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I didn't have any trouble when I was there:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/railohio/15432474508/

Red Caboose, but they haven't done a run in probably five years now.

"Her"?

Train derails after crashing into semi UPDATE 2 p.m. A semi-truck was struck by a train at the Remington Ave. railroad crossing about one hour ago. Witnesses on scene said the semi appeared to get stuck on the tracks, but the driver was able to hop out of the cab before the train crashed into it. F...

NS no longer runs to Lansing. The Jackson & Lansing runs that line now.

Suggest keeping an ear on the scanner while there; you should be able to get them for most if not all trains that way.

A few have, anyway.

Not sure what makes a locomotive "real" or fake...

You will have access to the Metropolitan Lounge in Chicago regardless of whether you are arriving or departing in a sleeping car. The upper bunk is quite comfortable, but you need some level of flexibility to make it up and down the each night. In the daytime, the seats face each other and two tall ...

Okay, so I've been to Chesterton, IN and Franklin Park, IL. Chesterton was good, while mostly NS, I caught two CN trains and saw a lot of cars I've never seen before from the east coast. CN does not operate through Chesterton; do you mean CP instead? If not, then you likely saw CN power on NS train...

Has anyone else caught these cars before in the area? I've never seen them. Yes, they are used for Canadian grain traffic and are fairly common on CP and CN main lines: https://www.flickr.com/photos/railohio/8495951565 https://www.flickr.com/photos/railohio/8454198193 https://www.flickr.com/photos/...

I don't believe anything left the rails.

That was an error in Trains. Should read "haulage rights."

+1,000,000

CSXBOY wrote:Back in Jan Trains magazine said that CP has trackage rights 1 train from each direction.

Page number?

Tier4GEVO wrote:It is THE busiest rail destination in the entire midwest

Disagree. Plenty of busier places in the city.

Also, what is the best place to park without getting harassed?

You have two options: on the road, or on the side of it. Use your best judgement.

Sounds like a great opportunity to observe and report your findings back to us.

You have to call for a reservation, and then make the purchase onboard.

Garry K wrote:I'm never going to repaint any of my HO scale Ann Arbor equipment in that scheme!

OK

That would be incorrect.