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CSX in Plymouth, Mich.

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 17, 2003 11:02 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Ruehle

I've started dropping by the diamonds in Plymouth, Michigan during my lunch hour but I'm a little underwhelmed at the traffic volume. Granted I'm only trackside for 20 or 30 minutes, but having spent a weekend in Fostoria, Ohio recently where I couldn't keep up with the traffic, I was expecting more. Do the tracks in Plymouth carry a fair amount of traffic and are there particular times of the day that are better than others? Are both tracks CSX?

Thanks,
Ross R.
http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/ Query by location and inventory-7 day thru trains according to the FRA. They only haveing 400 inspectors the info might be three decades old.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 17, 2003 11:02 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Ruehle

I've started dropping by the diamonds in Plymouth, Michigan during my lunch hour but I'm a little underwhelmed at the traffic volume. Granted I'm only trackside for 20 or 30 minutes, but having spent a weekend in Fostoria, Ohio recently where I couldn't keep up with the traffic, I was expecting more. Do the tracks in Plymouth carry a fair amount of traffic and are there particular times of the day that are better than others? Are both tracks CSX?

Thanks,
Ross R.
http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/ Query by location and inventory-7 day thru trains according to the FRA. They only haveing 400 inspectors the info might be three decades old.
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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 8:06 PM
Please be careful
Some factories don't want you on their property like railroads do.i am fortuanate to have a main line railroad right by my workplace and they don't mind me taking pictures on my own time but some places aren't like that.Please remember take pictures leave footprints.
stay safe
joe

Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").

 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 8:06 PM
Please be careful
Some factories don't want you on their property like railroads do.i am fortuanate to have a main line railroad right by my workplace and they don't mind me taking pictures on my own time but some places aren't like that.Please remember take pictures leave footprints.
stay safe
joe

Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").

 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 8:03 PM
Please be careful
Some factories don't want you on their property like railroads do.i am fortuanate to have a main line railroad right by my workplace and they don't mind me taking pictures on my own time but some places aren't like that.Please remember take pictures leave footprints.
stay safe
joe

Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").

 

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Posted by JoeKoh on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 8:03 PM
Please be careful
Some factories don't want you on their property like railroads do.i am fortuanate to have a main line railroad right by my workplace and they don't mind me taking pictures on my own time but some places aren't like that.Please remember take pictures leave footprints.
stay safe
joe

Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").

 

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 5:44 PM
During the day there can be lulls in action. Around 8 pm on weekdays it seems it's one train after the other. During the day the CP intermodal comes and then the locals return. The locals go out in the morning and you can see them coming back around 5 pm. They have been doing trackwork so that might delay some trains. Most of the action is east and west bound. The tracks are owned by CSX but a number of CP trains use it. One piece of advice, if any signal around the diamond is anything but red stay around. They do not like to leave clear signals up for lond peroids of time do to the number of yard movements. Check out the industrial parks around there as they offer good shots of the yards and trains and it is legal to do so.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 5:44 PM
During the day there can be lulls in action. Around 8 pm on weekdays it seems it's one train after the other. During the day the CP intermodal comes and then the locals return. The locals go out in the morning and you can see them coming back around 5 pm. They have been doing trackwork so that might delay some trains. Most of the action is east and west bound. The tracks are owned by CSX but a number of CP trains use it. One piece of advice, if any signal around the diamond is anything but red stay around. They do not like to leave clear signals up for lond peroids of time do to the number of yard movements. Check out the industrial parks around there as they offer good shots of the yards and trains and it is legal to do so.
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CSX in Plymouth, Mich.
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 1:36 PM
I've started dropping by the diamonds in Plymouth, Michigan during my lunch hour but I'm a little underwhelmed at the traffic volume. Granted I'm only trackside for 20 or 30 minutes, but having spent a weekend in Fostoria, Ohio recently where I couldn't keep up with the traffic, I was expecting more. Do the tracks in Plymouth carry a fair amount of traffic and are there particular times of the day that are better than others? Are both tracks CSX?

Thanks,
Ross R.
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CSX in Plymouth, Mich.
Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 1:36 PM
I've started dropping by the diamonds in Plymouth, Michigan during my lunch hour but I'm a little underwhelmed at the traffic volume. Granted I'm only trackside for 20 or 30 minutes, but having spent a weekend in Fostoria, Ohio recently where I couldn't keep up with the traffic, I was expecting more. Do the tracks in Plymouth carry a fair amount of traffic and are there particular times of the day that are better than others? Are both tracks CSX?

Thanks,
Ross R.

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