CN train 798 (Toledo Lang - BW&L Lansing) is northbound at milepost 34.1 Denby of the GTW, er, CN Shore Line Subdivision on a cold, damp April Sunday morning. His lead unit is in CNNA paint, but all of the following units (5936, 6415, 6415, 6415, 4921) are in GTW paint. Todays train has loaded CSXT and NYC bottom dump coal hoppers of C&OBU coal bound for the Board of Water and Light power plant at Lansing, MI. This coal came from either a Kentucky or West Virginia mine. Denby is where the Shore Line Subdivision crosses the old Conrail McLouth Spur to the former McLouth Steel Rolling mill about ¾ mile south of GTW Edison Yard. The spur comes off of the northbound main of the Conrail Detroit Line, which is delineated by the telegraph line on the right. |