Comments on: The race was on!! Here I am standing just west of the Huron St crossing on an early evening in the Falls. This was one of the few places that still had open sunshine at this hour. Clear shot at the evening westbound Chessie train, which is just coming off the bridge from the US, and out of the corner of my eye I see ‘Hot Rod Gertie’ blowing thru the intersection in, of all things, an ugly old AMC Gremlin. I have got to grab this shot before she kills the scene. So this is the result. The area has changed now, this is no longer a through street, and in the background, the notorious old (pale coloured) King Eddy hotel, was demolished not long after this photo was taken, and the track gone by 2002. (Note it was double track thru here too!) Second unit is 4396.

By: ngineered4u

ngineered4u — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 16:40:21 +0000

HAHA I love this shot. An AMC Pacer and Gertie at the wheel!

By: mercer

mercer — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 14:00:24 +0000

Arnold, it’s easy. I’m a longtime fan and a former employee.

By: BradKetchen

BradKetchen — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 11:20:19 +0000

Haha this one gave me a good chuckle this morning. And always love seeing the Chessie shots Mr Mooney! It’ll be interesting to see what area looks like now!

By: sdfourty

sdfourty — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 03:14:33 +0000

either way great shot, that bubble car Pacer is something!

By: awmooney

awmooney — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 20:20:08 +0000

Mr. BEM’r, I don’t know how you keep track of these train numbers…………

By: awmooney

awmooney — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 20:10:26 +0000

Awh, geez. You’re right. All those heaps looked the same to me. )

By: mercer

mercer — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 18:46:47 +0000

Train CG-41 running against the current of traffic. The first 2 racks will fit through the Detroit River tunnel, the next one likely won’t pass the High Car detector at Yarmouth, and will need to go via Port Huron.
Maybe those two ladies – ahem – just came out of the Eddy…?

By: Extra 1014

Extra 1014 — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 16:57:08 +0000

I’m willing to bet that is a Pacer, not a Gremlin.