Detroit Railfanning

[ogauge47]

2/8

CP T27 at Oakwood



NS 256- the last Roadrailer on the NS system



CN 280 with BNSF leader and a GTW yard job on the CN (ex-DT&I) Dearborn Sub









CP 141 at Gates St in Delray

[J. S. Bach]

NS 256- the last Roadrailer on the NS system

The Triple Crown coupling close-up:

The back end on the rails:

The back end on the road:

[ogauge47]

2/12

NS 176 on the Conrail Detroit Line in New Center



NS 27N



Amtrak 353 stopping at the Detroit station on the CN Shoreline



NS 31M at Milwaukee Junction



CN 383 heading south on the CN Shoreline after clearing Milwaukee Junction



Amtrak 350 on the Shoreline

[rogruth]

IMHO that is a type of shot we need more of, over head photos that show all the stuff on top of locos and even cars.

[ogauge47]

2/19

Delray, MI

CP T41



Westbound NS manifest in Holland, OH on the Chicago Line



NS 24N at Swanton, OH with DC-to-AC conversion AC44C6M 4000



NS 34D



24N stopped in Delta, OH



At Wauseon, OH



34D at Wauseon



NS 20N with 'one' car (the 3-pack is counted as one car, as it has the same number)



NS 31M, all the way from North Yard in Detroit

[ogauge47]

2/20

M-1 Rail at the Penske Tech Center in New Center Detroit

[ogauge47]

2/23

CN 533, after just turning its power at Milwaukee Junction to head up to Moterm in Ferndale



CN 385 with a GTW GP9R in the trail







NS 21N at Delray



CSX Y194 comes off the Boat Line at Delray



Y122 returns from Livernois Yard

[J. S. Bach]

2/20
M-1 Rail at the Penske Tech Center in New Center Detroit

Presumably that "Dust-Buster" is some form of DMU? I have a 1/43 Chinese toy trolley that looks somewhat like that, even to the color scheme.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Hi Lucas, When you travel around taking all those close-up photos of trains, do you drive a car or do you ride a motorcycle. Just curious.
Murph

[ogauge47]

2/20
M-1 Rail at the Penske Tech Center in New Center Detroit

Presumably that "Dust-Buster" is some form of DMU? I have a 1/43 Chinese toy trolley that looks somewhat like that, even to the color scheme.

I believe so. It operates from overheard wire and battery power

[ogauge47]

Hi Lucas, When you travel around taking all those close-up photos of trains, do you drive a car or do you ride a motorcycle. Just curious.
Murph

I drive around and park my car. Most of the photo locations are easily accessible by both car and foot

[ogauge47]

3/2

NS 21N with a UP ES44



CN 391

[ogauge47]

3/15 A slight detour- Ohio

Swanton, Ohio on the NS Chicago Line (New York Central)

Eastbound rail train wth loads for the Swanton Staging Yard under construction



EB high-priority intermodal



Grand Rapids, OH

C&O 5109 on the Toledo Lake Erie & Western





Deshler, OH (CSX, ex-B&O)

Westbound CSX manifest



Fostoria, OH. Junction between CSX's B&O, C&O and NS's Nickel Plate

Eastbound NS high-priority intermodal on the Nickel Plate



Southbound autorack on the C&O crossing the NS



CSX Q150 coming from North Baltimore, en route to Detroit



Wesbound NS autorack



Eastbound CSX manifest passing a westbound intermodal, with a GP40-2 leading



An EB intermodal follows shortly after



Westbound NS manifest with C40-9 and a KCS SD70M



Eastbound CSX Q003. This is the highest priority train on this CSX line



Eastbound CSX junk freight



Once the CSX cleared the diamond, this eastbound NS autorack came through



EB CSX intermodal



CSX Q151 rounding the wye from the C&O to the B&O, from Detroit



WB CSX coal train



Westbound CSX manifest with a KCS SD70ACe leader



Eastbound CSX manifest outside of North Baltimore

[ogauge47]

3/16

CN 383 at Delray



CSX Q392



CP 142 at the Michigan Central Depot



CEFX GP20D



NS 121



NS 15J at Milwaukee Junction

[ogauge47]

3/29

A pair of CSX GP38-2s comes off the Boat Line at Delray



CP 141 pulls out of Oakwood Yard



GTW 5844 pulls a cut of auto parts boxcars into Schaefer Yard