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The tie rig is back on the Holly spur as of 16:00. The new ties are piled along the track through Davisburg as far north of Eaton Rd as I could see, and as far south as the bridge by Millpond park. I think I saw the Andersonville MOW critter headed back to Pontiac between the Airport Rd and Williams Lake Rd crossing.
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The tie gons were on the spur in Holly this AM - I love the smell of creosote in the morning! On the way home tonight I saw more new ties piled alongside the tracks from the Davisburg Rd crossing to south around the curve after the Ripley Rd crossing. Caught a glimpse of something MOW-ish heading NB from Hogback Lake Rd, so maybe they'll be replacing ties all the way down to Andersonville siding.
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They're not in Holly anymore. There was a whole string of MOW critters on the siding in Andersonville (not the spur), so they may be starting that work today. The new ties are piled from just north of Hogback Lake Rd on up through Davisburg.
I haven't noticed the grade crossing getting any worse, but my struts are shot so everything seems bad
I haven't noticed the grade crossing getting any worse, but my struts are shot so everything seems bad
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Speaking of bad crossings, went over the worst one I've seen in a long time yesterday on Lake George Rd near Imlay City. Evidently this has been an ongoing issue because the road commission has orange signs posted on both sides of the crossing telling people that the crossing is maintained by CN and also giving a 800 number to call CN and voice concerns or complaints.
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Pretty bad when the road commision has to post a sign telling people it's not their fault and who to call. Obviously they're catching a ton a flak. Another one is Milford Rd. in Rose Twp. (south of Holly) south of Davisburg Rd. That one is really rough, but what makes it worse is it's on a curve. You're making the turn then hit that crossing and it sends your vehicle over to the other lane.
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CN had a bad crossing on Groesbeck south of Mt. Clemens for a long time. It sunk so deep that cars had to come to a crawl to go over it. It's a major 5 lane raod and during rush hour there were long lines to get across the tracks. I'm told it took CN a while to fix it creating a major headache for many drivers.
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On my way home I noticed the signal was green at White Lake Rd. So I took a chance and headed down Andersonville Rd. heading north hoping for a train. Sadly there was no train but I did see the MOW crew just north of Andersonville Rd. at Farley Rd. The big hi-rail leading the tie gons making their way south.
Was going down White Lake Rd yesterday about 4:30 in the afternoon and seen a huge backup and the crossing signals on. When I got up to the tracks, seen MOW just south of the crossing.
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Tuesday, the tie gang made good progress. They went from South Andersonville well past White Lake Rd. As of 2:30 this afternoon, they had barely crossed Windiate Dr. 391 departed early today, and they had the track since 8:00. They didn't get started until 10:30.
Looks like they will be approaching Airport Rd. in the morning. I can stake out at Red Lava, on the south side of the tracks, and get some pictures with a clear view.
Looks like they will be approaching Airport Rd. in the morning. I can stake out at Red Lava, on the south side of the tracks, and get some pictures with a clear view.
Norm
I hope you can get some pictures Norm. The new switch that you were hoping to get pictures of being installed on the Chicago Wye in Durand is still sitting there as of last Friday.
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