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- Fri May 26, 2023 11:11 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Refrigerated Box Car Customers in Eastern MI
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9432
Re: Refrigerated Box Car Customers in Eastern MI
I did make it out to see some reefers at Twin City Foods, they had 6 in total. Said they generally came from the yard in Lansing
- Sat May 06, 2023 11:50 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Michigan Rail business news redux
- Replies: 110
- Views: 122363
Re: Michigan Rail business news redux
I see quite a few 86' box cars being pulled by CN and interchanged with NS from Dearborn Stamping. Often there are 15-20 box cars in a block. The only one I know of that does is Dearborn Stamping. It’s all flat steel/aluminum though, Ford hasn’t used coils for decades. Yessir. Those trains on the D...
- Sat May 06, 2023 10:46 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: What is the requirement of working on the rail road
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9186
Re: What is the requirement of working on the rail road
Depends on the job you want to do, looks like CSX only has one position open right now in Michigan: https://fa-eowa-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX/requisitions/preview/51103/?location=Grand+Rapids%2C+MI%2C+United+States&locationId=100000009412182&locationLev...
- Sat May 06, 2023 6:43 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: CSX Train Location Updates - May 2023
- Replies: 911
- Views: 113315
Re: CSX Train Location Updates - May 2023
18:45 L303 heading east waiting west of the Plymouth the diamond . CSXT 4564 + CSXT 890
- Sat May 06, 2023 6:41 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Refrigerated Box Car Customers in Eastern MI
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9432
Re: Refrigerated Box Car Customers in Eastern MI
"I wonder if there are any customers in Toledo assuming that would be the closest place with refrigerated cars to Detroit" ND&W serves a couple of cold storage warehouses in Napoleon. At least one, perhaps both, get reefers. The product is then trucked from the cold storage warehouse(s) to the near...
- Sat May 06, 2023 3:07 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Refrigerated Box Car Customers in Eastern MI
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9432
Re: Refrigerated Box Car Customers in Eastern MI
It is pretty surprising given the size of the city and the demands for fresh food. I wonder if there are any customers in Toledo assuming that would be the closest place with refrigerated cars to Detroit
- Sat May 06, 2023 12:47 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: 86 foot hi cube boxcars
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3414
Re: 86 foot hi cube boxcars
I guess when they age at the few plants that rely on them just switch to trucks/intermodal? Is my understanding on how much longer they have left correct? I have no idea what your first question means so I’ll address the second one. To my knowledge the only plant around here that still uses those 8...
- Sat May 06, 2023 12:41 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Refrigerated Box Car Customers in Eastern MI
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9432
Re: Refrigerated Box Car Customers in Eastern MI
Lineage Logistics in Hartford on the WMI, Michigan Natural Storage in Wyoming on CSX, and Twin City Foods in Lake Odessa on CSX are the only reefer customers on the west side of the state, to my knowledge. Are there any in the eastern part of the state or would I have to go to Indiana or Ohio to se...
- Sat May 06, 2023 12:11 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: 86 foot hi cube boxcars
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3414
Re: 86 foot hi cube boxcars
I work in the auto industry, in the body shop of the Bronco plant to be specific, and I’ll tell you this; almost nothing comes in by rail anymore. The only thing we get by rail is frames. Literally everything else that isn’t made on site (which is only body stamping and even then it’s only a fracti...
- Fri May 05, 2023 10:58 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Refrigerated Box Car Customers in Eastern MI
- Replies: 20
- Views: 9432
Re: Refrigerated Box Car Customers in Eastern MI
Is Twin City Foods the only refrigerated car customer in the state? If so are there any large refrigerated car customers nearby? Ohio? Indiana?
- Fri May 05, 2023 10:43 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: 86 foot hi cube boxcars
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3414
86 foot hi cube boxcars
I love seeing these all over Detroit, especially after realizing most other areas don't have them. My understanding is many of these should be coming up on their end of life soon. I found myself pretty fascinated with their unique qualities and being so prominent here. Was hoping to consolidate what...
- Mon May 09, 2016 11:45 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Lansing Boxcars
- Replies: 57
- Views: 21276
Re: Lansing Boxcars
In walking around west side park over the weekend it looked like the majority of the hoppers were brand new made by trinity industries for haliburton likely for cement. Most of them had a pretty clear manufacturing date of 3/16 being that trinity and railcar industries sales have pretty collapsed id...
- Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:16 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: JACKSON - LANSING RR / PART 2
- Replies: 59
- Views: 13237
Re: JACKSON - LANSING RR / PART 2
1760 is still there, its been there off for a while with theres a note in the window, so I'm assuming its out of commission or something.
- Mon May 12, 2008 10:03 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Lansing man run over by train -- and lives
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2370
They were cleaned up last year. Testimony to the fine people who are too cheap or lazy to at least drive around and fine somebody else's dumpster. Probably the same trailer trash that won't put a shopping cart back or who tries to sneak on railroad proprety to drop off their trash in the railroads ...
- Sun May 11, 2008 6:13 pm
- Forum: Railfanning Information
- Topic: Railfanning The State Capitol (Lansing)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9701
To clarify JTs comment, NS is currently storing some older auto part boxes and N&W hoppers at Saginaw yard. I think South Yard (Cavanaugh yard) is also being used for storage. This is correct, the Saginaw yard has some really smelly old hoppers and a few boxcars that have been there almost a month ...
- Sun May 11, 2008 5:57 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Lansing man run over by train -- and lives
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2370