Detroit Railfanning

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These four trains all rolled through within a 30 minute window today

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Royal Oak, MI 5/27

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GTW 4907 pulling into East Yard in Hamtramck, MI

GTW 4907 by Lucas Liska, on Flickr

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Ex-BN natural gas powered SD40-2 with flared radiators


Grand Trunk GP38-2 4925 on the Detroit, Toledo and Ironton

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GE locomotives galore this afternoon

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Some funky overcast weather and a surprise monsoon this afternoon

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2 of my 3 classes were cancelled today so I was able to get out and catch some trains earlier than normal

GTW 4920 pulling into CN East Yard


UP SD70ACe and NS SD9043 duo switching the Conrail side





NS SD70M-2







Adrian and Blissfield switcher working the Detroit Connecting Railroad


CN 391 with three SD75Is and an ES44DC

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Drove out to Plymouth to check out a newish record store and caught two CSX locals



















And in Northville, MI

[rogruth]

You do have a l;ittle variety in your area.

What are/were the reporting marks on the box car just above?

[ogauge47]

You do have a l;ittle variety in your area.

What are/were the reporting marks on the box car just above?

C&O. You can faintly see them on the side under the 'Cushion Underframe' lettering

Detroit is great for train watching. CSX, NS, CN/GTW, CP and Conrail all operate in the area and you can see lots on BNSF power on CSX and CN coal trains and occasional UP power on Conrail trains

[rogruth]

Maybe you can see them but not I/eye.

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Caught trains all over today

Soo SD60 on T27 today











CSX intermodal with UP power at Rougemere Yard in Dearborn, MI


GTW 4906 at the Ford Rouge plant


SD45 leaser


CP ethanol train at Oakwood


Soo SD60 and CP Rail SD40s at Oakwood, ready to return to Canada on T28


NS local with caboose








Another CP ethanol train


GTW 4908 on the Detroit Toledo & Ironton





Conrail Livernois yard job


Conrail east side job





NS/Conrail steel train on Conrail

[Roy]

Love the hi-hood, but did someone have a post-it-fit?

[chuck]

The "freight house" terminal in Plymouth used to be a hobby/train shop back about 30 years ago. Chessie would sometimes do an open house in the yard just north of the diamond.