Page 3 - Action in North Kalamazoo in late morning.

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The local approaching Patterson Street, Kalamazoo.

Across Patterson Street Conrail 8219 enters North Kalamazoo Yard.

First job is to back down the original Grand Trunk line to a company called Hexagon
Honeycomb. The line was severed south of here during a track consolidation project
in the early 1980's.

Here is the spur into Hexagon Honeycomb. The company eventually vacated the building
and the next tenant wanted rail service badly but NS would have nothing to do with them.

Switching in North Kalamazoo Yard. In 1993, traffic was almost all paper company related.

Switching in North Kalamazoo Yard. Ten years ago a real switcher unit would likely have been
in use here.

Delivering a tank car to the James River Paper Company.

Meanwhile on the ex-GR&I line to Gran Rapids, another switch job is backing box cars
into the Green Bay Packaging spur just north of Mosel Ave.

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 Last Edited 28 January, 2018