MaW Daily Reports

[sd70accsxt700]

Honestly it really isn't that hard to rerail a car, if you know what you are doing it can take as little as five minutes to get a car back on.

Wow that is extreamly fast. I dont think I have seen it done faster then 15-20 Min a car, and I have seen lots of that action. There was a spot on the CMGN along the Saginaw River that they derailed there almost as often as the MAW does.

[MagnumForce]

Well I would guess it depends on how many axles are off. I have seen the MAW do one axle in about five minutes using nothing more then a few four by fours.

[AC60CW]

11/30/2010 14:40 EB MAW 16 *light*

[AC60CW]

12/1/2010 7:30 EB MAW 16 with 9 Boxcars

[AC60CW]

Missed the WB move yesterday.

12/3/2010 9:00 EB MAW 16 with 4 cars (1 reefer and 3 boxcars)

[AC60CW]

12/6/2010 13:35 EB MAW 16 with 21 cars (20 boxcars and 1 reefer)

[MSchwiebert]

Took my daughter to a swim meet at the Defiance YMCA on Saturday and crossed the MAW at the SR 281 crossing and noticed that they have stored cars to the west toward the Manville plant. What do they do with them to get them "out of the way" when they go to Napoleon?

[Y@]

Took my daughter to a swim meet at the Defiance YMCA on Saturday and crossed the MAW at the SR 281 crossing and noticed that they have stored cars to the west toward the Manville plant. What do they do with them to get them "out of the way" when they go to Napoleon?

There's a siding there.

[MSchwiebert]

Did not realize that. Thanks for the clarification!

Took my daughter to a swim meet at the Defiance YMCA on Saturday and crossed the MAW at the SR 281 crossing and noticed that they have stored cars to the west toward the Manville plant. What do they do with them to get them "out of the way" when they go to Napoleon?

There's a siding there.

[Y@]

Did not realize that. Thanks for the clarification!

Took my daughter to a swim meet at the Defiance YMCA on Saturday and crossed the MAW at the SR 281 crossing and noticed that they have stored cars to the west toward the Manville plant. What do they do with them to get them "out of the way" when they go to Napoleon?

There's a siding there.

No problem. That plant also gets service as far as I know. Never actually seen them work it though.

[MagnumForce]

On the way home from work had to wait for the MAW to cross Domersville Road eastbound with #16 leading followed by about 15 boxcars and then number 5 trailing. Not often you see the MAW in "push pull" configuration.

[AC60CW]

12/9/2010 13:45 EB MAW 16 with 2 Boxcars

[cmgnnut]

I lived there for 8 years and remember standing on the bridge by the milk plant seeing them rock and roll all the way to town dumb luck I never took pics of it.

[railohio]

12/10/10 #16 WB light engine at County Road 16 at 12:53pm.

[AC60CW]

12/10/10 #16 WB light engine at County Road 16 at 12:53pm.

Yup, you beat me to the post, came by west Napoleon around 12:35. Was hauling ass too. But that was all he was hauling.

[Rick in TC]

Are you guys able to get photos of these MAW trains?

[railohio]

Are you guys able to get photos of these MAW trains?

A few now and then:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/railohio/tags/maw/

[railohio]

12/11/10 9:30am I hear a train but I don't have time to go see it.

[Y@]

They must be keeping an engine in Napoleon tonight, as there's a cut of around 10 boxcars just east of Okolona with no engine.

[AC60CW]

16 went by EB around 11:00 with a single hopper. Then went light back west around 14:00.