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If you enjoy watching modern-day 'bo's I recommend Stobe the Hobo's channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4aku2 ... 3iwfVOAGTg

Very entertaining travelogues for those of us rail-minded... also he's a US Coast Guard-vet that was stationed in the Soo for a time.

Michigan no longer has a law that forbids scanners in automobiles or anywhere else, even if they can get police frequencies. Indiana, on the other hand, does have the rule against mobile scanners. However combine lack of enforcement with out-of-state plates, and I think a railfan who isn't doing an...

Bad wreck for sure, but I guess we can all be glad it wasn't a unit oil or ethanol train. At least coal doesn't explode after impact.

Sounds like it's time for all decent folks to carry some protection, and USE it when events like this happen. Garry K Yeah, but 40-60 hoodlums? Unless you're armed with an M-60, a full can of ammo and a few Claymore's you're likely to get overrun by that many 'hoods. Once the survivors get you and ...

http://bigstory.ap.org/dae71719c91a4869b6e901c146da8d20

Getting hit once is bad enough, but twice by the same train?

I pinged Bowser by email a while back - asking for 3390 and 3391 in their GMD Canadian-line of SD40-2 locomotives, both in MQT and HESR sublettering. The response I got back from Lee English seemed positive - perhaps in the third run, now in planning stages. Hopefully Intermountain's move won't dera...

A co worker came to me last week and tells me a friend of hers uncle has passed away. And in the basement was full of trains and she has no clue on what to do with it. Hundreds of cars lots of engines, mostly older stuff. Shes overwhelmed and wants it to go altogether vs piece by piece. Any advice ...

Looks like Iowa Pacific's SLRG passenger power is leaving Indy...

https://flic.kr/p/TaQmZ9

Passing through IU right now - heading west.

Sorry about the poor quality iPhone shot - taken from the 8th floor of my client's building on Market Street.

John, You're right, my bad... Wenona Yard is correct - must be my maternal Minnesota roots showing themselves. If not PC recollections anyone have memories of GTW operations before the sale to CMGN? How about current HESR operations? This just seems to be a very model-genic yard, not too big to shri...

Welcome to North Dakota winters... sometimes drifting south into the other Dakota only the hardy survive December-March on the high prairie.

D.M. Mitzel, formerly at MP 763.9 BNSF Mobridge Sub, nee CMStP&P Aberdeen Division.

Michigan also pays less to Amtrak if they use their own equipment, so there is that incentive for MDOT to use the Chargers on all their trains. peter Now if we could just get new coaches, business class and cafe cars... sigh. Having the Chargers at the point may improve reliability as far as power ...

Rather than double-post I wrote this in another board http://members4.boardhost.com/RRHXHistory/msg/1488988953.html looking for info on yard operations at this northern Detroit Division terminal of the Penn Central, later GTW's Saginaw Sub following Conrail Day. If anyone has insight they can share ...

Good issue - and e-mag overall. I especially enjoy the MILW content (not that I'm biased or anything)

Thanks for sharing!

Just to update this railroad is getting built in 1:87 scale in my 13'x27' basement "man-cave"... er, layout room. More to come as track design, engineering and ROW work progresses from Winona Yard, Bay City, Mich. over to Midland and down to Zilwaukee (or thereabouts). The DM&M Ry. - the Marquette R...

The end is here... just received this email for my reservations early next month: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Amtrak <ACN-Noreply@amtrak.com> Date: Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 1:02 PM Subject: Important Amtrak Alert (Reservation number 999999 / D.M. MITZEL) To: Mr. Mitzel Please be advised...

#WhereAreTheNewBilevels ? Seriously though, these new cars will be a vast improvement from this legacy equipment...hopefully! Hopefully... The final design review scheduled for January was "postponed to a later date". I haven't seen anything on funding other than that it expired in September 2017. ...

Drat... I'm sitting in the Metropolitan Lounge here in CUS waiting to board 850 this afternoon - now the ride will feel like being at a funeral. :cry: I feel the most bad for the employees like Andy, Matt, Dillon, etc. that will be out of work in a month. Looks like I'm back on Delta full-time to IN...

The victim in this case was apparently walking along the tracks with headphones on and did not hear the horn blasting before the victim was struck and killed. What truly amazes me is this is former double-track territory, now single-track... leaving a nice path on the grade where the former track u...

Maybe the dray costs to CSX New Boston are getting expensive, and making all-rail from CN Orion to the ports more attractive (for export Bolts, aka Opel's). It also just dawned on me one of the reasons for the dray move south is CN didn't want to be short-hauled with interchange to CSX in Toledo. Th...

Looks like Amtrak modernized things. One of the towers used to have the panel for the AML. I think it was 21st street or Lumber. I believe the Michigan Line Porter-K'zoo was initially dispatched from a model board in the Michigan City drawbridge tower - later being moved to CUS per the Train Direct...