Lake State Coal
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Lake State Coal
A lot of talk about Lake State getting back into hauling coal trains again. Is that just rumor going around the camp fire or an actual done deal
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Re: Lake State Coal
Done deal. LSRC and CSX will have the Essexville coal through the end of the life of the plant, another 2 or 3 years IIRC. Supposed to switch over from CN/HESR very soon.
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Re: Lake State Coal
Awesome
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Re: Lake State Coal
Any word about coal to St. Clair?
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Do you, or your sources, know if these trains will go thru G.R., via the West Olive crews, again?SD80MAC wrote:Done deal. LSRC and CSX will have the Essexville coal through the end of the life of the plant, another 2 or 3 years IIRC. Supposed to switch over from CN/HESR very soon.
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Union meeting a week from Monday should have answers and you will be there. So should I. Anddddd what warm bodies will be available for them should they come this way?barnstormer wrote:Do you, or your sources, know if these trains will go thru G.R., via the West Olive crews, again?SD80MAC wrote:Done deal. LSRC and CSX will have the Essexville coal through the end of the life of the plant, another 2 or 3 years IIRC. Supposed to switch over from CN/HESR very soon.
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I wouldn’t hold my breath, who would run them?
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You of course, when they offer the big bucks to come back!SD80MAC wrote:I wouldn’t hold my breath, who would run them?
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Would not be at all surprised if they run them thru Garrett. People furloughed down there they could call back relatively quickly to run them and no hill at Saugatuck either.
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One went through Deshler just now going on NW wye
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Ran through Deshler OH at 8:45pm as N80107, terminating at Wixom MI. N801 is still supposed to be used for West Olive loads, so I wouldn't count on future LSRC coal loads using that symbol.9xs wrote:One went through Deshler just now going on NW wye
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So does that mean the coal trains will take the Ohio route instead of the GR and Plymouth subs?~Z~ wrote:Ran through Deshler OH at 8:45pm as N80107, terminating at Wixom MI. N801 is still supposed to be used for West Olive loads, so I wouldn't count on future LSRC coal loads using that symbol.9xs wrote:One went through Deshler just now going on NW wye
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As of now, yes.
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[quote= "SD80MAC"]As of now, yes.[/quote]
So does that mean the coal trains will take the Ohio route instead of the GR and Plymouth subs?
That is great news. I despised these trains running via GRP/Plymouth on the few times they did because I just can NOT read those BNSF numbers at night, which most of them did.
So does that mean the coal trains will take the Ohio route instead of the GR and Plymouth subs?
That is great news. I despised these trains running via GRP/Plymouth on the few times they did because I just can NOT read those BNSF numbers at night, which most of them did.
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Not to mention a very tired and fragile swing bridge.Doktor No wrote:Would not be at all surprised if they run them thru Garrett. People furloughed down there they could call back relatively quickly to run them and no hill at Saugatuck either.
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Which one would that be? The other coal trains seem to be just fine with it if you mean St. Joe.
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I do mean St. Joe. I am not suggesting that the bridge can’t handle to loads, clearly it can.Doktor No wrote:Which one would that be? The other coal trains seem to be just fine with it if you mean St. Joe.
It seems to me that a 100 year old swing bridge will be due for some very expensive maintenance in the near future. There is also the chance for damage to the bridge. In either case I believe the railroad would be reluctant to spend the needed money.
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So you despise the presence of a train because you can't read the locomotive numbers at night? What the...BL2-1843 wrote:
That is great news. I despised these trains running via GRP/Plymouth on the few times they did because I just can NOT read those BNSF numbers at night, which most of them did.
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Well, there's a 113-year-old swing bridge in New Richmond that is still holding up quite well.Standard Railfan wrote:I do mean St. Joe. I am not suggesting that the bridge can’t handle to loads, clearly it can.Doktor No wrote:Which one would that be? The other coal trains seem to be just fine with it if you mean St. Joe.
It seems to me that a 100 year old swing bridge will be due for some very expensive maintenance in the near future. There is also the chance for damage to the bridge. In either case I believe the railroad would be reluctant to spend the needed money.
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