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I saw HESR building their train in Pigeon last night. The CMGN 2014 and the CORP 3826 were putting together a string of covered hoppers. They dropped part of the train on the east side of town next to Blue Diamond Steel Castings. That string had four scrap gons from Tower Automotive in Elkton. When ...

Did a search and found this.
http://www.railroadfan.com/phpbb/viewto ... =15&t=1033

Some more pics.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/highland_l ... 050488177/

Newsvideo and more info.
http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/new ... 16979.html

A little more info.
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/ ... /id/180147

Sorry GLC. I guess I was a couple of minutes too slow.

CN had a head-on today on the Missabe Iron Range Sub near Two Harbors.
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/ ... id/180118/

Tony's is very good. I have downed the BLT twice. Your mouth will get tired chewing all of that bacon. Another Man Vs. Food moment can be had at Tiffany's in Frankenmuth. They have the a burger called the TC Pounder IIRC. My friends didn't think I could eat the whole thing. I finished it in under 5 ...

Hey Don, do you glow in the dark too? I also have enough DDT in my system to kill any mosquito that dares to take a drink, and with all of PBB in me, I can work in the steel mills without protective gear because I will never catch on fire.

I grew up in St. Louis and watched the end of Michigan Chemical/Velsicol. I remember begging my mother to rush across town at the sound of a a train just to watch it cross Mill St. I also remember sitting in my babysitters yard and waving to many a train as it crossed Clinton St. There were also the...

According to the to the NTSB report the chemical released in Freeland was trimethylchlorosilane. Here is a link to the report.
http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/W ... I-1989.pdf

Here is a link from Trains.com. They did a more comprehensive article not too long ago. I will try to find it.http://www.trains.com/trn/default.aspx?c=a&id=207

Amazing! :D It looks really good. I also like the pictures with the natural backdrops. O Gauge Railroading magazine did a series of articles on taking pictures of model trains with realistic backrounds such a grain elevators, coaling towers. It would be cool to see pics of that model with some GLC c...

Here is something very similar from Walther's.
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/650-4127

RPCX 15401
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... ?id=823060
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/rsList.aspx?id=RPCX

Detroit Light Rail receives federal funding.http://www.wnem.com/news/22590234/detail.html

More pics in Trip Reports.

Great shots. Thanks!

Is anybody heading to the Great Train Expo in Novi this weekend? Just a heads up, there is a horse expo there this weekend also. It may smell a little like the Lansing show.

Model Railroader Magazine: Model Railroad Planning 2005 This issue had a large article called Michigan Car Ferry Operations PP. 16-23. The article discusses Arnt Gerritson's HO layout of the Ann Arbor ferry yard/docks in Frankfort. I can loan it out if you need it.