Make sure this time to not have Racer need to get back to Plymouth for some other event before the steam engine goes through Durand, ok? Otherwise, drive separateTrainWatcher wrote:Ill be out. Racer and me will be pacing her. I hope to get some shots near Milan and the Huron River Bridge. Hopefully AA will let her lead thru downtown AA!
When Is 765 Leaving Owosso To Go Home?
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Re: When Is 765 Leaving Owosso To Go Home?
Nah we are both free tomorrow.
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rwas......got to Owosso about 6 pm I believe, it left Fort Wayn about 4;30 am I 1stgot it at Blakesley about 7-730 am milan about noon serviced in Milan for about an hour or two.
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I wouldn't plan on that! They sure didn't let it lead on the way up. Keep in mind the hand off at Osmer took a while and the one at Milan a good bit longer since it included watering the engine...TrainWatcher wrote:Ill be out. Racer and me will be pacing her. I hope to get some shots near Milan and the Huron River Bridge. Hopefully AA will let her lead thru downtown AA!
Updates here would be appreciated althought I don't think I'll be able to go out this time (too busy at work).
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Let's Clear the board. Is the this thing happening on MON the 12th? Or does anyone know?
Mark it Zero.
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Yes, the 12th. Tomorrow.
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So... any updates? Is it out and running yet?
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Cleared Durand, MI s.b. @ 0911.
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Diesel cam off at Byron, MI. Train is now: NKP 765, toolcar and two Ohio Central coaches. Coming up to Howell @ 0955
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Just passing Howell at 10:12 AM
(Wish I'd been out to see her come through, but the Death Cold I managed to pick up has me pretty well housebound. That hooter's a dang nice thing to have wake you out of a half-sleep daze, though!)
(Wish I'd been out to see her come through, but the Death Cold I managed to pick up has me pretty well housebound. That hooter's a dang nice thing to have wake you out of a half-sleep daze, though!)
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Re: When Is 765 Leaving Owosso To Go Home?
Anybody have an updated location?
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Pure guess but I'd think they're to Osmer by now, but anyone's guess as to how long the hand off to the Ann Arbor will take (could be quick, could be a while). Since it sounds like just the NKP 765 & museum cars (i.e. no revenue freight or GLC engines) it may be a fairly quick deal - assuming AA puts one of their own engines on the point and has one waiting at Osmer for 765 to come down...rwas wrote:Anybody have an updated location?
What's the weather like up there??
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Sprinkling earlier near MI/OH border. Stopped now and cloudy.
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From Gregg(not sure why he wasn't just posting this on the board) but "from a source on scene, 765 at Osmer" - 11:30am
From gregg - "Ann Arbor RR is providing diesels again. GLC 391 lead from owosso, but they cut it off at byron and let 765 run solo." - 11:37am
From gregg - "Ann Arbor RR is providing diesels again. GLC 391 lead from owosso, but they cut it off at byron and let 765 run solo." - 11:37am
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Re: When Is 765 Leaving Owosso To Go Home?
NKP 765 @ Osmer, MI @ 1136. Ann Arbor Railroad put a GP39 on point, 1209 @ Huron St. in Ann Arbor, MI.
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Anybody have a location? I'm in Sand Creek at mp66 and the main is blocked with track crew
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I was in class at LCC in Lansing. No computer there. Had it not been for that, I would have been out amongst the chasers. My class didn't start until 10:10, though, so I did manage to get out and do a little fanning on the first leg of the run. As mentioned earlier, GLC had 391 on the point (surprise, eh? ), to cross the CN lines in Durand. For once in the railroad world, the train was right on the advertised departing from Owosso. CN_Okemos and I caught up with them in Corunna and followed down M-71 to Durand, where they waited for CN 490 to head down the Holly Sub before continuing south. I had heard the diesel would come off at Byron, but also that it would stay in. I didn't feel like risking it and missing class, so I headed home at this point.From Gregg(not sure why he wasn't just posting this on the board)
As of right now, again from live sources, the 765 and train on the move westbound and already out of Milan as of 2:14 PM. As per the trip up in July, as well as the moves to and from North Judson, IN earlier this year, NS has provided an escort for the home stretch. Here's what's on the point now:
NS C40-8W 8429:
Once again, the train is on the move out of Milan as of 2:14 PM. Heads up, SE MI, NW OH and NE IN!
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Totally forgot about 765 coming south today, and was out on bike when I first heard him whistling for Riddle Street coming south. For an old man, with way to many clothes on, pedaled as fast as I could and finally (mile and a half) got ahead of it to see it (along with many others) at the viaduct east of town. Good thing he was going slow, because I wasn't. Even more of a treat to see it, was that he was whistling almost all the day through town. Not only at crossings, but many times inbetween crossings. Such sweet music!!!
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NKP 765 took water at Milan, MI. Was interchanged to NS and departed westbound on the NS from Milan, MI @ 1407. NS 8429, ex-CR unit, is in the lead.
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A Great End to the 2009 Summer Steam Season. Myself and Chris saw her at:
Vernon
CP Pitt (with CN 490 as well with a BCOL 4646 unit Too)
Cohoctah
Howell (Depot)
(Got stopped by Q335 at Ann Pere CSXT 54XX and 7678 Leading)
8 Mile, Whitmore Lake
Osmer
Bridge over Huron River
and Milan
We chased with Per Rock (Peter), Justin, Robert (KenB's Son) and CN_Okemos (Greg). Had a blast and was shocked that the GLC let her run loose to Osmer, it was a real treat. Cops in Milan were pretty cool as long as you weren't in the way they had no problem letting you take all the photos you want.
Vernon
CP Pitt (with CN 490 as well with a BCOL 4646 unit Too)
Cohoctah
Howell (Depot)
(Got stopped by Q335 at Ann Pere CSXT 54XX and 7678 Leading)
8 Mile, Whitmore Lake
Osmer
Bridge over Huron River
and Milan
We chased with Per Rock (Peter), Justin, Robert (KenB's Son) and CN_Okemos (Greg). Had a blast and was shocked that the GLC let her run loose to Osmer, it was a real treat. Cops in Milan were pretty cool as long as you weren't in the way they had no problem letting you take all the photos you want.