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😲 😲 😁 😁 😉 😉 CSX train I132 came to Detroit with UP " Powered by our People " SD70ACe #1111 train trailing second (per 'Heritage Units')! :shock: :shock: It was spotted on H.U. (by Imvalkyriee) at 4:46 p.m. in Lincoln Park! OK, will this power take an Intermodal Train south from Livernois Yard tomor...

😲 😲 😁 😁 😉 😉 CSX train I132 came to Detroit with UP " Powered by our People " SD70ACe #1111 train trailing second (per 'Heritage Units')! :shock: :shock: It was spotted on H.U. (by Imvalkyriee) at 4:46 p.m. in Lincoln Park! OK, will this power take an Intermodal Train south from Livernois Yard tomorr...

NB 515 with 9607 and about 20 cars, the first 8 or 9 boxcars including a full Conrail and full SP one, passed MP 22.5 at 11:13 am. This must have been what I heard at 6:45 this morning. It had no trouble up the hill going about 35 mph. Manistique , which engine is 9607? Is this the CN painted IC GP...

M394 east clear mp216 at 15:28. CN duo #3075 + #2820 + BLE #866 + MNRY (Maine Northern Railway) #6412 Freight-wise, four in a row then a fifth a couple cars later are bright yellow shiny new UP boxcars 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 COOL!!!! 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 Well, what time would train 394 likely arrive in Port Huron? :?: :?:...

M394 east clear mp216 at 15:28. CN duo #3075 + #2820 + BLE #866 + MNRY (Maine Northern Railway) #6412 Freight-wise, four in a row then a fifth a couple cars later are bright yellow shiny new UP boxcars 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 COOL!!!! 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 Well, what time would train 394 likely arrive in Port Huron? :?: :?:...

Between 10-10:30 a southbound on Mt. Clemens Sub went through Chesterfield. AARR , this was southbound train 383 ! Though I only saw it from afar (not at tracks) in Roseville, I saw two mid D.P.U. s The rear D.P.U. even had "Red Marker Lights" turned on!!!! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: Oh how I ...

M385 through Common Rd. @ 15:14. CN 3894 & 3199 with 138 cars. A lot of auto racks today making it 11,000 feet. M382 through Common Rd. @ 15:53. CN 3045 & 2755 with 173 cars, equally as long. M382 waited in Detroit for a few hours since both trains were massive. They finally met at Forest Lawn. I a...

What is the current local power in Pontiac? Is "Blue" GTW GP38-2 #4906 still based here? :?: If so, what train(s) and what times would it be operating? That engine appears not to go on train 515 anymore! I will be in Pontiac tomorrow (Sunday 1-21)! OK, I did go to Pontiac Sunday! There wasn't time ...

What is the current local power in Pontiac? Is "Blue" GTW GP38-2 #4906 still based here? If so, what train(s) and what times would it be operating? That engine appears not to go on train 515 anymore! I will be in Pontiac tomorrow (Sunday 1-21)!

WB S756 61 with CN 8952/CN 8859 passing by Cory Yard at 18:50 and is lined into Battle Creek for a recrew. 130 cars bound for Wisconsin Folks, how did two locomotives with CN " GTW Heritage " SD70M-2 #8952 slip by the Trenton Web Cam for this "Sand Train?" I have been reviewing footage from last ni...

Q116 thru Royal Oak at 15:38. Green on Main 2 possibly for S756 LansingRailfan ! Hey, I got a ride to Royal Oak Amtrak Station!!!!! Met Graham Halverson! He's a cool kid! After Q116 with regular CN ET44AC/SD70M-2 s and didn't count the cars! Fairly long! We soon both got S756 with CN " GTW Heritage...

:shock: Folks, CN " GTW Heritage " SD70M-2 #8952 is now leading an empty "Sand Train" from W&LE!!!! Is this the train that works to CSX "Dearborn (Rougemere) Yard?" It was spotted on " Heritage Units " (by NemoTrainz) at 11:35 a.m. January 11, Monroe, MI, heading north! Description about: " Leading ...

L515 with CN 5447 northbound by Royal Oak at 12:06, with some centerbeams and boxcars and a very short train in tow. I bike rode to the tracks in the first 2024 "Frosty Snow" today and caught local 515 with CN SD60 #5447 and 9 cars! It cleared Masonic Road, Fraser, southbound roughly 9:47 a.m. Too ...

Man of course I was really hoping to see this "Whaley Donation Train!!!!" A local CN worker based out of Torrey ('Bristol') Yard near Flint made all the arrangements for this train! CN didn't approve the run I read! I also read that the Weather affected this! Man, you cannot always rely on the Weath...

OK, are these the P.T.C. "Test" cabooses? :?: If not, why are they coming here? Where are they going? Or, will these possibly be used for that "Donation Special" with CN " GTW Heritage " 8952 on January 20th? It is cool to see cabooses any chance we get in 2024!!!! :shock: I think the caboose that'...

116 with the Algoma Central caboose right behind the power just went past MP 22.5 at 10:58 am. Very early and a short train. 08:15 - EB Q116 with CN 8817/CN 2690 and an ex-Algoma Central, ex-WC transfer caboose and some racks and stacks today is thru Charlotte OK, are these the P.T.C. "Test" caboos...

Couple of quick notes: To those who have somehow missed the GT heritage unit that’s been on the L507/L508 rotation since the 17th of December, expect it to remain on that particular train pair until at least the 20th. I’ve been told by a CN crew that they’re keeping the 8952 on the 507/508 rotation...

CN L507-61 - Daily Northbound Pontiac to Flint/Moterm CN L508-61 - Daily Southbound Flint back to Pontiac/Moterm OK, since this was posted there are updates to these trains! As of recent (2024), trains 507 / 508 are running between Flat Rock and Flint! The CN " GTW Heritage " SD70M-2 #8952 and CN S...

515 should be leaving Pontiac right now…anyone know what’s on it today? 515 should have the Grand Trunk Western OG paint. It’s been on it for a couple days now OK, I missed this just by a couple minutes!!!! I quickly rode my bike from my new house in Fraser! I went to Masonic Road to cross the pede...

515 should be leaving Pontiac right now…anyone know what’s on it today? I want to know as "Flying Eagle" does! What engine is on it? :?: This train should be heading to Mount Clemens, right? :?: Well, if "Blue" GTW GP38-2 #4906 is on this train it would be worth venturing out to catch in the Rosevi...