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And wouldn’t it be more economical just to put a real bumper post in? GLC 392 is now filling in as the bumping post in Farwell Why do they need a bumping post at Lear? Technically the cheapest option "most economical" is whatever mass you have sitting around. Dirt, concrete blocks, etc. In this cas...

Wasn't sure how to route them? Geee, CSX or what? GET OUT A FRIGGEN MAP! LSRC for the Flint to Detroit job may be app pro po....but thats just me. Yard clogged in Rouge. Start calling an extra or two to have them switched out in GRR. Wait...crews? Extra? Nevermind. You know the answer... It isn't c...

Plus the unspoken truth that Amtrak is trying to save Superliners for the western Long Distance trains with this move as well, since they’ve woefully failed to maintain enough equipment to meet todays surging demand, let alone pre-pandemic train lengths. This train will run with single-level equipme...

David Collins wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 22, 2024 10:44 am

Foamers STAND UP. BE ALERT. CN 8952 IS leading 251 today. ASSEMBLE AT DURAND

Except you ran away to Holly?

How about people like you stop being weird about constructive suggestions like this? How about people like you figure out how to use the quote feature? The whole Amtrak from GRR to CHI via Kzoo topic has been discussed ad nauseum on here before. It's a terrible idea that abandons HOM, BAM and SJM, ...

Buster Manning wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 22, 2024 5:45 am

I'll be there for a few minutes,...at some point ...CN is having issues here at PTH--train coming thru the tunnel got a drawbar

That is not ideal!

It's a dumb, horrible idea. How about Kalamazoo to Traverse City? :roll: I agree. While moving the railyard would qualify as a "fantasy" plan and lesser improvements (such as a NE connection on the diamond) are close to fantasy land the oft discussed fantasy passenger rail plans are just distractio...

~Z~ wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 21, 2024 5:58 pm

See ya all tomorrow! Weather looks pretty good until 5-6pm when it might rain, so plenty of hours from morning till then to hang. Sd80mac and I should be there a little before 9.

I figure on being there in time for #365

I have no objection to the Pere Marquette route. But it misses the high speed corridor where most of the state and federal dollars will go. And The Gun Lake Tribe is building a city between GR and Kalamazoo. I think the two routes could complement each other. It is only money! Yeah, they spent all ...

How about people like you stop being weird about constructive suggestions like this? How about people like you figure out how to use the quote feature? The whole Amtrak from GRR to CHI via Kzoo topic has been discussed ad nauseum on here before. It's a terrible idea that abandons HOM, BAM and SJM, ...

Plannerdad wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 19, 2024 1:20 pm

And leave space for a future passenger rail connection to Grand Rapids…

How about no.

This is just Michigan’s version of the Peavine thread, isn’t it??

SD80MAC wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 08, 2024 6:40 pm

I was told it will be painted in Great Lakes Central colors.

Woah, that’s quite the hot take!

Is what I really wonder is why they started running their engines nose to nose instead of back to back like they were. To piss off railfans. It makes some of us happy… nose to nose was the preferred practice for the Soo Line in Minneapolis-St. Paul in the early 90s and us old folks get nostalgic. P...

Let's not forget lesser known composite ties. Strangely, there are composite ties in Boardman Yard in Traverse City of all places! Saw them this spring when GLC MOW was working on a switch. I asked them what they were as they looked like model railroad ties (very black). They said MDOT got a batch ...

13:56 CT: M326 by Michigan City

Mivers1988 wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 03, 2024 12:03 am

Coal train eastbound @ 94.9 with interesting horn at 12:01 OR westbound empty E-80?

Truthfully unknown direction

Sounds like it must be empties. By Michigan City at 23:42 CT. Dunno what horn it is, but sure sounds like an ex-BN MAC to me

Someone will undoubtedly correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that the cars are owned by TTX (Trailer Train Corporation) and the racks are owned by the railroad whose logo is on the rack. TTX is owned by a group of railroads. The autoracks with flatcar bases that have the name/reporting...

15:29 CT: M327 by Michigan City

The main determinations are tonnage, curvature and ease of maintenance. Switching wood to concrete requires changing every single tie, so it is a massive up-front cost that needs to be justified. You'll typically see lines converted to concrete or laid with it in areas with exceptionally high tonnag...