I believe that he's musing that I'd be great if the crew overnighting in Detroit was a precursor to Q327 and Q326 being extended to Detroit, as has been the historical norm.MiRailProductions wrote:Q327, as in the train that usually originates in GR?
Historically, running via Grand Rapids were 326/327, 334/335, and 336/337.
326/327 were Chicago-Detroit, 334/335 were Chicago-Toledo, and 336/337 were Chicago-Flint.
The first pair to go was 336/337, at least a decade ago. 326/327 were cut during the Great Recession, leaving 334/335 as the only manifests in Grand Rapids. In 2011, 334/335 were split into two turns, with 334/335 being Grand Rapids to Toledo, and 326/327 being revived in name for the Chicago-Grand Rapids service.
It is rumored that they're looking at extending 326/327 back to Detroit, thus the musing.
As a side note, as I understand it, these 6 trains also made pickups and setouts at Benton Harbor, Holland and Lansing, with 336/337 handling Benton Harbor, 334/335 handling Holland, and 326/327 handling Lansing. Today, the Benton Harbor Yard no longer exists, Waverly gets their traffic via D700 (and recently 327 again), and Lansing gets theirs via D707.
Though I'm sure one of the "old heads" will be able to clarify/correct the above if I've gone askew in my histories.