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Yeah, there's no J. It's just "Grand Elk 303".

From what I'm reading and hearing from the scanner archive posted by the Folkston Train Watching group, the MOW guys reported the switches were lined and locked for both trains to proceed on opposite mains, when in reality they were not. Since the signal system was either suspended or taken out of s...

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Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:48 pm

Grand Elk Z439 or Z739 roaming in downtown GR right now at 3:48pm.

I drove passed Hughart Yard and heading south at 4:00pm and saw more cars being lined up or stored on the tracks closest to US 131. Not sure if Grand Elk J303 went NB yet.

What is J303?

Y121 getting ready to head to GR from Waverly with 2686, 3,000 tons of train (39 cars), and the caboose.

L302 west at Fox 20:01.

An error like that would not fly on an EC-1.

Yes. When Cap Pinkerton Jr took over in the 70s, reinvestment into the physical plant stopped. By the late 80s, a decade of virtually no maintenance had taken its toll.

Wonder what the speed was on the old D&M?? ALSO-- what happens to the Alpena yard job, and/ or the old roundhouse in Alpena?? Alpena yard job isn't going anywhere. They will still keep a Geep up there to service the local industries, even after they implement a Bay City-Alpena turn. Track speed on ...

Y121 and L301 met in Grandville at 10:25. Y121 brought the caboose with them so they can run track speed back to Holland (no cars for them in GR).

The goal is to get the speed high enough on the Huron Sub for LSRC to be able to run a turn job from Bay City to Alpena and back with one crew.

Heard that the old sand plant was being reactivated, that's good to hear its actually moving forward. D700 used to be a 3 man job because of all of the switching they would do at Livingston sand!

W02809 through Deshler at 06:50 W028-09 @ 14:05 heading north/east at Porter Junction CP482 / mp CG134 with CSX #8052 and 34 CWR (Continuous Welded Rail) cars and seen on ATCS occupying the tracks north of Porter Junction Impossible, W028 is currently wying their engine at Pieguss Yard in East Chic...

L303 east by CH 146 in Kentwood 14:15.

They just got the GEXR SD40-2 within the last couple of months, as well as returned the 3414 to service after being OOS for well over a year. So now they have 4 SD40-2s: 3390, 3393, 3414, and 3484.

W003 track geometry train.

The stone yard in Kalamazoo purchased that GP9.

Some of you guys are probably too young to remember the boom years of 2013-2015, but we were running some absolutely massive trains up here back then. Q327, Q334 and Q335 were consistently over 200 cars. My record was 237 cars on Q335.

The ADBF currently uses 2 GP9s and their SW9. The JAIL uses the SD40-2, GP40-2 and still has 1 GP9 that is somewhat serviceable. These new GP40s will replace all of the remaining GP9s. Once rebuilt and repainted, 2 will go to the ADBF and 2 will remain on the JAIL.

No 2 LSRC locomotives were alike during that era.

Y106 east by CH 146 in Kentwood with 2 Geeps and 7 cars 11:28.