End of an Era
NS BD07 shoves a coke train onto Zug Island, home of US Steel's Great Lakes Works blast furnaces. Yesterday was the last day of production on the island as US Steel undergoes major restructuring. It's unknown how long the Great Lakes Works will be offline for, and my thoughts go to the workers who are affected by this. As a result, the Delray Connecting Railroad and NS jobs such as this one will no longer be operating. To find a positive in all of this locals in Delray/River Rouge and Windsor/LaSalle will be able to breath a bit better as Zug Island was one of the heaviest polluters in the region. It will be interesting to see if the mysterious "Windsor Hum" subsides now since Zug Island was thought to be the source of it.
Train: NS BD07 with UP 8034 (ES44AC).
NS/CSX Detroit Belt Line
Detroit, MI
End of an Era
NS BD07 shoves a coke train onto Zug Island, home of US Steel's Great Lakes Works blast furnaces. Yesterday was the last day of production on the island as US Steel undergoes major restructuring. It's unknown how long the Great Lakes Works will be offline for, and my thoughts go to the workers who are affected by this. As a result, the Delray Connecting Railroad and NS jobs such as this one will no longer be operating. To find a positive in all of this locals in Delray/River Rouge and Windsor/LaSalle will be able to breath a bit better as Zug Island was one of the heaviest polluters in the region. It will be interesting to see if the mysterious "Windsor Hum" subsides now since Zug Island was thought to be the source of it.
Train: NS BD07 with UP 8034 (ES44AC).
NS/CSX Detroit Belt Line
Detroit, MI