Detroit Railfanning

[J. S. Bach]

Probably having a lack of visibility running long-hood forward. Think of their complaints if they suddenly had to run a Challenger! Plus, the controls are set up for short-hood forward.

[ogauge47]

Why would the crew not be happy with turning the locomotive?

Rear visibility on those full-width cowl units is almost 0. In addition, those have desktop controls so the engineer had to be sitting straight up and looking through the review mirror the whole way

[ogauge47]

Changed it up and stopped in Plymouth, MI this morning

CSX Q392



Eastbound CSX, possibly Q287



Eastbound empty rack train



CSX D716



CSX K556



D716 returning from Wayne



CSX Y107

[ogauge47]

5/15

CSX Q151 rounds the bend at Delray



Medium aproach



CN 5281 at Schaeffer



CP 241 exiting the CP tunnel from Windsor, ON



CP 244 at the Michigan Central Depot

[ogauge47]

Three days at Delray.... here we go

5/16 (no camera, these were taken on my iPhone SE)

NS 39E


CN 385 with a GP38-2 hump unit in tow





5/17

NS BD07 coming off of the Boat Line



CSX Q151



CSX Y122



GTW at Schaefer



NS B70



CP 240





CP 235



Conrail RR-61



NS 21N



NS 29G



And today, 5/19

NS BD07





NS 31M



CN 451

[ogauge47]

5/26
Two from Royal Oak, MI yesterday

CN 515 out of Pontiac races through downtown Royal Oak with GTW 4619



CN 451 approaches Lincoln Ave as it makes its way north on the Holly Sub

[ogauge47]

6.2

A slow morning on the railroad yielded my few trains today

CSX Y194 passes the Reserve Yard on the Boat Line



CSX Y122 with two YN2 units passes Delray tower



CP 241



EJ&E 656 at CN Schaefer



NS 6152 (ex-N&W) switches a cut of autoracks at Oakwood Yard



NS 5212 rumbles over Allen Rd as it switches cars

[ogauge47]

6/5

NS 31M with a fresh SD70ACe



CP 241



Delray Connecting hot metal train



Conrail River Rouge job at YD



Two exceptionally rare locomotives at CN Schaefer- one of the last few orange EJ&E SD38-2s and the last blue GTW SD40-2



NS B73 at Romulus





Naval Ammunition 45 ton switcher across the fence at Greenfield Village



Amtrak 352 at the new Dearborn station

[ogauge47]

6/12 I went to Toledo, OH for the day

Before I left I got NS switching Oakwood and CP 244 crossing Oakwood Junction





CSX leaving Walbridge Yard



Speeder enthusiast group passing Hallet Tower on the Ann Arbor Railroad





CN 391 leaving CN Lang Yard with a special unit leading



CSX GP38-2 sitting



Ann Arbor heritage unit switching the Chrysler plant



CSX train crossing Vickers Diamond



Two NS trains racing on the NS Chicago Line



Westbound NS manifest with BNSF power



A trio of SD40-2s leads an eastbound





Eastbound intermodal with BNSF





Southbound CSX K train passing a northbound coal train



Westbound intermodal



CN 382 heading north on the CSX

[ogauge47]

6.20

A pair of Ann Arbor EMD units switching a transload facility in Dundee, MI on 6/20/16

[rogruth]

I had not seen that AA scheme. Is it common?
Thanks Lucas.

[ogauge47]

I had not seen that AA scheme. Is it common?
Thanks Lucas.

The current Ann Arbor shield logo has been around for around 10 years. Those units were delivered in UP colors and they decided to just leave them as-is

[J. S. Bach]

Reminds me of this shot:

[rogruth]

Dave,
I remember that.
What is the small one?

[J. S. Bach]

Dave, What is the small one?

Atlas HO AEM-7. They also offered it in O:

The paint scheme is for Maryland's commuter train service.