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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 a...

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? Looks like someone...

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 ...

22:58 - G077 west through South Lyon. Green Oak DD at CH39.1 said 698 axles. Anyone know what the plan is for this? Can Webberville hold 170+ cars? IIRC this was reported with two engines, but 698 axles does not support that. The math works out to 170 cars counting 18 axles for three six-axle units...

Why don’t you ask any of the circle of jerks on here? Willing to answer questions from those that don't abuse CSX customer service systems... Also, willing to defend accurate information being posted instead of guesses and presumptions. If you don't know, don't post. If that makes me a jerk, so be ...

F M326-23 @ 19:56 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG66.2 Hartford, Mi with 284 axles. CSX engine #3077 + #802? & 68 cars. (#802 + #3077 were on today’s M327-23) He was delayed at Riverside mp CG80.1 waiting for the MoW Dept to clear up. CSXT 3077 leading, CSXT 802 trailing. 32 L, 37 E, ...

F M326-23 @ 19:56 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG66.2 Hartford, Mi with 284 axles. CSX engine #3077 + #802? & 68 cars. (#802 + #3077 were on today’s M327-23) He was delayed at Riverside mp CG80.1 waiting for the MoW Dept to clear up. CSXT 3077 leading, CSXT 802 trailing. 32 L, 37 E, 5...

M327-30 @ 08:54 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG66.2 Hartford, Mi with 576 axles. CSX engines #3016 + #916 + #6542 + #2016 & 139 cars. He will be tying down in New Buffalo Siding mp CG116.5 if it's confirmed Barr Yard in Chicago is refusing them entry. E800-29 @ 09:04 Grand Jct Siding...

16:58 - L303-24 east thru EE Trowbridge with 3332 and 7242 leading 104 cars per my own count. Bringing up the rear were 47 cars numbered in the CSXT 604000 range. Unsure what they are used for. CSXT 483349 in there as well. I'm curious to know where these cars originate from & where they're going t...

CSXT 8390...that's the main reason I went into the yard at Wyoming. Next to NO CROSSING incidents. Road work was getting too weird, for many reasons. Y106 and Y297 have both been involved in crossing wrecks in the last year. Y297 has had 2 fatalities that I know of in the last 2 years. Even the yar...

Thanks for the correction. I believe the public is trying to figure out what went wrong. Incorrect descriptions in the media do not help. What went wrong is someone who lived at the end of a driveway with railroad tracks forgot the number one rule of trains — watch for them or they can and will kil...

M327/326 currently run 6 days a week out to and from Chicago Amtrak P371/370 run daily to and from Chicago L301 runs weekdays out of GR towards Sawyer L303/302 runs daily to and from Detroit Y106 runs weekdays to Elmdale Y121 runs the Holland local Y197/297 run weekdays as the GR locals Y292/390 run...

Almost none of the articles I have seen are accurate, but they’re close enough for what the public wants/needs to know. Thanks for the correction. I believe the public is trying to figure out what went wrong. Incorrect descriptions in the media do not help. What went wrong is someone who lived at t...

For those who haven't figured it out yet, I work for CSX in Grand Rapids. I was the conductor of L30131. Yes, it was awful. Yes, his wife saw the whole thing. No, it’s not something I will forget anytime soon. The train was heading “east” back towards Grand Rapids from Sawyer. That would be north as...

L304 is going to be abolished soon, per the scuttlebutt. L305 will work west and east out of Lansing, unsure which customers will be switched on which days. Given that it’s been running with under 10 cars consistently, it was only a matter of time. It has always been that way. They don't take much ...

18:52 - G077-12 taking the siding at EE Brighton, 4711 solo leading 92 cars (374 axles). BNSF EoTD on the back, I didn't know railroads interchanged these. We share everything but our wives… (Joking… sorta) Yeah, they get shared across roads, but they tend to make it back to their home railroad fai...

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Wed Jul 03, 2024 9:37 am

Sometime in the near future, Y106 will be going to 7 days a week out of Grand Rapids.

Next week. It had a new job advertisement effective Saturday July 6th.

Please don’t. The crews already have enough going on while they are trying to move engines around out there without having to worry about someone being out there with a camera making a video while they are working. Not to mention the possibility of getting a crew in trouble if they do something tha...

Please don’t. The crews already have enough going on while they are trying to move engines around out there without having to worry about someone being out there with a camera making a video while they are working. Not to mention the possibility of getting a crew in trouble if they do something that...

It is my understanding that the bridge tenders at St. Joe hold seniority positions as clerks. The clerk position has been eliminated across CSX (at least in the northern region) and as such they are legacy employees. They will remain in their job until they retire and when they do so, their position...