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Hi GAP! How are you doing sir?

When we lived in Richland, I saw on several occasions those yellow Railbox boxcars to and from the Paper Mill in Otsego. That will probably account for some boxcars you saw, not sure where others are used.

David Lang

I was afraid of that LansingRailFan. I suspected it was indeed 116. Nice to see since he usually comes through in wee hours of the morning when I am sleeping.

Almost 180 cars was cool to see for sure!

David Lang

****Southbound CN Intermodal Train by Linden at 11:58am with around 177 cars!!**** (Didn't get an exact car count). CN 5741 is the leader with another CN unit trailing. Even with the empty autoracks, that is a fair amount of tonnage for 2 locos, assuming the containers were loads. He was only moving...

GTW6401,

Is that Intermodal working Motern an inbound or outbound train?

If it is an outbound train, can you let me (us) know if its a Northbound?

Thanks.

David Lang

Lansing Railfan, So what you are saying is that right now we have 148 and 149, along with (also right now 146 and 147), with the addition of 120 and 121 in October?? (Haven't been on the mainline recently, but didn't know that 146, 147, 148, and 149 are all running daily right now??). I'm a little c...

Thanks Arty Flowers for the update. I will be good to have 395 back and new intermodal trains 120 and 121 are great news! Back in the 90s, we had 142, 143, 144, 145, 148, 149, 150 and 151 all at one point. I don't think we will ever have 8 intermodals a day again, but 4 per day instead of 2 will be ...

Lansing RailFan Wrote: Q121 by 203 at 10:00 - 3874/dpu 3089 - q121 is halifax->moncton->montreal but had a ton of chicago containers as well as a large set off for 514 in flint. it sounds like with the halifax container terminal up and running there will be an increase in intermodal trains with pote...

Southbound 514 by Linden at 4:03pm with 46 cars.

David Lang

Keep those railcars moving Raildude's Dad.

By the way, how are you doing sir? Haven't talk to you in a while.

David Lang

Southbound 514 by Linden at 3:50pm with 29 cars.

David Lang

Southbound 280 with NS 8178 solo, 54 autoracks by Linden at 3:08pm

David Lang

Got a 280 coming down from Durand on the Holly Sub per the dispatcher. I will post when he is by Linden.

David Lang

According to Trains Magazine, CN and CP may be interested in the Pan AM because either one would then gain access to Boston. Access to Boston would provide direct service from there into Canada and west to Chicago. Would this be enough for genuine interest from either railroad? Curious about everyon...

Just looking at google maps here, there is a large industry in Charlotte called Spartan Motors located on the Southwest end of town right along the CN main. Looks like they make fire trucks and other vehicles. I wonder if CN marketing has approached them. I read an article in October 2020 issue of T...

Southbound 514 by Linden at 3:37pm with 2 CN Locomotives, 39 cars.

Doc, I completely agree about their head buried in their phone. I know this comment isn't train related, but I wonder what would happen to people if the cell phone grid just stopped working (unlikely I know, but a rather fascinating social observation if it ever did happen). People would have to act...

Northbound 251 (or 451?) by Linden at 5:15pm with CN 3072, CN ????, Orange EJE unit, 103 cars. 1-54 were general freight, 55-103 were autoracks. I thought 251 is usually solid autoracks and 451 is a mix of racks and general freight. This train looked more like 451 than 251. Its the right time of day...

Ah ha! Thank you GTW Chris.

Yeah, I need to learn those new control points.

I will report 251 by me in Linden when he goes by.

David Lang

GTW Chris - where is Auburn b/c 251 was North of Birmingham at 1:25.

Another WB out of Flint following 501 per the dispatcher just now.

David Lang

150 car trains used to be long. I've been on the Elkhart railfan cam quite a bit over the last few months and their manifest trains are, at times, over 200 cars. Now don't get me wrong, 150 car trains are big, but over 200 is nuts. For example, on 6/22/2020, WB 13Q out of Elkhart had 210 cars and on...