So maybe it isn't quite a Penn Central mainline, or the Maumee & Western, but CSX's Joe Brown Industrial Lead in Grand Rapids, MI isn't quite the Northeast Corridor. The aging track conditions are evident as Yard Job/Local Y297 switches out Padnos, the only customer on the lead.
The spur dates back over 100 years, and serviced several customers at one point. The industrial area has been picked apart of the last several decades, as the City creeps in that direction, now with GVSU just across the street.
Padnos Iron & Metal occupies the end of track, and even operates their own 45-Tonner locomotive which you can see in Episode 330.
Tonight's Y297 has a cut of "Wheaties" and a Coil Gon for the Grand Rapids Eastern, as well as the gons to be exchanged with Padnos at both their Joe Brown and Fuller Jct facilities.
The Wheaties make for a precarious-looking sight as the cars tilted with the "superelevation" caused by the deteriorating track conditions
Consist:
- CSX 2680 [GP38-2]
- 8 Grain CHs [For King Milling in Lowell on GRE]
- 1 Wire gon [For Lowell]
- 10 Scrap Gons [For Padnos Joe Brown & Fuller 7/3]
Location/Time:
- CSX GRT Sub, Joe Brown Lead, Butterworth St xing, on 4-23-14 from 19:35 to 20:10 EDT
For episode 330 and Padnos' 45-tonner locomotive, see the following link: • TRRS 330: Padnos Iron ...
Thanks for watching! Rate, comment and subscribe for more from West Michigan's #1 Railroad RU-vid source.
28 апр 2014
