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| Photos of January 22, 2008 Ops Session |
| It was the last operating session of the year for the Chicago & Mackinac Railroad, but we had a very good turn out. In fact, we had the largest operating crew ever for the C&M, with 10 operators and the Superintendent present. Below you will find a variety of photos, unfortunately, some are not as sharp as we usually photos, here are the stats for the night: |
| The Operators We had a total of 7 operators and a Superintendent. The Dispatcher was Andy Schnur, the Grand Rapids Yardmaster was Seth Neumann and the Mackinaw City yardmaster was Steve Williams. The road operators were Les Dahlstedt, John Blunden, Stanley Keiser, Jeff Osborn. We were one operator short of a full crew so we could not move as many trains as we had to move, although things went well with the operators that we did have. Here are the pictures: |
| The total number of cars moved was 258 in a total of 25 different trains: 6 passenger trains 7 through freight 2 interchanger's (out and back) 1 PRR and 1 Kalkaska 2 boat interchanger's (estimated - out and back) Online customer deliveries and pick ups totalled 56 cars at industrial sidings (not including the Walton Junction and Kalkaska Branch setouts/pickups) and in addition, we even picked up/setout a total of 5 express loads in our passenger operations. |
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| See you next month |
| The move of the day: |
| Andy took over the dispatching duties for this ops session. He did a great job. Trains moved smoothly all evening. |
| Here we are in Cadillac. That's the first class passenger train #102 heading north at the the varnish is stabbed by the lowly southbound extra 196, a low Mackinaw City. only passenger on board was placated by free drinks so everything worked out well, except the passenger woke up with a headache! After being stabbed by the extra drag freight, Train #102 as further humiliated by being relegated to the siding in Walton Junction while passing a through freight working the industry from the mainline. The passenger didn't notice as he was inebriated by this time! |
| Here are the yardmasters, Seth at Grand Rapids (above) and Steve at Mackinaw City. Both did a great job and kept up with all of the traffic. |
| Here is Les working the Cadillac Turn. He finally found the carcard holders on the fascia! (inside joke). |
| Stanley is up in Petoskey working the Petoskey Turn. |
| the passenger #101 south. Looks like he had to dodge some freight in Cadillac. Jeff is here running service gets no respect on the C&M! |
| John is here in Walton Junction working the grainery but unfortunately won the award for the most time in the you will see a drag freight going south hole waiting for trains to go by! Below and in the "Move of the Day" above, you will see the passenger train going by John heading north. Note, he had to tuck his engines into the Kalkaska Interchange yard to allow the trains to pass. |
the Grand Rapids
Industrial area.
Another first: John
worked 2 GRI Turns in
the same session. He
must be a glutten for
punishment.
The GRI customers
were very happy with
the service.
Industrial area.
Another first: John
worked 2 GRI Turns in
the same session. He
must be a glutten for
punishment.
The GRI customers
were very happy with
the service.