of me when I come in for the station stop; I keep waiting for the day when somebody trips over the rail while ...
- Sun Jul 12, 2009 12:45 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Detroit Line
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1127
Re: Detroit Line
You guys will have a hard time beliving this: empty hoppers can pull harder than loaded ones based on wind resistance, especially if you only have one little ol' GP-38---hope those guys had ear plugs
- Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:23 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: AMTK 350 terminating at Ann Arbor 353 car train fatal
- Replies: 40
- Views: 4288
Re: AMTK 350 terminating at Ann Arbor 353 car train fatal
Not me, but I did end up moving the equipment that was taken to Dearborn to Pontiac later that night; the engine involved is sitting in the south pass track at Wayne Jct, I couldn't see if anything is damaged on the front of it when I went by it tonight. NS was still doing checks of the crossing equ...