Adriatic posted:"Welcome home".
I think the line outside of the Airforce base is doing it's short excursions again.
Greenfield Villiage/Henry Ford Museum has greatly improved for RR content inside and out, over the more recent years. (With all that maize &blue, you kinda gotta know where that is
)
During the winter the CN & CP holiday trains have both made passes by us and unscheduled stops Downriver (depending on if they are on time for Ill. or Ind. I think)
Owosso still has things going. I think that would be the largest.
But thats all I know of. I.e., not much for the big names and big modern locos around metro that I've ever heard of.
There is one railfan site frequented by some Detroiters that is pretty savy on the sweet spots but I can't recall the name right now.....I was thinking about them a lot lately. Give me time and wish real hard for some faster replies, lol. I don't get out much so don't give up hope. I'd bet Detroit Model Railroad Club and the 3railers are your best bets for more info outside of your asking here.
Adriatic,
I had seen videos of CP Holiday Trains on these forums, but I didn’t know that CN also had a holiday train.
With so many automotive assembly plants located around Detroit, are there any parking lots / bridges where one could get a good view of the operations, while not trespassing?
I always enjoy watching the BMW loading / unloading operations at the Port of Charleston, from the upper decks of the Charleston aquarium, when I go to South Carolina. I assume that there would be more automotive loading activity happening around Detroit.
These are just my opinion,
Thanks,
Naveen
