Detroit, Downriver and Toledo 7/17/15

[ogauge47]

Spent the afternoon with Tim, milineamtrak and caught the CSX West Detroit Branch job, explored some downriver Detroit sights and caught some trains in Toledo, OH on 7/17/15

CSX West Detroit Branch


Fullerton Junction, aka the "Stop Sign Junction"


Deep in the hood


CSX Y122 at Rougemere


FURX SD40-2


Three original GTW GP38-2s, 5850, 5857 and 5853 on the D&TSL in Trenton




NS 322 at Trenton with a surprise- a freshly repainted high nose SD40-2




NS 415 street running in Monroe, MI


New Crescent cab GP38-2 on the street running track shoving with a N&W caboose






CSX autorack train on the way to Ohio


Vickers Diamond in Toledo. This is the NS Chicago Line, and these 3 trains came within a 25 minute window







CSX waiting for clearance


NS Chicago Line at the Toledo Amtrak station





Ann Arbor Ottawa yard in Toledo, Oh





Freshly-painted Ann Arbor (WAMX) 3879.


CSX Q131 at Ecorse Junction back in Detroit


Detroit Salt Co. switching with HLCX 0007

[AARR]

Thanks for posting, ogauge. I enjoyed looking . What are the odds of catching 3 ex-GTW GP38-2's that were acquired from RI in 1980 .

[M.D.Bentley]

Good to see you guys yesterday and that you were able to catch all of those trains ( and that van too ).

[hoborich]

That looks like Red Greens van!

Enjoyed the photos. Some of them appear to have been taken from the Fort street bridge. Did you manage to evade the Marathon goons?

When I was 8 years old, myself and a couple other kids chased a steam switcher from the Linsdale/Epworth area out to Fullerton Jct on our bikes! That would have been 1949! The West Detroit branch was a bit busier then.

[ConrailDetr​oit]

That looks like Red Greens van!

Enjoyed the photos. Some of them appear to have been taken from the Fort street bridge. Did you manage to evade the Marathon goons?

They will still creep by and record a description of people and hanging out on the bridge and vehicle for their records of suspicious activity near the refinery. Ignoring them is the only way to deal with them. If they initiate a problem that violates ones rights on public property as in ordering to leave or no photography or delete pictures or ask for ID, standing for your rights and refusing is the way of dealing with them if the problem escalates there.

Detroit, MI

CSX West Detroit Job

CSX West Detroit Local - Fullerton St by tcamp7837, on Flickr

CSX 2675 - Detroit, MI by tcamp7837, on Flickr

Manor St

CSX in the hood by tcamp7837, on Flickr

Ohio St

CSX West Detroit Local - Ohio St by tcamp7837, on Flickr

Scrap Yard

CSX West Detroit local - Scrap Yard by tcamp7837, on Flickr

Trenton, MI

Construction Equipment on Detroit Line

Construction on Detroit Line - Trenton, MI by tcamp7837, on Flickr

NS 332

NS 332 - 18.2, Conrail Detroit Line by tcamp7837, on Flickr

Monroe, MI

NS 415

NS 415, empty coke train - Monroe, MI by tcamp7837, on Flickr

B20 shoving south from Warner Yard.

B20 shoving south from Warner Yard with caboose by tcamp7837, on Flickr

B20 - Kentucky St, Monroe by tcamp7837, on Flickr

CSX Saginaw Sub north of Michigan / Ohio state line

Q241 waiting for traffic ahead to clear.

Q241 - near Michigan / Ohio State Line by tcamp7837, on Flickr

Northwood, OH

CSX Waiting for NS to clear at Vickers Jct

CSX Trains waiting to go across at Vickers by tcamp7837, on Flickr

CSX 2613 & NS Meet - Vickers Jct by tcamp7837, on Flickr

CSX 2613 - Northwood, OH by tcamp7837, on Flickr

Toledo, OH

GMTX 2230 switching autoracks under I-75 at Ottawa Yard

GMTK 2230 switching Ottawa Yard by tcamp7837, on Flickr

AA 3879 at Jeep Docks

AA 3879 - Toledo, OH by tcamp7837, on Flickr

Detroit, MI

Q131 - Ecorse Jct

Q131 - Ecorse Jct, Detroit by tcamp7837, on Flickr

Detroit Salt Co Switcher - HLCX 0007

Detroit Salt Switcher by tcamp7837, on Flickr

HLCX 0007 - Detroit Salt Co by tcamp7837, on Flickr

Y203 switching south end of Rougemere

Y203 - switching south end of Rougemere by tcamp7837, on Flickr

[hoborich]

& NS Meet - Vickers Jct by tcamp7837,

One o them NS locos at Vickers is gonna have to back up.

[JStryker722]

& NS Meet - Vickers Jct by tcamp7837,

One o them NS locos at Vickers is gonna have to back up.

Clever lol haha a post or whatever blocks being able to see the two engines are coupled together, makes it look like the CSX crew got a front row seat to NS's idea of Family Feud right in the middle of the junction lol

[wagnew0923]

Love the salt company switcher

[hoborich]

I have a question. Does that NW caboose have an air whistle on the back platform for shoves across crossings?

[ConrailDetr​oit]

Yes