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- Wed Apr 11, 2018 12:45 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: $222K/Year: City Manager says he lives in...a caboose?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5695
$222K/Year: City Manager says he lives in...a caboose?
By Randy Escamilla CRYSTAL CITY, TEX. 2005 -- The $222,000 City Manager in this small rural town makes plenty of money, that by any standard, James Jonas, could live practically any where he would like. Jonas, who also functions as the town's City Attorney and its lobbyist, signed and affirmed on a ...
- Wed Jan 10, 2018 8:41 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Thomas the Tank Engine saves trapped boy
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5741
Thomas the Tank Engine saves trapped boy
in a roundabout way.
- Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:51 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: SANTA TRAIN - Lake State Railway 12/8
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5105
Re: SANTA TRAIN - Lake State Railway 12/8
Where did the dome car and other streamlined passenger car come from? The dome car was bought for a railroad in Canada. Built in the 1950s by Budd for the Wabash for use on their Blue Bird train.. The streamline car was called the Venice and was purchase from a individual who stored it in Mount Ple...
- Mon Oct 23, 2017 8:24 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: CN Updates - October 2017
- Replies: 168
- Views: 46049
Re: CN Updates - October 2017
CN will be running a office car train in Michigan this week. Not sure why or where.
- Tue Oct 10, 2017 1:55 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: CN Lansing Thoroughfare
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5884
Re: CN Lansing Thoroughfare
I've heard that local instructions prohibit that with coal trains, something about the weigth.KC8RBK wrote: I've never understood why they don't use Mill Pass east of the switch that takes them to the Thoroughfare unless the track is oos.
- Tue Oct 10, 2017 1:46 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: CN/CSX Frequencies and My Scanner
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5874
Re: CN/CSX Frequencies and My Scanner
I believe CN crews are supposed to call out signals over the radio if they have an indication that is less than a clear. Someone in the know please correct me if I am wrong. ThWey only call out Approach to a control point, Stop at a control point, or Restricting at a control point. Amtrak has to ca...
- Sun Sep 24, 2017 7:08 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Petoskey Trolley
- Replies: 41
- Views: 12661
- Wed Aug 09, 2017 9:00 pm
- Forum: Indiana Talk
- Topic: Grand Trunk brings back train horns due to safety concerns
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6651
Grand Trunk brings back train horns due to safety concerns
We're sounding the horns again in South Bend!! No longer a 'quiet zone': Train whistles howling again on South Bend's east side Grand Trunk brings back train horns due to safety concerns SOUTH BEND — After years of relative silence, residents living near the Grand Trunk Western Railroad line on the ...
- Sat Jul 08, 2017 11:32 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Petoskey Trolley
- Replies: 41
- Views: 12661
Petoskey Trolley being sold
City plans to sell rail trolley Proceeds will help operate road-based model PETOSKEY — Officials plan to sell a rail trolley the the city purchased in 1999 and to use the sale proceeds to help support maintenance of the current road trolley operating within downtown Petoskey. On Monday, the city cou...
- Mon Jun 12, 2017 3:24 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Rail speeders in TC.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3043
Re: Rail speeders in TC.
Great Lakes Railcars, Inc. is hosting a 3-day motor car excursion covering approximately 236 miles. Set-on will be in Cadillac with overnights in Petoskey and Traverse City. Trip Fee is $550, includes 2 night lodging. 30 car limit.
- Wed May 24, 2017 9:21 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: CN/UP Inspection Train South Bend Sub.
- Replies: 63
- Views: 31837
Re: CN/UP Inspection Train South Bend Sub.
Actually, it had a Battle Creek engineer and conductor.railrod1949 wrote:kc8bdr wrote:That train had a Battle Creek engineer and a either Port Huron, or a Milwaukee Junction conductor and worked between Milwaukee Junction and Battle Creek.
- Wed Apr 26, 2017 9:40 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Saginaw Roundhouse
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1477
Re: Saginaw Roundhouse
Bluewater has been selling/donating equipment to other RR museums due to aging membership, lack of a place to call home (They have not been a tenet in the roundhouse since 2012), and rising cost of insurance. Items were scrapped only as a absolute last resort. I believe the boxcars are Bluewater's a...
- Sat Mar 04, 2017 7:26 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Battle Creek GTW Locomotive Shops
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8469
Re: Battle Creek GTW Locomotive Shops
It was definitely sold. Just a quick look through the county's land records and... Property Address 409 W JAMESON AVE BATTLE CREEK, MI, 49017-6605 Owner Address DIAMOND STORAGE SOLUTIONS LLC Land Information Acreage:11.266 Sales Information Sale Date: 03-15-2012 Sale Price: $281,650 Grantor: GRAND T...
- Sat Feb 25, 2017 1:59 am
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Why Trains Crash next Nova special
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5547
Re: Why Trains Crash next Nova special
Or just click the link. The whole episode, commercial free is there.
- Wed Feb 01, 2017 1:18 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Angles On Track
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5543
- Mon Jan 09, 2017 4:51 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Favorite scanner chatter
- Replies: 149
- Views: 74152
Re: Favorite scanner chatter
Not scanner chatter, but it came close enough. The crew on CN's L521 died on the law at Pavilion today, right in front of me. Soon enough, the new crew arrived. In a Lincoln towncar. Needless to say, the conductor on board had a few words about that :lol: Must have been a "Black & White" cab . :D M...
- Mon Dec 19, 2016 12:17 am
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Police/Railroad Scanner: Many Questions
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5608
Re: Police/Railroad Scanner: Many Questions
THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE (EXCERPT) Act 328 of 1931 750.508 Equipping vehicle with radio able to receive signals on frequencies assigned for police or certain other purposes; violation; penalties; radar detectors not applicable. Sec. 508. (1) A person who has been convicted of 1 or more felonies durin...
- Wed Nov 30, 2016 4:34 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: CN Santa Train 2016
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4087
Re: CN Santa Train 2016
Possibly coming to Battle Creek on Q116 now.
IC 9565 & GTW 4915 are the power
IC 9565 & GTW 4915 are the power
- Mon Nov 21, 2016 2:43 am
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: 34th Anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7489
Re: 34th Anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald
She was there at the dock when the lines cast off and the Fitz got underway. The sun shone down as the wake trailed out on that cold November day. When she wrapped her clouqe over ship and crew,when the winds began to roar. Every man aboard tighten down their souls, far from the michigan shore. McS...
- Wed Sep 21, 2016 6:55 am
- Forum: Indiana Talk
- Topic: Proposed Wellsboro connection track?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 17646