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CSXfan11 wrote: ↑

Tue May 07, 2024 8:43 am

An outbreak of severe weather across portions of IL, IA and OH. If you are in any shaded regions pay attention to media, have your radio on in your car and have emergency alerts enabled on your phone.

And put shoes on.

M327-08 between 04:28/04:58 Grand Rapids, Mi mark up with the RN Dispatcher: CSX engines #5501 + #5335 & 153 cars (62 loads + 91 empties) @ 11,033 tons & 8,460 feet long. These engines are from Monday’s M326-06. He's building his train. Heard lots of horns around 5:15am, hard to tell from what dire...

Doktor No wrote: ↑

Wed May 01, 2024 11:59 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S7ZJbdPeZg Very nice 6 minute tape of EJ&S #6 in action.

I bet you don't miss having to walk the loco like the guy did at 4:50 in that video.

Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 3:28pm. WAMX 4124 and 4190 facing north with 28 cars. Foliage getting thick back there again. Finally reached Hughart around 4:25. Heard them blowing for 32nd around 4:18, then I could hear the locos likely going under 28th at 4:20. Strong wind out of the eas...

Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 3:28pm. WAMX 4124 and 4190 facing north with 28 cars. Foliage getting thick back there again. Finally reached Hughart around 4:25. Heard them blowing for 32nd around 4:18, then I could hear the locos likely going under 28th at 4:20. Strong wind out of the eas...

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Thu May 02, 2024 7:57 pm

M326-02 @ 19:55 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 408 axles. CSX engines #862 + #3325 & 99 cars.

Blowing through Jenison/Grandville now. From several miles away I can even hear the rumble of the train. The wind is really carrying the sound this evening.

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Thu May 02, 2024 7:29 pm

L301-02 @ 19:27 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 96 axles. CSX engines #2428 + #4057 & 21 cars.

Rolling into Grandville now. Lots of horns as I sit on my porch enjoying a cold one.

Graffiti on railcars is an act of vandalism and a crime. It also looks tasteless and boring, and people shouldn't be forced to stare at it because a small minority of insufferable teenagers think it looks cool. No one is being forced to stare at graffiti on railcars any more than they are forced to...

46 cars…wow. As I headed west on Burton over the tracks the train was extended back into the yard near the office, so I figured it ended there. It must have been stretched much further back than I could see for that brief moment.

The New Richmond area is probably the most scenic area on the west side of the state if you want to shoot a CSX train, Amtrak, or a coal train.

Grand elk north through Byron Center at 4:53pm. Wamx 4124, 4190 and 14 cars. Looks like the SB train might be departing Hughart soon. Three units with a WS unit in the middle. All three are just south of Burton, headlight on lead unit. String of tank cars at the front of the train, and maybe 20-30 ...

Grand elk north through Byron Center at 4:53pm. Wamx 4124, 4190 and 14 cars. Looks like the SB train might be departing Hughart soon. Three units with a WS unit in the middle. All three are just south of Burton, headlight on lead unit. String of tank cars at the front of the train, and maybe 20-30 ...

CSXfan11 wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:40 pm

ENH risk tomorrow for portions of oklahoma and texas. so if any of y'all live in the orange region or the yellow just be aware

Is your name Frankie?

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:04 pm

M326-25 @ 17:02 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 284 axles. CSX engines #5318 + #3208 & 68 cars.

Rolling through Grandville now. 5:25pm.

A drunk driver did this to my left leg back in 1992. I hope your girlfriend's injuries were less critical.

Yeah, I’m sure people have had rooms reserved for a few years now too. If I didn’t have to work, I’d just leave early in the morning and come back in the evening. Done that plenty of times shooting trains in Illinois and Indiana anyway. And since it’s in the middle of the day, there wouldn’t be any ...

Well, it'll be easy to track the Chicago-St. Louis Amtrak trains if you want to time it just right for catching one of those during totality. Otherwise I think it would be more a matter of luck to catch a freight during that moment and in a decent location. *Edit: If you were to go to Illinois. Didn...

Standard Railfan wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:45 am

It seems odd that apples are shipped to Michigan at all. We grow over a million pounds per year.

Not a lot of Granny Smith apples being grown in Michigan.

You can easily, and legally, photograph trains at West Olive as they are leaving the plant. No one is going to chase you away from the Hiawatha Drive crossing. Screen Shot 2024-02-24 at 5.02.12 PM.png Screen Shot 2024-02-24 at 5.02.42 PM.png There was a time when you could photograph trains from the...

I've been interested in why CSX plays such a big role on this site. It's always got the most updates from the widest group of people on TLU and it has by far the most detailed and up to date train symbols list on the wiki. It just kind of worked out that way. Definitely wasn't intentional, I don't ...