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20:40 - G077-11 west thru WE Trowbridge. 885 and 442 leading 90 cars as was mentioned previously. Thanks sparrow24 , BL2-1843 , and pudgy for the updates. G077-11 had an approach at the WE, and L302-11 had passed the EE around 20:20. As of 20:47, G077-12 was lined into the siding at EE Trowbridge. 2...

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Sat Jan 11, 2025 5:54 pm

18:01 - L302-11 west through South Lyon.

They have an approach at EE Brighton as of 18:12. At 18:02 a grain train was seen at Farmer St. in Plymouth.
18:27 - L302 stopped on the main at WE Brighton with 4753 leading. Sounds like they may wait here for a grain train.

03:07 - G076-10 east thru EE Trowbridge. Consist should be 7276 and 6 leading 90 cars.

01:13 - G077-08 west thru WE Trowbridge with 6 and 7276 leading 90 cars. In position 25 was CSXT 262626 which I have been on the lookout for.

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Tue Jan 07, 2025 9:18 am

W003 East at Fox 09:15.

10:58 - W003-07 east over the Farm Lane bridge in East Lansing. CSXT 9969, 994365, and 994366.
Sounded like L305 followed at 11:29.

07:16 - G089-04 east thru EE Trowbridge. 5444 and 92 with 90 cars.

15:17 - L303 east thru EE Trowbridge.

00:53 - G076-02 on the phone with dispatch, ready to begin working at Grand Ledge where it sounds like they'll have to set out some bad orders. 87 loads and 0 empties, 4546 and 4537 leading with 3100 and 3300 gallons of fuel respectively. 11,461 tons with a length of 5,390'. Ready to depart from Gra...

It looked like a train had been spotted at Webberville when I passed around 14:00 this afternoon. I did not check for power however the "yard" looked densely-packed from the highway, as is typical for the spotted unit trains. Cars seemed to be a mix of models and reporting marks though all covered h...

16:00 - Sounds like L303 is working at the EE of Trowbridge, unsure if dropping cars or picking up.
16:22 - L303 getting permission east out of the siding, they will pull a cut and back it onto the front of their existing train... will proceed east after.

19:03 - L303-26 east thru EE Brighton with 115 cars per the DD at Green Oak (473 axles). L&N Heritage Unit leading.
L302-26 took the siding for them and are exiting the siding as I write this. Power was 7257 and 7218.

The loaded grain train that was parked in the siding yesterday afternoon was collected at some point. This could be seen heading south at Plymouth around 02:50 this morning. Unsure what the second unit was though I am sure they added another. This consist was a very random mix of hoppers. Different...

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FWIW, the L&N heritage unit is in Rougemere per a report in the field. AND ON THE LEAD of L302-23 by Howell early enough to have some daylight left to see it at 17:15. Trailing 1850 was 154 elephant style with 71 cars. Merry Christmas to me!! They should be at Ensel as of 18:45, through EE Trowbrid...

TL;DR - how important (to signal strength/reception) is the antenna's grounding/ground plane? I recently took residence of a southward facing apartment in East Lansing less than a half a mile from both mainlines. Up here on the fourth floor I have kept my antenna (and base) on the windowsill and the...

I have used 160.230MHz (road) and 161.370MHz (dispatcher) for the last few years and haven't had a problem, though sometimes they use other frequencies besides 161.370 for dispatch. I usually hear "lets go to 84" which is 161.370 however I have heard them refer to other channels. Keep in mind that t...

What camera would he be referring to? L302-22 had not left Detroit as of 21:00 but would be shortly. G077 about ready to run arounds its train at Williamston. This "camera" can be seen using the Plymouth Trains app which works on both iPhone/iPad and Android devices. The app will show a notificatio...

14:06 - U305-22 with CSXT 4053 and 4049 brought CSXT 557 (LHF) and 90 loaded grain cars to leave in the South Lyon Siding... 10:41 - Sounds like the L304/L305 power set is working around Trowbridge. Crew used this power to connect with 557 single unit at Webberville for a GO76 grain load. Left the ...

10:41 - Sounds like the L304/L305 power set is working around Trowbridge.

22:57 - Main track (far track) signal at Farmer St. displaying a slow approach. Unsure on the control point's name.
23:06 - L310 north into the yard at Plymouth. Single engine and two cars.