Ex TSBY 1997 on the move
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2024 8:52 pm
Today, CSTN moved ex TSBY switcher from Farwell to Cadillac, rumor had it’s being sold somewhere so I’ll keep everyone posted
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Well, shucks! It was the so called "Bumper Post" at Lear® Corporation, Farwell, MI! Did GLC move it by rail? Any photos? Did it just roll along? Luckily I captured this last on August 23, 2019 on a good trip with "Mazon!!!!" The business allowed us to walk back there and photograph! Glad I did and that it still is in Tuscola & Saginaw Bay Railway® colors!!!!! This is the last of a kind and an original TSBY engine from when they started in Michigan's Thumb in 1977! Now I saw this engine a few times since May 2000 Durand Railroad Days. The excursion picked it and a Chesaning Central & Owosso® Alco® switcher to take back to Owosso after display! I also have seen TSBY 1977 parked a few times at Owosso and lastly at Farwell! What are the plans for it? Hopefully it will be restored and/or used again! It won't be scrapped, right? COOL!!!!dalek ling wrote: ↑Tue Sep 17, 2024 8:52 pmToday, CSTN moved ex TSBY switcher from Farwell to Cadillac, rumor had it’s being sold somewhere so I’ll keep everyone posted
It has not run in years! TSBY NW2 #1977 has been stored on TSBY/GLC and not used. But I hope it will be fixed to operate again. Hopefully the future is bright!!!! What will happen next? Does anyone here have pix/video of the move? Please "keep everyone posted" as you mentioned dalek ling!
I should have phrased it better, what is the reason it has not run in so long? Is it just because GLC has no need for an end cab or does it have some mechanical problems?Robertrains wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 6:17 pmIt has not run in years! TSBY NW2 #1977 has been stored on TSBY/GLC and not used. But I hope it will be fixed to operate again. Hopefully the future is bright!!!! What will happen next? Does anyone here have pix/video of the move? Please "keep everyone posted" as you mentioned dalek ling!
I don't know exactly what is wrong dalek ling. I read that it likely has not run since 2005! TSBY/GLC has been storing it for years! They don't need this switcher. Too bad! Now, here is a photo link showing TSBY 1977 at Owosso in April 2007 explaining some:Erroneous Monk wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:16 pmI should have phrased it better, what is the reason it has not run in so long? Is it just because GLC has no need for an end cab or does it have some mechanical problems?Robertrains wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 6:17 pmIt has not run in years! TSBY NW2 #1977 has been stored on TSBY/GLC and not used. But I hope it will be fixed to operate again. Hopefully the future is bright!!!! What will happen next? Does anyone here have pix/video of the move? Please "keep everyone posted" as you mentioned dalek ling!
Robertrains wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 8:15 pmI don't know exactly what is wrong dalek ling. I read that it likely has not run since 2005! TSBY/GLC has been storing it for years! They don't need this switcher. Too bad! Now, here is a photo link showing TSBY 1977 at Owosso in April 2007 explaining some:Erroneous Monk wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 7:16 pmI should have phrased it better, what is the reason it has not run in so long? Is it just because GLC has no need for an end cab or does it have some mechanical problems?Robertrains wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 6:17 pmIt has not run in years! TSBY NW2 #1977 has been stored on TSBY/GLC and not used. But I hope it will be fixed to operate again. Hopefully the future is bright!!!! What will happen next? Does anyone here have pix/video of the move? Please "keep everyone posted" as you mentioned dalek ling!
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RailroadfanWiki explains about 1977 "Reportedly sold to US Steel in Lorain, Ohio as of 9/2024." WOW:
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CSTN Wednesday pulled the train north and it’s still at the barn today, there’s photos, but I don’t know how to upload them here
As for operations, rumor is it’s being leased to Rhetek in Whittemore Lake, and the most far fetched one is that it’s going to Lorain Ohio
Reuben Kincaid wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 11:29 pmThe conductor on the road job was attacked by an angry mob of hornets while coupling to the road power when it was moved for the first time from Lear in Farwell.
It is indeed. Something I learned very quickly when I was conductor. They love to make nests in knuckles and the handbrake wheel housing. Many a time where I would release the handbrake and see a nest and a swarm come flying out.AARR wrote: ↑Fri Sep 20, 2024 7:17 amA very real threat to railroad crews that we don't hear much about but I would think happens more than we knowReuben Kincaid wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 11:29 pmThe conductor on the road job was attacked by an angry mob of hornets while coupling to the road power when it was moved for the first time from Lear in Farwell.
Whatever you do, do not open old signal boxes on rail trails! I found out the hard way while biking the Falling Waters Trail near Spring Arbor many years ago...ATTM4150 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 20, 2024 10:44 amIt is indeed. Something I learned very quickly when I was conductor. They love to make nests in knuckles and the handbrake wheel housing. Many a time where I would release the handbrake and see a nest and a swarm come flying out.AARR wrote: ↑Fri Sep 20, 2024 7:17 amA very real threat to railroad crews that we don't hear much about but I would think happens more than we knowReuben Kincaid wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 11:29 pmThe conductor on the road job was attacked by an angry mob of hornets while coupling to the road power when it was moved for the first time from Lear in Farwell.
OK, where is TSBY 1977 actually going? Ohio, Texas or Michigan. MAN!!!! It would be nice if it stayed local! S.R.I. should have gotten this switcher instead of the other one! Good it will be used, but sad it will lose its TSBY colors!!!!dalek ling wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 9:02 pmCSTN Wednesday pulled the train north and it’s still at the barn today, there’s photos, but I don’t know how to upload them here
As for operations, rumor is it’s being leased to Rhetek in Whittemore Lake, and the most far fetched one is that it’s going to Lorain Ohio
Enough with the rumors! I want actual facts!!!!NS3322 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 20, 2024 7:31 pmThat makes five rumored places 1977 is going to:
1. US Steel in Lorain, Ohio
2. Owosso, MI Yard Switcher
3. Wabtec in Houston, TX (very unlikely)
4. Planet Neptune
5. Seattle Space Needle
Whatever you do, do not open old signal boxes on rail trails! I found out the hard way while biking the Falling Waters Trail near Spring Arbor many years ago...