Leave it for the night crew! • May 1, 2021
Amtrak Maintenance Yard • Pontiac, Michigan
This is the maintenance crew chief setting up the cars for maintenance. Notice the blue light next to his right shoe. More about that later.
The crew chief on his radio.
Amtrak’s yellow conductor’s step stool.
Amtrak’s yellow conductor’s step stool, for coachclass.
This Kubota utility vehicle is used to move supplies & crew to the coaches.
This blue light was placed by the maintenance crew chief to warn the engineer & conductor that the train is in for maintenance and not to move this train.
A bin of used brake shoes.
The Siemens Charger is parked out of reach of the yard lights. I used the headlights of my F150 to light of this Midwest Locomotive.
Hope to see you out rail-fanning and posting your images on “Rail-fanning on The OGR Forum”. Any day and time. 🚂