I went home last night and headed back to school today. I finally left around 1600 after making a stop at the hobby shop. :) On the way back up to Flint I...
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Roger Kirkpatrick
caboose@...
May 2, 2001 6:16 pm
Craig & Listers, ... I wonder if it just hasn't left Ohio for Decatur, Alabama, yet? Does anyone know if TLE&W has a web page or e-mail address? They aren't...
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ostlingerfrank@...
May 4, 2001 7:57 pm
Hello folks! Greetings from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada! I am a new member to this group, and I'm pleased to have joined. I will be in the Grand Rapids/Big...
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ostlingerfrank@...
May 4, 2001 7:57 pm
Hello folks! Greetings from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada! I am a new member to this group, and I'm pleased to have joined. I will be in the Grand Rapids/Big...
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Bram Hakstege
a.w.hakstege@...
May 6, 2001 8:00 am
Hi, Once a year I'll go to Grand Rapids a well for a business trip (technical meeting). I'm from Europ (the Netherlands) but I try in the morning when I can't...
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Daniel Risdon
drisdon@...
May 6, 2001 3:03 pm
Had some time so I thought I see if I could see 273, been trying to figure out where his traffic comes from. He drops his entire train at CSX's McGrew Yard in...
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freypan@...
May 6, 2001 5:16 pm
Sitting in Jackson yard today (Sunday, May 6) is the engine combo of CSX 5816 (B23-7) and U.P. 3292 (SD40-2). CSX borrowed power delivering freight to a N-S...
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Gregory Peet
gregory.peet@...
May 6, 2001 8:45 pm
Rider's Hobby Shop is 2055 28th Street SE, a ways east of US-131. Hobby World is 2851 Clyde Park SW, but just 1/2 block south of 28th street. You can see it...
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Daniel Risdon
drisdon@...
May 8, 2001 4:55 pm
Headed to Durand for the night, cause I had some reading to do, it didn't start to get busy till about 0200, wish I could have stayed to see 275, 395 and 143....
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ostlingerfrank@...
May 8, 2001 9:55 pm
Hello! First off, thanks to the many responses to my question about hobby shops in Grand Rapids/Big Rapids - they are all very much appreciated. Next weekend...
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ostlingerfrank@...
May 8, 2001 9:58 pm
Hello! First off, thanks to the many responses to my question about hobby shops in Grand Rapids/Big Rapids - they are all very much appreciated. Next weekend...
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Dave Williamson
DLWX@...
May 9, 2001 2:49 pm
CLEVELAND, May 8 -- In the midst of a four-year growth streak, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers marks its 138th anniversary today. North America's...
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cwilson@...
May 10, 2001 2:22 pm
... Railfanning in Big Rapids will only turn up ghosts. The tracks have all been pulled up and the ROW is a recreational trail. The north-south line was ...
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mike
railfan@...
May 10, 2001 5:07 pm
The CSX line you may be thinking of runs north roughly following M-37 highway through White Cloud and Baldwin before heading West and north towards Ludington....
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Dave Williamson
DLWX@...
May 11, 2001 1:37 am
[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 49, Volume 4, Parts 200 to 399] [Revised as of October 1, 1999] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access ...
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freypan@...
May 11, 2001 1:15 pm
Did anyone else hear the vocal duel between the N-S dispatcher at Dearborn and the engineer of 41-M early this morning (May 11) regarding the routing of 41-M...
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jsundin357@...
May 11, 2001 7:28 pm
Hi: I just wanted to pass on a link. http://www.dnaco.net/~gelwood/manual.html Please don't forget to thanks the author if you enjoy it!! (there is not much ...
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LBruin3540@...
May 11, 2001 11:51 pm
A M of W train went N today on CSX tracks through Flint. Does anyone know where it is going?...
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Daniel Risdon
drisdon@...
May 12, 2001 6:11 pm
Since I didn't have anything going on Friday night, I decided to spend most of the night at Durand. was farily busy after around 0130. Here's what I saw. -Dan...
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muskegonrr@...
May 12, 2001 9:44 pm
Does anyone know what the Michigan Shore gondolas are doing in Muskegon. There are 7 in the yard now. They have been in town for about two weeks, but it...
2523
muskegonrr@...
May 12, 2001 9:48 pm
Hello. I was wondering if anyone has photos of the C&O passenger trains that ran from Muskegon-Holland. I am in need of some for my website, "Muskegon's...
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quinleywf@...
May 13, 2001 5:59 pm
I arrive Durand at 11:15 p.m. to find a 764 going around the Chicago wye onto the Holly Sub. The crew on this train was abvious not familiar with the area as...
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lano@...
May 13, 2001 11:59 pm
Grand Trunk GP38-2 5828 has been repainted into CN colors. Nation Railway Equipment in Dixmoor, Il. did the work. Like most of the 1978, and 1979 built units...
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wkuhl@...
May 15, 2001 2:51 am
OS Durand, MI Sunday May 13th, 2001 14:59 393 (Toronto, ON - UP Chicago Proviso, IL via IHB) 74 cars WB #1 CN 2536 (C44-9WL) CN 2431 (C40-8M) 15:06 247 (CSX...
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lano@...
May 15, 2001 3:34 am
Train 142 has a freshly painted DT&I caboose 140,or 145. Car trace shows 145 on the move but I saw this cab at Woodcrest shop numbered 140. Ken Lanovich...
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wkuhl@...
May 15, 2001 3:08 pm
Yes they did. Due to trackwork up north everything has been flip flopped. The day crew (on duty 0800 in Owosso) now makes a trip as far south as needed (at...
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Daniel Risdon
drisdon@...
May 15, 2001 3:27 pm
That would have been interesing to see 142's S/O at Durand last night(Monday), with a Caboose in it. I traced it and it shows that 533 took it down to Detroit...
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Roger Kirkpatrick
caboose@...
May 15, 2001 4:08 pm
Ken & Listers, ... Were you close enough to read the number of the caboose on train #142 or are you assuming it is caboose #140 because you saw that one being ...
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kelly countryman
kelkel@...
May 15, 2001 8:23 pm
I talked with a Armond Cassil crew two weekends ago in McBain. They said they are working from south of McBain to Cadillac replacing rails and ties. The crew ...
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Dave Williamson
DLWX@...
May 16, 2001 2:36 am
[From Trainorders, a first-hand observation of today's exciting event] ... 15/05/01 16:18 Firsthand Account of the Ohio Runaway k8dti ... I was up north...
