MI Train (WALLY) heads up

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Hey anyone know what symbol this train is running as?
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MQT3001 wrote:Hey anyone know what symbol this train is running as?
995. If you call Julie she'll give you the train status. Too late for me to be out and about. The wife would kill me. Hope everyone gets good pictures.

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DonHarding wrote:
MQT3001 wrote:Hey anyone know what symbol this train is running as?
995. If you call Julie she'll give you the train status. Too late for me to be out and about. The wife would kill me. Hope everyone gets good pictures.
I guess they did give her an Amtrak Symbol...

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MQT3001 wrote:
DonHarding wrote:
MQT3001 wrote:Hey anyone know what symbol this train is running as?
995. If you call Julie she'll give you the train status. Too late for me to be out and about. The wife would kill me. Hope everyone gets good pictures.
I guess they did give her an Amtrak Symbol...

I'll eat my hat if you want ypsi :P

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EDIT: Julie has "info" on 995, but no status. was supposed to be getting into ARB at 9:20 and no updates. when I was listening to the online feed of the CN Holly sub the crew seemed to be calling the siginals using the engine number, 500. but I only heard 2 siginals getting called.
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Well Julie wasn't that helpful, told me it was due into ARB at 9:41p but didn't have an current estimate. But I'm here at the ypsi freight house freezing my fingers off.

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PerRock wrote:Well Julie wasn't that helpful, told me it was due into ARB at 9:41p but didn't have an current estimate. But I'm here at the ypsi freight house freezing my fingers off.

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cleared 13 west a few min ago. its on the way. less then a half hour now... maybe the station would have been better because its heated :lol: :wink:
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It'd be tight but I could probably get to the station in half an hour... Na ill stay; might move my car closer.
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P500 in scanner range now. meeting amtrak 354 in chealse. Clear 25 west PerRock
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Here she cimes

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cleared up 32 pretty train she is
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GTWChris wrote:They are still in Pontiac. It sounds like they are having problems of some sort.
cab car was supposed to lead but they had to turn it. that must have been the problem
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Here's a picture of it arriving into Dearborn I got with my phone
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The eastbound return from Jackson just called 11E in Dearborn with the Cabcar leading.

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It was interesting to hear them pull into Ypsilanti station, something that I have never heard before and was glad to hear. Depart was cool too, "Amtrak P500 depart Ypsilanti Station... Uhh delay in block" overall glad they did te test and glad I coul catch it
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I've got video but have been (and will be) to busy to edit & upload it. I'll try and get it online this weekend.

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well more then a weekend later... but I finally hopped on the Photo Desk computer today and got the video off my Camcorder and onto youtube. So without further ado, here is the MiTrain test run thru Ypsi. For those that were out there at Ypsi, I was the guy on the Freight Depot platform.

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nice video perrock, cannot wait for "Ypsilanti Station" to open 8)

does anyone have videos from the cabcar leading?
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