05-16-2011, 08:46 PM
Went to track down the Grand Elk Railroad today in northwest Indiana and southwest Michigan. I saw the 302 Kalamazoo to Elkhart turn arrive in the Elkhart, Indiana yard about 7:40am; normally he's fixing to come out by that time. I also saw the 501 Kalamazoo south local switching the interchange with the Michigan Southern in White Pigeon, Michigan later in the morning. The crew of the local went on the Elkhart and was told by the dispatcher to not worry about meeting the opposing train, that the FRA was snooping around today and if the other train got out of the yard at all it would be light power only. About 1:00pm I saw the aforementioned light power returning north through Constantine, Michigan but never saw the local come back out by 2:00pm. I'll post photos in a few days.