Detroit Railfanning

[rogruth]

Thank you.

[Mitch]

Lucas,

Do you know if electrics ever ran on that trackage?

Nah! It was just that the RRs were so incredibly profitable that they blew all that money just to get the tax break!
Here's your sign!

[chuck]

How do you tell the difference?

Cheater's way is to read the fine print on the cab side

The trucks are different. EMD's will be FlexiCoil (older models) or HT-C on the newer ones. GE uses these



EMD's look like this



There are also difference in fuel tank shape, air tank location, and then more subtle cues like access door shape/count/location.

[ogauge47]

How do you tell the difference?

Cheater's way is to read the fine print on the cab side

The trucks are different. EMD's will be FlexiCoil (older models) or HT-C on the newer ones. GE uses these



EMD's look like this



There are also difference in fuel tank shape, air tank location, and then more subtle cues like access door shape/count/location.

An easy guide for EMD vs GE spotting.

EMD: rounded fuel tanks, slab-sided radiator grills, teardrop-shape cab windows

GE: angled fuel tanks, 'wing'-style radiator grilles, rectangular windows

*Disclaimer: this is a general overview, and not all engines match this criteria (i.e., Canadian wide nose engines)

[ogauge47]

3/7

NS 31M at Beaubien



Detroit Connecting coming off of the CN interchange at Milwaukee Junction





CN 515 with GTW 4925



CSX Q150 at Delray



NS 121

[ogauge47]

3/9

A day at Delray so ordinary I was wondering if something was going on

CSX Y203 switching scrap gons



CSX Y122



NS 171



CN 451



CN 451 meeting CP T27



CSX Q151 and T27



CSX Y194 on the Boat Line





CP 650







CP T27



CP 241



Q151



GTW 4623 at Schaefer

[ogauge47]

3/21

CSX Q150 with a pair of KCSM AC44s



CN 451



CN 451 meeting CP 147



CP 147



CSX Y122



NS 31M with a SD60E leader



CP T28 holding for 31M





CSX Q151



NS BD07 on the Boat Line. Cutting away to run around its train of 107 coke hoppers







CSX Y194 underneath the Ambassador Bridge, working the 15th St transload

[J. S. Bach]

An easy guide for EMD vs GE spotting. EMD: rounded fuel tanks, slab-sided radiator grills, teardrop-shape cab windows. GE: angled fuel tanks, 'wing'-style radiator grilles, rectangular windows. *Disclaimer: this is a general overview, and not all engines match this criteria (i.e., Canadian wide nose engines)

They still all look the same to me.

[rogruth]

Dave,
Possibly you, like me, do not see any real character in the newer Diesels.
Locos from the 1940s to 1970s just were more varied in looks and style.
I do not mean to be little the powerful monsters of today.

[ogauge47]

3/23

CSX Q151 at Cicotte Ave on the Conrail Lincoln Secondary



GTW 4626 at Schaefer



CN SD40-2W 5821



CSX GE power at Rougemere Yard



CP 242 w/UP leader



CP 550 with DPU





NS 21N w/BNSF leader





CSX L132 w/UP power



CP 235





NS 20N



CSX Q132 w/UP power



CSX Y122



CN 767 w/BNSF power



NS 121 at North Yard



CN trains at Conrail CP Conant



CN 533



GTW 4925

[ogauge47]

3/29

NS 21N with a UP leader



NS 121 light



CN crossing over the Conrail Junction Runner while switching Schaefer Yard



GTW 4900 switching the Rouge plant



Conrail was doing track work at North Yard

[ogauge47]

4/1

A day at Milwaukee Junction

NS 31M



CN 950 with GTW 4904, headed to Pontiac, MI



Amtrak 350 at CP Murray



CN 451 turning onto the CN Holly Sub at Milwaukee Junction



451 crossing over I-75



950 at Caniff St. in Hamtramck



NS 176 at Conrail North Yard



NS 121 building its train of autoracks



CN 385



CN 515 with GTW 4925



NS 121



Amtrak 355



CN 533 with IC 1012



Turning the engine for its leg up the Holly Sub to Moterm



At Clay St



Ready to head to Moterm



Amtrak 352 at Beaubien St

[G3750]

Great shots, Lucas.

Thanks for posting.

George

[ogauge47]

Great shots, Lucas.

Thanks for posting.

George

Thank you!

One from last evening- CN 515 with GTW 4904

[ogauge47]

4/4

NS 121's power heading to West Detroit Junction to turn it's power



On it's way back to Conrail North Yard



CN 533 after turning its power at Milwaukee Junction



Crossing Conrail



Amtrak 355 with a medium-clear at Murray



121 building its train at the south end of North Yard