Detroit Railfanning

[ogauge47]

2/5/19

It warmed up a little up here in Detroit (34F) so I decided to go out and shoot some trains this afternoon

CN M382 at the Lincoln St Art Park in New Center Detroit. This train originates at CSX Walbridge Yard in Toledo, OH and goes to Sarnia, ON



NS 31M in front of the Fisher Building in New Center



CN M371 (formerly 451) at Milwaukee Junction



CN Q116 in New Center by the College For Creative Studies Taubman Campus



NS 21N at Delray



CN Q116 again, two hours later, but only 7.5 miles away from where I first shot it

[J. S. Bach]

2/5/19 It warmed up a little up here in Detroit (34F) ...snip...

76º here today.

[ogauge47]

2/7/19

Warm and rainy today

CN M383 at Mill St in Ecorse, Mi



CN L515 at Milwaukee Unction with GTW 5930

[ogauge47]

2/10

NS 31M at Milwaukee Junction



CN M382 on the CN Shoreline Sub, approaching Milwaukee Junction



An INTX hopper showing it's Chess heritage in Conrail's Livernois Yard

[ogauge47]

2/13 Trains in the Toledo, Ohio area

Eastbound coal train at Millbury



Eastbound junk freight



Westbound intermodal



Another eastbound freight



Northbound empty CSX autorack train at Vickers Diamond in Northwood



Westbound Ns intermodal



Southbound CSX autorack



Westbound intermodal in Holland, Oh

[ogauge47]

2/19 Durand, MI

CN M396 at CP Clara



Great Lakes Central at the south end of Durand Yard



New power. The Durand Depot is in the background





CN M371 with a UP SD70M



Huron & Eastern switching Durand Yard



CN L502 passing the depot

[ogauge47]

2/20 Another day in Durand, MI. Today was ugly and cold

CN M397



CN M396



CN M371



CN L502, shot from the ballroom of Durand Depot



L502 backing around the Port Huron Wye into Durand yard



CN M398

[ogauge47]

Some March fun Part 1

3/2

NS B71 in Romulus, MI



CP 141 with KCS 4006, probably one of the ugliest paint jobs EVER applied to a locomotive





3/13

CSX Y194 on the Boat Line at Delray



NS job from Oakwood picking up cars from the DT&I interchange





NS 21N in Wyandotte



CN M384 on the Shoreline in Wyandotte



CN M391

[ogauge47]

March Part 2

Ann Arbor Railroad's Hallett Tower in toledo, OH. This will be decommissioned soon, with dispatching being transferred over to Watco in Texas.



Ann Arbor switching industries on Toledo's waterfront





Eastbound NS freight at Millbury



Westbound NS intermodal with colorful power









Old ex-B&O hoppers near Walbridge, OH







CSX auto rack train at Walbridge Yard





GP7 operated by a steel industry in Toledo



Remnant of an Ann Arbor boxcar at the AA's Ottawa Yard

[ogauge47]

March part 3 3/20/19

Durand, MI

CN L502



CN Q149



Old ex-BM hopper



CN M399



CN M397



Great Lakes Central



Huron and Eastern



CN M396



CN L505



CN M398



CN X502

[ogauge47]

4/2/19

Durand, MI

CN L504 clears CP Clara in Durand



CN M397



The Huron & Eastern Durand turn passes the old GTW searchlight signals at Durand Road as it returns to Saginaw, MI

[ogauge47]

4/3/19

Port Huron, MI

CN L502 passes the Port Huron Amtrak station and begins its acceleration into the tunnel



CN L533 heading south on the Mt Clemens Subdivision with GTW 5844 leading



CN M397 exiting the Port Huron-Sarnia tunnel



CN M396



CN M398 passes the GTW tri-light signal as it approaches the tunnel

[MYmoo]

Lucas,

Thank you! for sharing your images of the Durand, MI area.
https://flic.kr/p/2eQDj1v
You've found a few of my train watching spots!

You keep getting betterer 'n' betterer!!

FTR, back when I was a teenager, there was a 50k gallon water tank located where the radio tower is now east of the station, and the Grand Trunk Western was still running steam, ...and I had a girlfriend who lived two blocks south....

Yup, the "good ole days", really were, for me.

(Opinion = The Great Lakes Central has one of the better current paint schemes of any RR.)
(I agree on the KCS paint scheme.)

[ogauge47]

4/6 Fort Wayne/ New Haven, IN

I was in Fort Wayne for the weekend while playing at the North American Brass Band Championships and I had a spare couple hours to shoot some trains. The Wabash and Nickel Plate cross at New Haven, IN





















4/7
Delray and Milwaukee Junction

NS turning power around at Delray



CP 240 with a pair of GP38-2s on the point



CN M382



CN L533

[ogauge47]

Lucas,

Thank you! for sharing your images of the Durand, MI area.
https://flic.kr/p/2eQDj1v
You've found a few of my train watching spots!

You keep getting betterer 'n' betterer!!

FTR, back when I was a teenager, there was a 50k gallon water tank located where the radio tower is now east of the station, and the Grand Trunk Western was still running steam, ...and I had a girlfriend who lived two blocks south....

Yup, the "good ole days", really were, for me.

(Opinion = The Great Lakes Central has one of the better current paint schemes of any RR.)
(I agree on the KCS paint scheme.)

Thanks, Myron! Durand is one of my all-time favorite spots. CN, GLC and HESR and road, local and passenger trains. Something for everyone!