They went to Griffith and back today. Heading east tomorrowiKJames wrote:Which direction would they head out once on the move again? Just curious.bctrainfan wrote:CN 9592 has two blue CN track evaluation cars, poss tied down for the night, in the Battle Creek yard, just south of the Emmett St bridge.
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- Tue Mar 04, 2014 11:04 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: CN Updates 3/2 to 3/15/14
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2687
Re: CN Updates 3/2 to 3/15/14
- Fri Feb 28, 2014 8:47 am
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Today in America Railroad History: February 28
- Replies: 0
- Views: 575
Today in America Railroad History: February 28
Listen here-->https://www.census.gov/multimedia/www/radio/audio/pa140228.mp3 Profile America — Friday, February 28th (Also my b-day :-)). Although February is the calendar's shortest month, it stands tall in America's history of railroad development. In 1815, the first state charter for a railroad w...
- Sun Nov 24, 2013 7:28 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Railroad Cops
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4763
Re: Railroad Cops
Or just ask a conductor in Michigan MCL 462.255 462.255 Conduct as misdemeanor; penalty; powers of conductor or freight agent; duties of police officer; jurisdiction of court. Sec. 255. (1) A person who, while riding in the car of a freight, passenger, or other train on any railroad in this state, u...
- Sun Sep 22, 2013 11:32 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: 20 years ago: Amtrak Sunset Limited crash
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1001
20 years ago: Amtrak Sunset Limited crash
20 years later: Memories of the 1993 Amtrak Sunset Limited crash 'never go away' (photos, map)
http://blog.al.com/live/2013/09/20_year ... f_the.html
http://blog.al.com/live/2013/09/20_year ... f_the.html
- Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:01 am
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Michigan police officers learn railway safety at HESR
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1264
Michigan police officers learn railway safety at HESR
"Officers from Bay, Saginaw, Midland and Arenac county police departments gathered in the Bay County Law Enforcement Center on Monday, June 3, for an eight-hour Grade Crossing Collision Investigation course" http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/index.ssf/2013/06/great_lakes_bay_region_police.html Read...
- Thu Jun 06, 2013 11:58 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Train festival returns in 2014 and other items
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2933
Train festival returns in 2014 and other items
Locomotives, Wings & Wheels/Train Expo 2014 is coming to SRI. Only the name of the event has been listed which can be seen on the main page of the site. http://michigansteamtrain.com/ Also the North Pole Express is heading to Ashley this year, not the fairgrounds. http://michigansteamtrain.com/wp-co...
- Tue Apr 23, 2013 12:13 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Free Michigan License Plate with HI BALL wording
- Replies: 3
- Views: 750
Free Michigan License Plate with HI BALL wording
http://railroadfan.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10686/thumb_IMG_1040.JPG I got this plate about a year ago and decided to get a different one as I got tired of people asking me which bar do I think is the best. As I found out, the term ""Highball is the name for a family of mixed drinks that are com...
- Wed Feb 20, 2013 4:30 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Abandoned Track in Genesee Township
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4169
Re: Abandoned Track in Genesee Township
Thanks for the interesting background and history, Saxman! Since they never removed the tracks themselves, have there been any talks about re-activating that portion of the line? I worked at the Huck from 2006 to 2012. During that time, we made a few trips out there and removed most of the joint ba...
- Fri Feb 15, 2013 7:08 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: RailAmerica.com has fallen
- Replies: 1
- Views: 447
RailAmerica.com has fallen
www.railamerica.com The 45 railroads formerly owned by RailAmerica are now part of Genesee & Wyoming. G&W operations currently include 111 railroads organized in 11 regions, with more than 15,000 miles of owned and leased track, 4,500 employees and over 2,000 customers. It is our Core Purpose to be ...
- Sat Feb 09, 2013 9:31 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Bluewater's Round Ops in film trailer
- Replies: 0
- Views: 407
Bluewater's Round Ops in film trailer
I went to a movie today and imagine my surprise to see Bluewater's Round observation/Lounge car in this film trailer. (2:15)
- Fri Jan 11, 2013 6:30 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Job Opening: RBBX Trainmaster
- Replies: 4
- Views: 769
- Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:19 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: UP vs. "Water/Sewer" Truck
- Replies: 3
- Views: 657
UP vs. "Water/Sewer" Truck
9HccMAjo7Yg Description: While working out in Wellington, UT, I witnessed a train collision with a water truck. I happened to get it on video because I was taping the train for my 4-year old son, who is a big fan of Thomas the Train. As I started recording, I was looking down to see where the train...
- Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:12 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: SPECIAL REPORT: DEATH ON THE RAILS~St. Louis, MO
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1021
SPECIAL REPORT: DEATH ON THE RAILS~St. Louis, MO
SPECIAL REPORT: DEATH ON THE RAILS from St. Louis, MO
IMHO, Article seems to blame the railroads
http://www.stltoday.com/news/special-reports/rails/
IMHO, Article seems to blame the railroads
http://www.stltoday.com/news/special-reports/rails/
- Sun Nov 04, 2012 8:58 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: "A Haunting on Potter Street"
- Replies: 1
- Views: 513
Re: "A Haunting on Potter Street"
I went there on Friday Evening. Place was packed and reportedly sold out and the film was OK except for some focus problems while using inferred night vision and some heavy bass soundtrack during most of the film. Some people even got up and left as the film was "too intense" for them. (A guy said t...
- Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:16 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Disney's The Lone Ranger - 2013
- Replies: 0
- Views: 326
Disney's The Lone Ranger - 2013
Here is the trailer. And it does have a lot of railroad items in the trailer....otherwise I wouldn't bother posting it.
- Sat Sep 08, 2012 12:48 am
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: High Speed Pursuit involving train
- Replies: 2
- Views: 542
High Speed Pursuit involving train
Ran across this and decided to share it. When the video is done, click on the lower right hand video with the word "meth" to view one from Jackson, Michigan
- Sat Aug 25, 2012 7:30 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Northern Arrow on GLC rails.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4939
Re: Northern Arrow on GLC rails.
PPCX 800316, (SAL 71/SCL 6105/AMTK 2235), Business Car "Venice", NRHS Bluewater Chapter??? As far as I know, Bluewater NRHS has never owned the Venice. I believed it was owned by an individual who stored it at the Saginaw Roundhouse. He passed away and his wife sold it Sam Staples, who is the curre...
- Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:59 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: RailAmerica sold to Genesee and Wyoming
- Replies: 1
- Views: 624
RailAmerica sold to Genesee and Wyoming
Genesee & Wyoming Inc. has agreed to buy RailAmerica Inc. for $1.39 billion in cash, a move that combines the two largest short-line and regional railroad operators in North America. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443437504577544560474266738.html http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gl=...
- Sat Jul 21, 2012 12:23 am
- Forum: National / Other States Talk
- Topic: Camp children on tracks halt Alaska Railroad train
- Replies: 2
- Views: 854
Camp children on tracks halt Alaska Railroad train
Sullivan said the train's engineer spotted the kids -- nearly 50 of them, plus a dozen leaders -- spread out along three-tenths of a mile of tracks ahead of the train which was traveling at about 40 mph and stopped 500 feet from the campers. The director of the Bear Valley Community Association says...
- Sun Jul 15, 2012 8:07 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: How would your respond to these comments?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1537
Re: How would your respond to these comments?
Sorry to add more fuel to the fire, but here is another one regarding the recent teen vs CN freight in Fenton.
http://brighton.patch.com/articles/pede ... n-accident
http://brighton.patch.com/articles/pede ... n-accident