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Lake Superior, now ending just past Mass City. With few customers in these rural parts, the ELS uses much of their trackage north of Channing for railcar storage, which accounts for a significant portion of their overall business. The tracks north and east of Channing, east of Sidnaw, and west of Mass City often have hundreds of under-utilized cars sitting around. On this day in October 2017, a crew was up in Mass City working the storage cut, kicking out over two dozen cars due to be returned to service or scrapped. After they completed this work, they took off for Channing, but would only make Sidnaw due to Hours of Service. So come along for this chase through many scenes rarely captured owing to the rural nature of the line and infrequency of train traffic. Consist: - ELS 501 [SD40-2] - ILSX 1344 [SD40-2] - 28 cars [Mixed, Pulled from Storage] Location/Time: - Mass City, MI, from 15:45 to 16:30 EDT - Wainola, Mud Creek Rd xing, at 16:56 - Rousseau, Penegor Rd xing, at 17:04 - Frost, Co Rd FF16 xing, at 17:33 - Sidnaw, M28 xing, from 18:04 to 18:14 Curious about how the railroads are laid out on the map? Check out my Google Map Overlay of Michigan’s Railroads, via this link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1GeSrFy52MXs042KZKSmcPRMInTY&usp=sharing Thanks for watching! Don’t forget to share this video, like and subscribe to Thornapple River Rail Series! Like TRRS on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/thornappleriverproductions Videography Equipment: -Primary: Sony FDR-AX53 4K Camcorder -Secondary: Sony HDR-PJ790V HD Camcorder -Aerial Platform: DJI Phantom 3 Advanced Drone -Edited with: Cyberlink PowerDirector 13 Created by and Copyright 2017 by Alex Christmas, as the Thornapple River Rail Series, All Rights Reserved