Detroit Railfanning

[ogauge47]

12/13

NS GP38-2 5212 switches cars at NS Oakwood Yard



NS SD40-2 6152 pulls a cut of auto parts boxcars



Conrail jet snowblower at CP YD, the north end of Conrail River Rouge Yard



CN 384 waits for a signal at Salliotte Road in River Rouge with ES44 2900 leading solo



NS 332 races up the Conrail Detroit line at Salliotte



CN 384 at Delray



CN 515 heads around the Sugarhouse Wye at Milwaukee Junction



Loram rail grinder on the Conrail Detroit Line at Milwaukee Jct

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Well, that was a treat, something I don't see every decade around my life in the 'burbs.

[J. S. Bach]

12/13
Conrail jet snowblower at CP YD, the north end of Conrail River Rouge Yard

I wonder what happens when he kicks in the afterburner?

[ogauge47]

12/13
Conrail jet snowblower at CP YD, the north end of Conrail River Rouge Yard

I wonder what happens when he kicks in the afterburner?

[rogruth]

It seems to be smaller than the one Lionel sold.
Different prototypes?

[J. S. Bach]

Funny guy! Seriously, I like it.

[chuck]

Original units were based on engines from the late 50's/early 60's and they were much larger. New units use engines from corporate jets or even turbine based choppers. Once an engine has reached a certain number of hours of operation it can't be used for flight purposes. They can be recycled into equipment like this or for emergency power supplies.

[rogruth]

The PC piece just above looks more like the model Lionel sold or catalogued a few years ago.

[G3750]

The PC piece just above looks more like the model Lionel sold or catalogued a few years ago.

I had one and sold it. They never looked real to me, until I saw these photos. Kinda like dump cars, but those exist too.

George

[rogruth]

The PC piece just above looks more like the model Lionel sold or catalogued a few years ago.

I had one and sold it. They never looked real to me, until I saw these photos. Kinda like dump cars, but those exist too.

George

Yep.

[ogauge47]

12/14

CP 241 departs NS Oakwood Yard, headed west on the Wabash

CP 241 by Lucas Liska, on Flickr

[ogauge47]

1/2 Toledo, OH

WAMX GP38 3879 rests in Ottawa Yard between assignments



GP40-3 6540 in Toledo, OH



WLE SD40-2 6986 sits in CN Lang Yard



1/4
GTW 6223 pulls L515 across Jos Campau in Hamtramck

[ogauge47]

1/14

CSX Y122 pulling out of Rougemere Yard



C&O caboose at Rougemere



GTW power at CN Schaefer



CP 241 at NS Oakwood Yard



Mid-train helper



GTW 5831 working the DT&I

[ogauge47]

2/4/17

CSX Q151 with a pair of SD40-3s



GTW 6225 (ex-DT&I) at Schaefer



NS 171 at Oakwood



Oakwood yard job with an N&W high-hood SD40-2



CP 142



Second Oakwood job, with a low nose ex-N&W SD40-2



IC GP40 3117 dropping off cars on the ex-DT&I CN Dearborn Sub





CP 147



Ex-SOO triclops SD60M

[ogauge47]

2/5

A fresh SD70ACU heads a coke train on the Boat Line. The Renaissance Center on Detroit's riverfront can be seen down the tracks



A pair of SD30C-ECO units switch CP T40 at CSX Rougemere Yard