Detroit Railfanning

[ogauge47]

7/21

CN 451 at Royal Oak



NS 31M at Conrail North Yard



CSX 5500, the "Spirit of Cincinnati," leads NS 27Z through Milwaukee Junction on the Conrail North Yard Branch in Detroit

[ogauge47]

8/4 in Detroit

CSX Y122 with Tier 4 ET44AC



CSX Q151 with solo SD70



CSX Y194 with a GP38-2 and GP40-2



GTW 4907



8/6-8/7 West Michigan

Marquette Rail in Ludington, MI





Lake Michigan







Pere Marquette 1223 in Grand Haven, MI









GTW coaling tower





PM auto boxcar



Pere Marquette and GTW caboose

[ogauge47]

8/11

CSX 6346 runs light north to Plymouth



CP 241 at Delray



CN 451 in the rain



NS 31M



CP T20. A CP Windsor City Yard-CSX Rougemere transfer



CSX Y122



CP 242 at NS Bridge



CSX Q151



CN 782 on the CN Flat Rock Sub crossing the Ecorse River



Crossing Jefferson Ave



Pulling into DTE River Rouge



NS Caboose on Monroe, MI



NS 21N street running in Monroe





CN 391 crossing the River Raisin



Northbound CSX coal train on the CN Shoreline

[ogauge47]

8/18

NS 121's power returning from being turned at West Detroit



CN 533







8/18 (iPhone pictures)

CN 385



CN 533



NS 121

[rogruth]

Lucas,
Don't misunderstand. I do like your photos of real trains but I would like to see some more of your models.

[ogauge47]

Lucas,
Don't misunderstand. I do like your photos of real trains but I would like to see some more of your models.

Thanks Roger! i would post more model photos but due to my ever-hectic schedule I haven't had much time to even pull them out. I am also moving and the trains aren't coming with me so the model train photos may slow to a trickle

[ogauge47]

9/6

CN 451 at Delray



CSX Y122



NS light power going to Conrail North Yard



CP T28 headed to Windsor

[ogauge47]

9/18

GTW 4619 and IC 3133 at CN Schaefer



9/21

CSX Rougemere job switching Fort Iron & Metal



CP 244 with a CSX YN2 leader



CSX Y122 coming off of the Conrail Detroit Line



CP 244

GMTX 151 switching steel cars inside the AK Steel/Rouge Complex

[G3750]

Great shots!

Was that an ex-PRR N5 attached to NS 5626?

George

[ogauge47]

Great shots!

Was that an ex-PRR N5 attached to NS 5626?

George

Unfortunately no, It was an ex-NW C32

[G3750]

Great shots!

Was that an ex-PRR N5 attached to NS 5626?

George

Unfortunately no, It was an ex-NW C32

Thanks, Lucas.

Best,

George

[ogauge47]

10/5

NS 31M with a CSX AC44CW leader heads south through Monroe, MI



Ann Arbor (WAMX) 3879 switches a cut of autoracks at AA's Ottawa Yard in Toledo, OH



Ann Arbor shoving a cut of autoracks into the Chrysler/Jeep loading docks

[J. S. Bach]

That last shot reminds me of this one that I took in Toccoa, GA a few years ago:

[ogauge47]

That last shot reminds me of this one that I took in Toccoa, GA a few years ago:

I shot the EJ&E 656 back in June. That orange paint job looks sharp

[J. S. Bach]

That orange paint job looks sharp

A pair of those would definitely look nice on a layout. For those interested, here is the other motor in my shot:

Rapidly approaching what I would call a rustbucket!