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D705-31 past West End Howell at 21:12, 738 leading and 3211 on the very end.

Yesterday's D70630 had 67 cars east of Lansing. CSX finally found a couple of body's to work a local east of Lansing overnight for Ann Pere work for the first time in a week Albeit D70730 which keeps the string of no D708 trains going. They brought 63 cars for GLC, (half of them ash cars) went to B...

LansingRailFan wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 30, 2020 9:32 pm

D706 3211/738 at rear and 60-70 cars clear S Pennsylvania Ave in Lansing at 21:29

At Brighton at 22:42. No visual.

BL2-1843 wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 30, 2020 2:30 pm

Crew arrived in Fowlerville 06:15 this morning, ran around its train, went west to Williamston and ran around it again and back to Webberville where it finally got spotted.
Meanwhile, D708...is still nowhere near Howell yet.

In regards V71328, do we know if it has left Webberville yet?

Something's coming thru Brighton atm - no visual/radio but can hear the horn.
My guess would be the loaded return of V713-21 from Wednesday.
Presumably Eastbound at 13:53

My guess would be D706, east in Brighton at 08:55.

Don't take my word for it, maybe it's the construction site by my house... could've sworn I heard a train horn a few times tho.

D708's prepping to back onto their train in Brighton at the moment. 4025 and 8008.

Update: on their way out of Brighton at 17:50.

Sounds like D705-22 west by Brighton at 05:10 - I left my scanner in the car so I'm not gonna be able to hear their radio.

Sounds like D708 running around in Brighton, I'm surprised they're this early, would be cool to see those SD40-3's in daylight

Did you happen to get 706 in the wee hours of the morning? Kind of curious how big he was east of Lansing. My friends and I saw him at around 23:15 on Lucy Rd. If I remember correctly he was 4640' - rather short with both engines up front, no DPU, not sure how many cars. Sounds like something just ...

BL2-1843 wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 14, 2020 11:27 am

G71413 by Howell east at 11:20. CSX 5273+533 with 92 cars. maybe 93.

Passed WE Brighton at 11:34

D70807 currently in Howell getting an air test on the 52 cars GLC sat off on Saturday. They have already parked the 48 cars for GLC on the main for D705, if they run one, to run through the siding around later tonight. 708 will soon be taking the 52 cars to Brighton to run around their train there ...

...Plymouth scanner feed running at the same time to see if after mp CH104.3 being the usual "end of the line" for the CSX West Michigan scanner & see if I'll then pick them up on the Plymouth scanner feed. I'd like to get a Diamond X50A and broadcast a scanner feed from that. I'd already have one ...

https://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/18777 found this broadcast that claims to pick up the CSX Plymouth Sub. Any idea if it's reliable or legit? I listen to that when using the Flint Sub ATCS, and I've never heard anything from CSX on it, then again traffic is so limited, maybe there was nothin...

BL2-1843 wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 06, 2020 1:56 pm

perhaps this is the only time they do it the short way when blocking crossings for an hour is because there is only two men on that trip.

Nope, the guy I talked to yesterday was that third man, looked like they had a crew of four even.

BL2-1843 wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 06, 2020 10:11 am

Thanks Don. D90606 recrew started pulling east from Howell at 10:10.

Sounds like D906-06 Eastbound in Brighton, can hear the horn from my house.

So what ARE you doing out at all hours of the night, amessmann?? Ah lol hanging out with friends, and waiting for trains when I see a green signal :lol: I wanna add here some information related to GLC's blocking of crossings. I decided to go see them when BL2-1843 mentioned they were sitting in Ho...

Clear signal, EE Brighton at 02:29, something westbound. Probably D705, will update when it comes thru.

D705 thru Brighton at 03:31.

this is after telling BL2-1843 that I'm not out early in the morning anymore

If already lined out of siding at the west end (SLOW CLEAR), would get a MEDIUM-APPROACH SLOW into the siding (R/Y/G). At least that's how it worked when I was dispatching! From what I've observed, that is correct other than the Medium Approach Slow, it seems like they just get an Approach aspect (...

Thanks for the heads up, made it with a few minutes to spare, will update when it's thru. Update - D706 thru Brighton at 20:35 Also I wanted to ask, over summer I'd be in Howell till nearly 4am regularly. I'd sometimes see two locomotives pull cars west off the Howell main (as opposed to the siding)...