Detroit Railfanning

[ogauge47]

Lucas,
When did W&LE start using that grey and blue scheme?
In one of the above photos there is a bright red caboose in the background. Whose and why?
You are out of college now(?) and doimg what? Hopefully you are still playing.

W&LE purchased a bunch of secondhand SD40-2s over the past couple years and that grey and blue paint job is a former lease unit they haven't repainted yet. I like the variety of the various paint jobs but it is also great to see matches sets.

Yes, I am out of school now, still playing professionally, as well as working in a music store

[rogruth]

Lucas,
Thanks for your reply.
I will probably never see those W&LE locos in Georgia and I don't travel very far any more.
Good luck in your musical endeavors.

[ogauge47]

12/11

CSX D716 on the Saginaw Sub in Romulus, MI



On the Kelsey-Hayes spur, shoving into the Home Depot distribution warehouse complex



Returning north to Plymouth, MI on the Saginaw Sub



NS B70



NS 280

[ogauge47]

12/27

Went out to Durand, MI with my dad this afternoon to shoot some trains around the historic depot

CN M396



CN M398



CN M397



PTC test train with a GTW caboose converted to a PTC car





Westbound CN manifest just west of town



Great Lakes Central switching Durand yard, pulling out on the Port Huron wye for headroom, before heading south to Ann Arbor



Huron and Eastern rolled into town not long after, doing the same maneuver before heading back north

[ogauge47]

12/29

CN A451 comes up to the NYC searchlight signals at Delray



CP 240 passes the Michigan Central Depot as it approaches the Windsor-Detroit tunnel



I catch up to A451 as it gets a fresh crew at the Amtrak station on Woodward Ave



And them meet them at Milwaukee Junction



A Conrail job switching North Yard in Hamtramck makes its way out towards Joseph Campau Ave for headroom

[J. S. Bach]

12/29
A Conrail job switching North Yard in Hamtramck makes its way out towards Joseph Campau Ave for headroom

Nice photos as usual. This one reminds me that I have a CLW high-hood GP35 in N&W livery that I have absolutely NO idea where (or even when) I got it. It is definitely mine as my name is on the box!

[rogruth]

Dave,
Remember to run it long hood forward.

I understood SR & N&Ws reasons for running that way but never
understood why they stayed with it as long as they did except for tradition.
Thinking about it now, maybe that was a good reason since most
railroad traditions were fast disappearing.

[rogruth]

Dave, Do you have a layout now?
I recall that you were going to 2 rail. Did you or do you still have both?

[J. S. Bach]

Dave, Do you have a layout now?

No, not yet.

I recall that you were going to 2 rail. Did you or do you still have both?

I have always been two-rail but got some three-rail as I liked the units offered (such as the Flying Yankee) and had/have thoughts of two-railing them. And, yes, I still have both. Note, I just sent you a PM.

[ogauge47]

1/2
Another afternoon in Durand, MI

CN L502 passes the historic depot



CN M398 crosses the diamonds headed east



CN A451 heads north on the Holly Sub with PRLX 200 trailing





An empty autorack train crosses the diamond after A451 clears



The Huron and Eastern shoves into Durand Yard

[rogruth]

Out in the snow and cold?
Thanks, Lucas.

[ogauge47]

Out in the snow and cold?
Thanks, Lucas.

I was a little chilly up in Durand and the snow came in quick. Other than that day it's been pretty mild and we haven't gotten any real snow yet. I'm not complaining!

[ogauge47]

1/5 Toledo, OH area

Nothing noteworthy running this day, but the quantity was nice. From 1pm to 5pm I saw over 20 trains, not bad.

Millbury, OH

Eastbound mail train





NS 16G





Vickers Diamond (Northwood, OH)



NS 322





Swanton, OH

[rogruth]

Seeing 5 trains an hour is pretty darn nice, 1 every 12 " average.

[ogauge47]

1/31

CN M397 in Durand, MI on a balmy -6F day