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- Sun Jan 28, 2024 4:35 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Traverse City Spurs and Sidings
- Replies: 12
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Re: Traverse City Spurs and Sidings
1) just south of Parsons Rd and Tamarack St. Spur goes south off the main and ends in the weeds. Google Street view actually shows a CSX Gon on this track in September 2023. Was this to customers between the line and the airport, or was this to the energy substation next to the spur. I have an old ...
- Mon Oct 16, 2023 3:19 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: GLC Train Location Updates - October 2023
- Replies: 63
- Views: 23461
Re: GLC Train Location Updates - October 2023
I got out of the house Saturday (rare event). I saw a box car sitting on the main I think near Beacon or somewhere around here in TC. Almost never see a box anymore here. Anyone else see it?
- Mon Jul 17, 2023 1:40 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: GLC Train Location Updates - July 2023
- Replies: 54
- Views: 21766
Re: GLC Train Location Updates - July 2023
I was in town (TC) yesterday, I don't get there too often lately. I saw that something had been thru the crossings because sand was pushed out of the flange tracks, looked pretty fresh. Anything been thru as of late?
- Fri Jan 27, 2023 4:44 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Great Lakes Central Updates - January 2023
- Replies: 43
- Views: 27216
- Thu Jan 26, 2023 8:19 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Great Lakes Central Updates - January 2023
- Replies: 43
- Views: 27216
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates - January 2023
My RR spy's tell me he saw a soil boring truck at US 131 and Alba rd. on the GLC tracks just off the rd. I've used this kind of service for testing the soil for it's capacity to hold a tall radio tower. I wonder what they were up to with this test?
- Mon Dec 19, 2022 9:42 am
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: Amtrak through Dexter
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4233
Re: Amtrak through Dexter
I have noticed a couple times recently Amtrak has been running trains on the Michigan line with locomotives on both ends. I have not seen this in several years since they stopped using the cabbage car. Is the end loco running, maybe by radio control? The fuel source? You dont wanna know. Feel sorry...
- Fri Dec 16, 2022 10:41 am
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Great Lakes Central Updates December 2022
- Replies: 20
- Views: 13952
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates December 2022
I drove past the tracks this morning,saw all the snow squished off. What was in the TC gon? Something for beacon?
Traverse City run from Cadillac yesterday. 2 lumber and 1 gon went up.
- Fri Dec 02, 2022 3:31 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Great Lakes Central Updates December 2022
- Replies: 20
- Views: 13952
Great Lakes Central Updates December 2022
The rails are getting a little rusty here in Traverse City. Somebody send a train up here to shine them up a little.
- Sun Nov 20, 2022 4:15 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Great Lakes Central Updates November 2022
- Replies: 29
- Views: 17355
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates November 2022
Getting a little quiet in here. Is GLC still running up North. We have a lot of snow that needs some fresh tracks on the rails
Edit: where did the Fluffy W. D. come from??
Edit: where did the Fluffy W. D. come from??
- Wed Oct 19, 2022 6:26 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Great Lakes Central Updates October 2022
- Replies: 43
- Views: 25161
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates October 2022
LansingRailFan wrote: ↑Wed Oct 19, 2022 9:23 amI'm glad to see reports still coming in for TC. I've been gone for awhile in the hospital, then came home to a virus infected computer. Took a long time to get going again from scratch. Thanks guys.AANscaleRunner wrote: ↑Tue Oct 18, 2022 5:05 pm393 and 385 ran 1 gon and 2 lumber up to Traverse City from Cadillac today.
- Mon Aug 08, 2022 2:33 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Great Lakes Central Updates August 2022
- Replies: 64
- Views: 31436
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates August 2022
They made a TC run today. Not sure what the engines are, but I can hear them passing the Career Tech Center. 12:47 I didn't hear or see them myself today. I had seen gravel and sand pushed out of the flange tracks on some of the Traverse City crossings Sunday afternoon, thought they had already bee...
- Fri Jul 22, 2022 7:14 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Great Lakes Central Updates July 2022
- Replies: 62
- Views: 39197
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates July 2022
I am 1 mile from the East Bay tracks and heard the loco's around 12:30 today in TC.LansingRailFan wrote: ↑Fri Jul 22, 2022 11:55 am385/390 in TC w 2 cars each for Beacon and Amerihart
- Wed May 25, 2022 4:52 pm
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Rail faning in Nashville
- Replies: 1
- Views: 16399
Rail faning in Nashville
I plan to go to Nashville in a few weeks. We have some tickets to the Grand ole Opery to see some country shows, can anyone suggest some rail fan locations while I'm there?
- Sat May 21, 2022 8:43 am
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Great Lakes Central Updates May 2022
- Replies: 43
- Views: 39059
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates May 2022
Ummnn.... What is CNTN?LansingRailFan wrote: ↑Fri May 20, 2022 2:02 pmCNTN in TC now w 385/399. Yesterday the CNTN made a Petoskey run.
- Sat Apr 16, 2022 5:49 pm
- Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
- Topic: What are our least favorite locomotives?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 15644
Re: What are our least favorite locomotives?
I'll probably get beat up for saying this. Anything steam powered. Bunch of stink and smoke, hard to find a track to run them on, excursions are over rated. I'd rather be behind a modern diesel.
- Thu Mar 10, 2022 9:27 am
- Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
- Topic: Great Lakes Central Updates March 2022
- Replies: 45
- Views: 46160
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates March 2022
Question about the M-115 Yuma Branch crossing. GLC replaced one of the bells on the crossing. I'd always been under the impression that that line was no longer used or maintained. This waste of time and money seems to happen often. Take the Grawn branch, they rebuilt the county road crossing in Gra...
- Wed Dec 01, 2021 9:21 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: 1225 run
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10877
Re: 1225 run
1st off, I hope you're ok, our thoughts and prayers are with you. 2. Unfortunately there is no live camera, BUT, I will try to get a livestream going from my youtube channel, No promises however. 3. It runs Owosso-Carland-Ashley. Get better Jim, -DC Broken leg from a fall, I'm in rehab for another ...
- Wed Dec 01, 2021 8:55 pm
- Forum: Michigan Talk
- Topic: 1225 run
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10877
1225 run
I must have missed out on info about the 1225 run. When is it and general route to be taken? Is there a live cam I can watch it from my hospital bed? Jim..Traverse city.
- Sat Oct 30, 2021 11:23 am
- Forum: National / Other States Talk
- Topic: Ft. Madison, Iowa
- Replies: 16
- Views: 16282
- Thu Oct 21, 2021 11:25 am
- Forum: National / Other States Talk
- Topic: Ft. Madison, Iowa
- Replies: 16
- Views: 16282
Re: Ft. Madison, Iowa
Just got back from a couple night stay at the Kingsley.Was talking to Chi Easton, the manager. She convinced the owners to sponsor the installation of the camera but was told that it had to pay for itself within two years. She said that it only took six weeks and that railfan bookings kept the Inn ...