Eastern Railroad Discussion > The sun comes out at the right moment at Durand, MI

Durand was slow yesterday, but there was a bit of excitement in the form the sun coming from behind thick clouds at the right moment to really illuminate the train of windmill blades.

John.

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Nice catch!   How many trains are running thru Durand usually now?   I have only been there a few times.

WLE2679 Wrote:
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> Nice catch!   How many trains are running thru
> Durand usually now?   I have only been there a
> few times.

Thanks! The luck of the moment made the shots.

These days I usually get to Durand around 12:30
to 1 PM, and hang around until 4 or 4:30 PM. I
can expect to see one or two east and west bound
CN trains, a CN train that comes up the Holly
in the late afternoon, and the 514 intermodal that
runs between Flint and Moterm (Did I get that
right, Ron?) between 1 an 4 or 5 PM.

Great Lakes Central runs Monday through Friday, but
you cannot set your watch by them: it could be
morning, evening, or night that they run between
Owosso and Osmer, just north of Ann Arbor. Huron
and Eastern is likely to get to Durand M-F between
1 PM and 4 or 5 PM.

Here's the GLC from yesterday. It will head out
onto Main 1 so that it can clear the points to
reverse into the yard.

Mondays are a bad day at Durand, because the Depot
is closed, meaning the restrooms are unavailable :-(

John.

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Your pictures clearly show the vortex generators on the blades.

Ray