Norfolk Southern in Detroit with a Caboose!

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Michigan Central Lines
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Published 2016-02-17
Its an unseasonably warm Saturday afternoon in Detroit Michigan, as we are on the NS/ CSX boat yard line watching NS BD07 finish up its interchange work with the Delray Connecting Railroad. The boat line is the former Wabash/ C&O/ PRR line to Fort Street Union Depot in Detroit that is now regarded as a secondary line. The line sees service basically daily, but it is all just industrial work. The power for BD07 is a recently rebuild GP38-2 which was formally a high hood unit. It is seen pulling away from the interchange track, and then coming towards the reverse yard to grab its remaining cars and caboose. The skyline of Detroit makes a nice backdrop as BD07 heads for the yard. After grabbing their cars they shoved back to Delray and eventually Oakwood yard.

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All Comments (14)
  • @GooseinTheCabooseProductions
    Nice to see a caboose still being used as a caboose and not a glorified spacer car. One of the few active links left to the golden age of railroading. Awesome catch!!
  • @YardLimit
    Very nice video.  The caboose really makes it!
  • @AmtrakGuy365
    Jeez all the snow is already gone down there huh? Up here along the St. Clair River we don't have a single speck of grass to be seen. Great video and nice catch of the caboose.
  • @DownriverRailProductions
    Awesome video man!!! I was at Delray a couple weeks ago and I got that same caboose and the leader was a GP60 OLS!!!!!
  • @PuffdaddyO
    The NS 555618 Caboose is now stationed in Jackson Michigan
  • @EmpireStateExpress01
    Great video. There is a line on Gratiot near city airport that also uses a caboose.
  • @rickprusak9326
    I would love to have a caboose on my retirement property. I could make it into a classic bed & breakfast type guest house. Kid's of all ages would love to sleep in it overnight or two. Where exactly in the Detroit area did this caboose exist? Near the end of the video. it looks like it traveled under the I-75 freeway in Delray.
  • @burdizdawurd1516Official
    I wonder where the brake retainer is on the caboose. Could it be the one knob with the unnecessarily long arrow pointing to it labeled "retainer." I wonder why that is so. Maybe when a crew member went to look the the usual spot for a retainer he couldn't find it so just sprayed right above and drew an arrow. Whatever works I guess, but it's a bit roundabout.
  • @AGDemo
    Do they always use cabooses still? They are all gone in Maryland...