Grand Trunk Heritage unit returns! Three trains in Royal Oak, Michigan

After finding out that CN 8952 (GTW heritage) was leading Q116 Aaron and I went out to railfan Royal oak. We got Amtrak 350 and then a bit later E251 which had a UP trailing and then finally Q116. We had a lot of fun and got great catches!
Shoutout to those who were there
‪@MidwestRailfanProductions28‬
‪@hornalleyproductions‬
‪@HSFProductions1‬
‪@Detroit_railfanfilms‬
‪@MichiganRailWatch‬
‪@KalamazooAreaRailfan‬

[@MidwestRailfanProductions28]

Great catches! Loved seeing 8952 lead 116!

[@ArthurIdis-c7k]

No lights on the heritage unit eh?
Kinda brought back a memory of seeing an old GT loco back around 1987 or so going northbound on those tracks doing the same thing. I saw that literally a mile away and still can picture it to this day.
The red facia coming with the tree line shadows on a sunny afternoon day was the factor. The old Center St. pedestrian walk. Mind you, both of those pedestrian walks DID NOT HAVE CROSSING GATES then.

[@MittenStateRailfanProductions]

Well unfortunately 8952 hit a tree which damaged a ditch light, so they had to keep the lights off for the rest of its route

[@ArthurIdis-c7k]

@@MittenStateRailfanProductions Ok. That explains it.
I think the encounter I had as explained years ago was of an unknown origin. I just found it odd, even then before locomotives had ditch lights.

[@MarcelosalivaTRENESArg]

Excelente vídeo like y saludos

[@squibrail4014]

👍

[@PuzzlingRailfanatic]

I always miss 8952 when it’s on Holly 😢

[@Vacule-z7m]

Wheamer, boravaka, RAZVODI, ZNTS Tenerife...novo pak, shipping, mreže, yettel

[@Epic_mi_railfan]

Oh cool! When was GT in town

[@MittenStateRailfanProductions]

Thanks! About 4/13/24.

[@Benthetrainman]

Was that today?

[@MittenStateRailfanProductions]

No

[@Benthetrainman]

@@MittenStateRailfanProductions oh good though I missed a great engine