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amtrak will have them on the MI line on next tuesday and wed. taking the same route as amtrak trains do. From PNT to Jackson, stopping at all of the listed locations that MQT posted. amtrak CN apperently will be taking them on the Holly sub on sunday the 11th to PNT.becauseisaidso15 wrote:This conversation is honestly difficult to follow. Could somebody create a Google or Bing custom map and mark where GLC will have the cars and when Amtrak will have them. Aso, if I wanted to go, from Toledo, my parents would want something that is easy to refer to, for me to be able to go on a 2 hour drive. O have noticed there is also other questions on routing and times, a map would e GREAT and answer a lot, all in one place, and easy to see!
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Nothing official. More if/when I hear itiKJames wrote:Just to ask, any idea on the timing for when GLC will move them Owosso-Durand on Sunday?
AMTK 500 is departing Pontiac now. They are going to turn their power in the Pontiac yard and then head to Durand.Mark Rummel wrote:Amtrak conductors at Dooorand this (Sunday) morning said the crew for the WALLY passenger cars was scheduled to leave Pontiac at 3 p.m. today, heading to pick up the cars for testing Monday and Tuesday.
There is a train going through Davisburg right now. Sounds westbound and like an Amtrak horn.GTWChris wrote:AMTK 500 is departing Pontiac now. They are going to turn their power in the Pontiac yard and then head to Durand.Mark Rummel wrote:Amtrak conductors at Dooorand this (Sunday) morning said the crew for the WALLY passenger cars was scheduled to leave Pontiac at 3 p.m. today, heading to pick up the cars for testing Monday and Tuesday.
I heard 354.YpsiAmtrakBoy wrote:What train did 500 ride to PNT? 354 last night?
Mark Rummel wrote:
For me (in Fenton) I would guess that means I could expect the Amtrak engine with the cars would come down the Holly Sub about 5:30 or 6 p.m. today (probably later) so maybe there will be enough light to take a rare passenger shot here. Hasn't happened since 1972, maybe??
Any other ideas, anyone???
Leave PNT tonight at 8pm. Leave Jackson "early in the morning" tomorrowmilineamtrak wrote:What time is it leaving Jackson on Wednesday?
DETROIT – The Michigan Department of Transportation and Southeast Michigan Council of Governments is testing its fleet of bi-level commuter cars this week in anticipation of future rail commuter service in the state. Test trains are operating between Pontiac and Jackson, Mich., Nov. 12-14. The cars, owned by the Great Lakes Central Railroad, are former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway equipment.
The agencies are planning new rail commuter service between Detroit and Ann Arbor. Service to special events is expected to begin in early 2013, including the Detroit Tigers opening day and local festivals. Regular commuter service is expected to begin in 2014, pending the completion of necessary track upgrades. The remainder of the test route, Ann Arbor to Jackson and Detroit to Pontiac, is not under consideration for commuter service at this time, but the tests will allow for future expansion on those segments.
The state recently purchased a portion of the commuter route, from Dearborn to Ann Arbor, from Norfolk Southern Railroad. The remainder of the commuter route between Dearborn and Detroit is still owned by Norfolk Southern while the Detroit to Pontiac segment is owned by Canadian National.
Amtrak operated an Ann Arbor to Detroit commuter train, known as the Michigan Executive, until 1988. The Southeast Michigan Transportation Authority also operated Pontiac to Detroit commuter service until 1983.
Michigan is also studying a second commuter route, between Ann Arbor and Howell, on the former Ann Arbor Railroad route.