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IDTX 4631 laading 370 departing St Joe 2136

Great, let's send the one that died at Saugatuck back out. They spent several days on 4612 (died on Hiawatha previously) and it went kaput on day 2. Wtf is Amtrak doing? Get an MDOT P42 on there and get the charger situation figured out. Smh

AMTK 953 clear Oshtemo 1144

Cpmy od 1600 one ld

W003 is reported to be in Holland facing east, unsure when it will leave and how far it will go. Is the bonga still on the point?

Z151 north at Bridge St 3389 3406 3391

Hearing unconfirmed reports that Jacksonville's dispatching center is having an outage. Supposedly lost all train IDs and connection with signals.

NS3322 wrote:I know this will never happen (for many reasons), but why not have CPMY take over the GRE?

Big bridge very bad NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE

G&W's sale to Brookfield makes me believe that G&W ops in the state are going to be significantly streamlined. MS, MMRR, HESR and GRE I believe are all on the chopping block eventually. MQT is the powerhouse for G&W here and with the way traffic has declined on some of those routes I don't see much...

Would 2 lines to Midland be needed? Freeland and Auburn both have grain elevators, but as far as I know Auburn is the only one that gets unit trains. The elevator in Freeland does loose car loads, if that anymore? Interesting thoughts to be sure. It's been quite a long time since I saw some cars sp...

G778 clear Godfrey 1137

Grain train ready to head east soon, brake testing now with 239 leading 69 (nice)

327 was just informed of an outage on the NS as they called east Livingston. Sounds like everyone's coming to a stop. 326 is still stuck on the Barr Sub waiting for the outage to clear up.

Saturnalia wrote:Should be some great shots there when everything is opened up

Already a step ahead of ya

kd_1014 wrote:Do you know what type of crossings they'll put up?

AFAIK there will be gates and LEDs. RDD likely knows more of the specifics but I'll leave that for him.

Tom49801 wrote:He is not making a Holland stop again today.

Is this going to be the new norm? I've noticed D801 taking cars to Holland and back in the last few days.

X7014 going on duty 1830 with empties

SD80MAC wrote:GR 2104, once repaired, will be staying on MQT for the time being. MMRR 2057 will continue to work on the GRE.

I knew something was up with 2104, but what was it?

327 airtesting at Ivanrest on 2, 5427 + 8368

Departing 1820

Coopersville and Marne X7014 OD 1730

Coopersville and Marne X7014 OD 1700 MTYs and LD

J T wrote:Did someone mention "Titusville"?

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