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18:40 - M394 east thru Okemos MP 227. GE rebuild up front and an 2900 series Evolution Series mid-train. Too dark for the actual numbers. Consist was mostly tanks.

19:10 - L303-05 east thru EE Trowbridge with 5259 and 4758 leading 40 cars. Evidently there was no Lansing work.
I had just crossed Hagadorn Rd. heading west on Mt. Hope when they called a clear pair, timing couldn't have been better.

Unknown combo empty Grain Train @ 7am heading north at Monroe, Mi with CSX engines #850 + #5276 + #3294 + #3433? and around 180 empty grain cars (some CSX markings) CSXT 850, 5206, 3294, 3463 G80401, 90 cars (all CSX) Train will become G07704 for Webberville this afternoon/evening... I'm curious ab...

18:35 - G076-02 on the phone with dispatch, 5484, 5294, and 5433 leading 90 cars, they will be ready to depart Grand Ledge in about half an hour. 19:25 - G076-02 will head east out of the siding, push back to grab their conductor, then continue east. Sounds like they are around 5300'. Headed east at...

That RCO box is what ADM Grand Ledge uses to load and move the train. They do not have their own power at that facility like ADM Webberville does. Interesting. How does this RCO box work? Does it hookup to the MU cables or something like that and give it inputs or something else? From what I could ...

Empty 90 car grain train, G-077 by Howell at 05:45, apparently went to Grand Ledge with three units. Could not read the numbers of any of them but they were calling signals with 5433 in the lead. Power is 5433, 5294, and 5484. 5484 will lead the train east, it and 5294 face timetable east and 5433 ...

Surprised nobody saw or said anything about this grain train empty with three units this morning. I intend to head out to Grand Ledge to get those unit numbers, but that will be much later in the evening. This must've been what I had seen pass Farmer St. around 02:18 in the morning, though I had th...

20:13 - L303 calling clear for Eckles in Plymouth. L313 stopped in the siding at Novi. L313 has CSXT 212 and LSRC 6435 for power.

18:30 - L303-29 parked in the siding at South Lyon waiting on L302. 18:50 - Siding and main at Novi are both empty. Posted on an iPad at the Twelve Oaks Apple Store. 19:30 - Dispatch advised L303 that L313 was headed thru Main St. in Plymouth. L313 has a R/Y/R at the SE of Novi. 19:49 - L313 was tol...

Per an instagram page, this was a G702.

12:46 - L305 east thru EE Trowbridge. Ground crews continue to give roll-bys as they pass. Regarding the CM44s we were discussing yesterday, 7085 and 7091 had the high-adhesion trucks, and 7302 had the radial steering trucks. I intend to get a look of the remaining series as they come thru. Pictures...

10:02 - G076-21 east thru EE Trowbridge with another shiny rebuild up front: 7091. 2/2 was 3229, the units were back-to-back with 91 cars in tow. I had thought I heard that this crew too, would take their train to Joy Rd. Work continues at the EE with a "cherry-picker" visible in the air. Unsure wha...

07:45 - G089-18 east thru EE Trowbridge with 7085 leading and 7302 as end-DPU, both units facing east with a consist of 90 cars between the two. I don't think I have seen any CSX locomotive as clean as that pair, both must be brand new. Someone ought to photograph those in Plymouth before they depar...

23:20 - L302-20 getting permission by a stop indication at CH 111. At 23:36 they advised that two crews should be OD for grain trains tonight if available. Between CH 111 and 114 they have passed three red signals. 05:09 - G089 calling a clear signal for Alto. 7085 leading. I could not tell if they,...

G802-XX (empty grain train) bound for Grand Ledge passed Fosteria, OH few hours ago with CSX engine 3229 leading + 1? and 90? Empty grain cars... I am curious when the loaded grain train will depart Grand Rapids. Will it take L303 engines like last time and become G303 or G125? 23:40 - G802 NB to W...

I was using DPU’s in parentheses because it wasn’t technically. They were manned and as mentioned they broke off the front engines and cars in Walhalla with either going to Luddington or Manistee. Used DPU more as an umbrella term though they were manned. Very interesting, something you don't see e...

Today was the remaining 40 CSX grain loads, with a total of 90 cars sitting for power to move them Thank you Andy, hopefully that will come back my way tonight. Marquette @ 03:46 departing Baldwin. Cleared Jenks rd west for Walhalla with MQT~2041 MQT~3567 on the head end with mid “DPU’s” MQT~2040 M...

17:03 - M394 east thru MP 225. 3801, 3928, and 4136 (GP 9) leading. Mid-DPU was Veterans Unit 3015. I am told they had nearly 200 cars. 4136 had a wide open panel on the conductor's side.

Marquette Rail Z151-18 @ 1:03pm SB 2nd NW Ave CGE1.2 with MQT 3413, MQT 3567, MQT 3406, BPRR 3345 and MQT 3408 & 107 cars (40 CSX grain loads + 67 normal consist), estimated and with a visual that almost 87 cars were loaded and about 20 empties. Are these CSX loads the return of G090? Or will that ...

So could they maybe be split between EB and WB signals? The eastbound signals measure from GR, and the WB signals measure from Trowbridge. 107.8 is EB and measured 44 (from GR), 114.3 is WB and measured 31 (from Trowbridge) Are the numbers painted on both sides? If not, do they face the appropriate...