TC Man wrote:
Okay I'm in Grawn now and nothing had been through any crossing . 3 inches of snow on the rails at the crossings, and obviously nothing been through here in years.
Well, at least someone in this state is going to have a white Christmas.
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TC Man wrote:
Okay I'm in Grawn now and nothing had been through any crossing . 3 inches of snow on the rails at the crossings, and obviously nothing been through here in years.
Well, at least someone in this state is going to have a white Christmas.
We have had snow on the ground since the first week of November here in Marquette. Seems like the middle of January already.
TC Man wrote: Okay I'm in Grawn now and nothing had been through any crossing . 3 inches of snow on the rails at the crossings, and obviously nothing been through here in years.
Must have snowed 3" last night there. The crossing at 633 had bare rails as far as I could see yesterday.
TC Man wrote: Okay I'm in Grawn now and nothing had been through any crossing . 3 inches of snow on the rails at the crossings, and obviously nothing been through here in years.
Must have snowed 3" last night there. The crossing at 633 had bare rails as far as I could see yesterday.
It has not snowed in the last several days. 6 feet from the crossing there is no snow, but I'm telling you, the flangeways and 3" on top of the rails are all snow. Nothing's been through there. I'll be happy to go back and take a pic later.
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TC Man wrote: It has not snowed in the last several days. 6 feet from the crossing there is no snow, but I'm telling you, the flangeways and 3" on top of the rails are all snow. Nothing's been through there. I'll be happy to go back and take a pic later.
TC Man wrote: It has not snowed in the last several days. 6 feet from the crossing there is no snow, but I'm telling you, the flangeways and 3" on top of the rails are all snow. Nothing's been through there. I'll be happy to go back and take a pic later.
Ok, my bad.
If you were there at dawn or dusk, maybe the shadows were making it look different? I can see that happening.
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TC Man wrote: If you were there at dawn or dusk, maybe the shadows were making it look different? I can see that happening.
Naw, it was 10am daytime. I was in a hurry on my way to Buckley to fix a broken radio transmitter and must not have given it a good look. Sometimes you see what you hope to see.
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Pixl wrote:Sometimes you see what you hope to see.
Me too And I have a very good imagination
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MQT1223 wrote:Problem was I wasn't banking on them being back so quickly either. I looked at the previous posts and guessed that maybe they would be back a lot later...
Apparently you didn't read my post where I said they'd be returning between 10-11am. Patriot reported them across Leonard at 11:05, so I guess I was only 5 minutes off.
I saw it but by the time I caught it the time was about 10:30. Me and my dad were fighting about something and I saw the post and basically dropped what I was doing and left. Still didn't make it due to my mistake of going to Maryland first.
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Today's edition of the MQT Turn Job is tied up at Sparta Ave north of Sparta await it's crew. 3389, 3408, 3407, 5418 and the customary goodies on the drawbar.
MQT3001 wrote:15:20: Turn job SB Bitely. They gave the 5418 to the Baldwin crew, so 3407 is leading. Much shorter train, maybe 40, lots of boxes, no sand
GLC 397 and 398 left Cadillac towards Clare at 1120 with 1 empty centerbeam, 2 flats of poles for Mcbain, 1 empty centerbeam, 5 empty coke hoppers, 2 sand hoppers and 16 empty tie hoppers.
GLC 398 and 397 returned to Cadillac at 1710 with 6 coke hoppers, 8 sand cars, 11 tie hoppers, 4 tank cars and 2 empty centerbeams.
Looks like the sawmill in McBain will be shipping two loads out and Hydralake is still up and running. Also the 2 centerbeams headed out this morning came back from TC Friday.
Michigan shore railroad south through grand haven at 9:50. 2057 leading 2019, 2 boxes from bay, 20 sandies from Nugent sand, 3 tanks (Webb or Fremont or Bayer or brinks?) And 1 from fremont. 26 total for Holland
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