Michigan Shortline Updates Jan 2016
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GRE westbound at Spaulding in Ada with 24 leading. Nice to hear that horn again!
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Re: Michigan Shortline Updates Jan 2016
GRE --- WB Leonard at 1:30 with 17 CHs.
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The we must assume they retorqued the horn bushings when the redid the plugs and points eh?SD80MAC wrote:GRE westbound at Spaulding in Ada with 24 leading. Nice to hear that horn again!
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That's assuming they installed a new air-sucker/squeezer on the air reservoir. If they didn't do that, they might have re-calibrated the screamer controls to make it more whistley than it was before. Of course, this would all be a moot point if they didn't completely disassemble and refurbish the melodiosynchronizer.Doktor No wrote:The we must assume they retorqued the horn bushings when the redid the plugs and points eh?SD80MAC wrote:GRE westbound at Spaulding in Ada with 24 leading. Nice to hear that horn again!
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They are saving their energy to do all of that on 2019. I cringe when I hear that horn.SD80MAC wrote:That's assuming they installed a new air-sucker/squeezer on the air reservoir. If they didn't do that, they might have re-calibrated the screamer controls to make it more whistley than it was before. Of course, this would all be a moot point if they didn't completely disassemble and refurbish the melodiosynchronizer.Doktor No wrote:The we must assume they retorqued the horn bushings when the redid the plugs and points eh?SD80MAC wrote:GRE westbound at Spaulding in Ada with 24 leading. Nice to hear that horn again!
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I don't know if they did anything to the horn, because I have footage of when that horn was blown for the first time in 2 years at M-21. When they did that two of the chimes sorta had to "wake up". The horn was a "K3LA" briefly until the other chimes finally tuned in. Then the 3885 was also blowing its horn along with 24. It was pretty epic. I'll post the footage sometime I shot it on my iPhone and I say I did a pretty good job for freehanding it.EWRice wrote:They are saving their energy to do all of that on 2019. I cringe when I hear that horn.SD80MAC wrote:That's assuming they installed a new air-sucker/squeezer on the air reservoir. If they didn't do that, they might have re-calibrated the screamer controls to make it more whistley than it was before. Of course, this would all be a moot point if they didn't completely disassemble and refurbish the melodiosynchronizer.Doktor No wrote:
The we must assume they retorqued the horn bushings when the redid the plugs and points eh?
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2 years? More like 1.
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I rounded up don't be so dang literal all the time it's annoying as all get out. My records show February of 2014 as when it broke down.Saturnalia wrote:2 years? More like 1.
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GRE --- EB Leonard at 10:54 with 12 CHs...dual power again today.
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Well, your records are pretty wrong, then.MQT1223 wrote:I rounded up don't be so dang literal all the time it's annoying as all get out. My records show February of 2014 as when it broke down.Saturnalia wrote:2 years? More like 1.
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The 24 went down in 2015, not 2014.SD80MAC wrote:Well, your records are pretty wrong, then.MQT1223 wrote:I rounded up don't be so dang literal all the time it's annoying as all get out. My records show February of 2014 as when it broke down.Saturnalia wrote:2 years? More like 1.
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Re: Michigan Shortline Updates Jan 2016
GRE --- WB Leonard at 1:15 with three CHs.
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Re: Michigan Shortline Updates Jan 2016
Michigan shore was out of town by 8:30 am and back to the north yard by 1:30pm. Decent sized train south. Did not see them come back in. 2057s horn sounded good across a frozen Muskegon Lake.
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Re: Michigan Shortline Updates Jan 2016
4124, 4125, and 4190 on the Grand Elk are lined up with maybe 50 cars on the yard lead, looks to be preparing to depart. No one visible in the cab. 4124 leading.
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Dang it's only been one year? Feels like it's been longer. Yikes...
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