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I had (CN) M394 at Joliet Illinois last week, Our lead unit was a CN 56 or 5700 unit (can't remember for sure) but anyway usually by the time we get them the cab is dirty and the trash bags are full This one however was very clean in the cab almost like it had been vacuumed It had been a trailing un...

In case any doesn't all ready have one I am selling a ETT for the CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY Northern Region No 1 April 1969 http://www.ebay.com/itm/200826728323?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 and a NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY NORTHERN DISTRICT No.21 April 30 1967...

. I think it is Ray Trione I think he was a dispatcher at one time When I hired out in 1976 it was the Northern Region Michigan Division then it went to the Western Region Dearborn Division If you feel comfortable with it post his name maybe I know him also I worked in Jackson,Lansing Battle Creek,K...

http://www.wlkm.com/?p=18633 Derailment Solved February 10, 2011 by WLKM A flawed wheel on a railroad boxcar was pinpointed as the source of a train derailment that occurred Monday afternoon in Lockport Township. Eight cars on a 50-car Grand Elk Railroad train derailed in an area adjacent to Saugana...

That might work out west where there are wide open spaces and 400 mile long divisions through the desert with very few crossings There are railroad people that think that way now and it doesn't work very well in the real world Long trains are plagued with air problems and the slack action would rip ...

I was sittting at Ford Street in South Bend the other night waiting to get across the NS and I saw what looked like a GDLK engine headed west trailing behind a NS unit at CP 437
Is there a repair facility they would send it to or another Watco RR

My Rant from my view point. People show the same disregard for the trains as they do for other vehiclular traffic, I't's nothing to have 3 or 4 near misses a trip Twice now I have had to yell at people from the engine to look behind them at the train about to run them down. They have been walking to...

That is a nice area for a train ride, Lots of history there. I caught it one a day a few years ago at Quincy when it was double heading and turned back for Coldwater. This was shot with a HP digital camera so the quality and sound are a little off. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXLpVZANfII&feature=...

That is a nice shot of the Taylor Building and the CN engines almost look clean.

by CharlieX90 on Sun May 30, 2010 2:57 am

501 has Solo BNSF Warbonnet 677..they had 73 cars from flatrock...almost all loaded auto racks

it looked like this

You should check out the library in town for some history of Marshall. The Michigan Central had repair facilities and a huge depot located there, The DT&M had a roundhouse,depot and a freighthouse there also. Part of the DT&M roundhouse was moved to Greenfield several years ago and rebuilt . There a...

by Todd Cline on Sun Apr 11, 2010 2:28 am Tazer, I see that you refer to "INGT" which was a later Conrail designation for that same train. I know that you were an employee of PC/CR so I can't really doubt your word, but I never heard of the IGT-4-A going via Jackson. Unless is was a temporary move ...

by penn central on Sat Apr 17, 2010 9:00 am What about A&W Root Beer I remember as a kid in the late 70's drinking root beer floats with Ice Cream, I noticed Soda Pop doesn't taste the same as it did years ago i used to drink a lot of Mountain Dew back years ago i think the reason it taste differen...

I went by Meijers on M-50 yesterday and noticed steel gons and covered hoppers almost all the way to M-50 so that puts them way past I-69, I turned on Brookfield road so I didn't see it they were passed M-50 What ever happened to those old passenger cars that were stored near the grain elavator I ha...

I worked the INGT quite a few times and there was always a problem with the long draw bars making around the curve at BO, It seems like the the car department would station themselves near the BO secondary when a train with a lot of high cubes would come through . Kelloggs would use high cubes also ...

I believe so but not as visable as before. If I remember right it used to overhang the line somewhat. Here is a picture of it from about 1979 , I wonder what casued its failure ? This is a crappy poorly exposed shot looking into the evening sky I tried to brighten it up as much as possible The West...

by KenB on Sun Mar 28, 2010 7:26 pm

and WHERE is photo #2???

Sort of looks like Elm street in Jackson

Scooterb - Are the remains of the other arch bridge still in place just east of the west ave bridge that you're standing on ?

by rwas on Sat Mar 27, 2010 3:59 pm Reliable source just informed me that 21Z just departed River Rouge and is running the Michigan line to Elkhart. All trains called between now and midnight will take Toledo to Detroit to Jackson to Elkhart. Anticipated opening of Chicago line is 1am Sunday. Get y...

Pontiac service track

by Hogger1225 on Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:19 pm Wasn't there a siding just south of White Pigeon? (Timetable South). There was last time I worked in that area. CP-10 and CP-11, what we called Vistula. There was a switch towards the North (East) end of the controlled siding that went into Anderson's. All ...