Got a late heads up that MMRR was bringing coal gons for storage out towards Lowell, and managed to catch up to them in time to see them go under College Ave in the later evening.
After servicing King Milling and Michigan Wire in Lowell, #24 scoots along on a return trip to the yard in Grand Rapids with two empty grain hoppers and one empty scrap metal gondola.
Several inches of snow fell overnight blanketing the area, creating a classic winter scene in Lowell. Here, 24 pulls several loaded grain hoppers across the Flat River trestle as the train arrive... (more)