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- Sun Apr 29, 2018 8:04 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Where Is It?
- Replies: 11448
- Views: 2304493
Re: Where Is It?
I wasn't born until 1952 but in the 50's most engines were kept at the Gier St roundhouse about a mile north of what everybody now knows as North Lansing. The Engineer would get on the engine there at the roundhouse and run it by himself down to North Lansing and pick up the rest of the crew at the ...
- Sun Apr 29, 2018 11:09 am
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Where Is It?
- Replies: 11448
- Views: 2304493
Re: Where Is It?
Anyone know where this one is at? Is there anyone here that doesn't :wink: Easiest one!! Isabell Street, looking east, crossing the ex LS&MS line, now the JAIl RR old NYC South spur, between S. Washington Avenue and S. Cedar Street, Lansing.Ingham County. Quality Dairy and the Reid Machinery are th...
- Thu Apr 12, 2018 12:57 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Bus/Amtrak schedule tracking map
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5990
Re: Bus/Amtrak schedule tracking map
I see a selection for rail but didn't see any trains-Amtrak on the map at all.
- Tue Apr 10, 2018 6:38 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: GP35’s to be scrapped in Owosso
- Replies: 69
- Views: 20498
Re: GP35’s to be scrapped in Owosso
The TSBY painted High-Hood is pretty much history now. Watched it come apart during the day while working at SRI.
- Wed Feb 28, 2018 7:32 am
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Where Is It?
- Replies: 11448
- Views: 2304493
Re: Where Is It?
Main entrance to Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Poland. Inside the camp looking towards the main entrance.
- Wed Feb 21, 2018 7:36 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Where Is It?
- Replies: 11448
- Views: 2304493
Re: Where Is It?
Not sure of the location but the movie is "The Train" with Burt Lancaster. France? This is where the train slowly comes to halt after "Papa Boule" sabatoged one of the side rods by putting a coin in the grease fitting.
- Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:50 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Homer mystery
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5686
Re: Homer mystery
That's an old coaling tower. Went by it hundreds of times before the line was abandoned.
- Mon Oct 09, 2017 6:17 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: CN/CSX Frequencies and My Scanner
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6139
Re: CN/CSX Frequencies and My Scanner
Also AAR 74, 161.220. The dispatcher makes use of this channel.
- Thu Oct 05, 2017 9:33 am
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Where Is It?
- Replies: 11448
- Views: 2304493
Re: Where Is It?
Just curious. Why does Railrod always include the school district and zip code in all his answers. Anyone know? He's "Special Needs." Doesn't really care. just tries to impress everybody with his "knowledge" (computer based). Quick on the keyboard without double checking the info to verify the vali...
- Fri Sep 29, 2017 9:00 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Where Is It?
- Replies: 11448
- Views: 2304493
Re: Where Is It?
Yes, indeed. it's Port Landing Road, looking south with CSX's Q332, in Lansing, Lansing Public Schools district, Dewitt Township, Clinton County. Ingham County is on the side of the train all in Michael's latest shot above. Capital Regional International Airport (formerly Capital City Airport) loca...
- Fri Aug 25, 2017 6:29 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Glc scanner
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2066
Re: Glc scanner
AAR 31 (160.575) for the majority of their operations. AAR 66 (161.100) would be the equivalent of their yard channel.
- Mon Jun 26, 2017 2:18 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Great Lakes Central Updates June 2017
- Replies: 143
- Views: 49515
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates June 2017
The passenger car (GLC-5447) is a generator equipped car moved up there to give some dignitaries a ride.
- Thu Jan 19, 2017 2:44 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: Things you find while watching trains...........
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13769
Re: Things you find while watching trains...........
All you had to do back then was bring your own plastic bag, let the weed weasels try and track that down!
- Wed Nov 23, 2016 8:26 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Great Lakes Central Updates November 2016
- Replies: 89
- Views: 23279
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates November 2016
The MAC grain transload operation has ended for 2016.
- Fri Nov 18, 2016 12:41 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Great Lakes Central Updates November 2016
- Replies: 89
- Views: 23279
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates November 2016
The 25 cars were delivered last night.
- Thu Nov 17, 2016 9:23 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Great Lakes Central Updates November 2016
- Replies: 89
- Views: 23279
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates November 2016
The 25 covered hoppers (private) being talked about are for the MAC grain transload operation.
- Tue Nov 15, 2016 3:13 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Great Lakes Central Updates November 2016
- Replies: 89
- Views: 23279
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates November 2016
Pretty sure they're not operating today. Opening day of Firearms Deer Season. We're not operating at the MAC transload facility.
- Mon Jul 11, 2016 8:28 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Lansing's Old Town railroad spur to be reactivated
- Replies: 229
- Views: 129764
Re: Lansing's Old Town railroad spur to be reactivated
Other than the bell housing, there are no electronics left on the pole, period. Been that way for years.
- Thu Jul 07, 2016 8:44 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: CN Yards in Lansing
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1183
Re: CN Yards in Lansing
The nine track yard by the GM Grand River Plant was called New Yard back in the PC-CR-NS days. It wasn't a CN property.
- Mon Jun 20, 2016 3:43 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Clara's Lansing
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3816
Re: Clara's Lansing
Leslie Depot Diner.