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Whenever there an incident with a railroad here, more time is spent for Police/Fire/EMS to find out which railroad is involved than with the problem itself; And there are only 2 to choose from most of the time!

I don't think there is any interchange in New Buffalo. With Terraserver-USA and an old head-end video on Amtrak there never has been any evidence of an interchange there.

Pretty much what MEC407 said. It's a personal enjoyment, and it's good for memories, and roster shots of locomotives.

Who knows, maybe the trains you shoot today may be gone forever tomorrow.

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Tadman wrote:I tried to look up there frequency that was posted here at RR.net, but it was down. Shoot.

Ken W2KB wrote:I wonder if a cab car can be temporily designated as non-cab car use? NJ Transit lately has a number of consists with cab cars in the middle being used as regular coaches.

I heard someone tell me today that all railroads in the country should be eliminated altogether, that way nobody ever has to get hit by another train. But then he got very upset when I turned his logic back on him, and said that would very much paralyze America's transportation system, with the high...

I believe that is correct; The train crew have radios, while the service crew have to rely on PAs and intercoms.

I really don't know how to explain that, other than those people just don't get it. They need to go back to Drivers Ed, IMO. Or have an electronic device implanted in them that gives them a nasty jolt whenever they attempt to get into a vehicle! But you're right... mostly it's people who just don't...

Don't know if this qualifies as detouring but during the 90's the Grand Trunk would take steel trains to and from Midwest Steel via the SouthShore. They would take the NS Michigan City branch from Stillwell to Michigan City, where a connector track was built on the west side of the Shops. They would...

1. That's the old Bendix Siding, which was occasionally used for meets when the CSS still went downtown. 2. Not sure what you mean by "maintained." The old main is now totally rusted over and practically dewired between the depot and Grandview Substation. Only reason it's still there is fo...

crumbs that would have been a good picture. where is the interchange w/ NYC/NS at Bendix? I know the route pretty well around there and don't remember where the interchange is (other than near bendix) Just west of the Amtrak depot. The interchange comes off NS Track 1 and crosses the old mainline o...

Account a BIG NS derailment at C.P 451 near South Bend, Amtrak trains 29 (Capitol Ltd) and #49 (The Lake Shore Ltd) will detour via the CSS&SB from South Bend to C.P. 487 just west of Burns Harbor, IN. This will see the trains RUN DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AT MICHIGAN CITY, IN. This is for ...

Sorry, but it didn't happen. I happened to see both 29 and 49 on the NS going through LaPorte today (though they had to crawl at a snail's pace past the wreck site).

There were two times that I recall back in the early 90's when the Lake Shore and Capitol (pre-Superliners) Limiteds detoured on the South Shore between South Bend and Burns Harbor. If memory serves the reason was due to heavy freight traffic on the Conrail line which would have severely delayed the...