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490 departed Pontiac at 08:40, CN 5504 leading 5718. They have work at Moterm on the head end.

Looked like a 767 tied down in Pontiac, did not see the power

Looks like a 490 in Pontiac at 08:50. CN 5600 and BCOL 4626. They have work for Moterm.

GTWChris wrote:280 is in Pontiac

They have UP 3878. Not sure if they left or not

490 arrived Pontiac at 08:40, CN 5747 & 5319. They have work for Moterm.

490? clear Holly Diamond at 08:26, IC 2458 & CN 5652. Several of those new GTW wells in the consist. They have work for Moterm.

ns8401 wrote:NB CSX Q32219 by Romulus at 249pm:
CSX 8869 (SD40-2)
CSX 8360 (SD40-2)
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43 MIXED

Clear North Holly at 17:28

490 finished working Pontiac at 08:50, CN 5729 leading. They have work at Moterm.

Spring kids soccer has taken over my life again so I'll be there early, like 5:30am, but I'll be leaving by 8:30am. Better than nothin'

490 through Linden/Fenton at 07:50, arrived Pontiac 08:35. Did not see the units. A local was waiting for them at West Pontiac - they will go out to work Red Lava and TTX. Since the north switch at Red Lava is back in service, they will not need to go out to Andersonville Siding to do a runaround.

Kinda like to see new LED signals. I did some Bing recon of the northern Holly the other day, and it looks like the signals between Howard St. and Fish Lake Rd. have been upgraded to LEDs ( rotate this view to west-facing ). So you may get your wish for Lemen St. :D Not signal related, but I heard ...

Mixed freight (502?) NB through Holly at 08:40, did not see the power. CSX grain train proceeded across the diamond after they passed. Nice little bit of action up here this AM.

Grain NB clear Holly Diamond at 08:44, CSXT 8532 & 8096. Did not hear the symbol.

Rail train in Pontiac Yard facing SB at 08:40, GTW 4916.

Q32204 clear Holly Diamond at 17:00, CSXT 74 & 4829

G86403 clear Holly Diamond 17:18 SB, CSXT 7865 & 4582

SB mixed freight (490?) across Opdyke Rd at 12:39. CN 2662, 2410, & 5652, 105 cars. No work at Moterm.

PlymouthStationGuy wrote:Q32227 cleared main street in Plymouth @ 15:10

Clear North Holly at 16:49, CSXT 321 & 8510

950 working Pontiac at 13:30, GTW 4912

...there are plenty of diamonds in the metro detroit area that are not big-city but may still offer some action: Holly In terms of action in Holly, your best bet for regular traffic are the two CSX daily manifests, Q321 and Q322. Q321 goes from Flint to Toledo and usually departs in the early after...

502 was working in Pontiac at 07:30, CN 2501 and one other CN unit. There was a passenger car in the consist left on the main while they were in the yard, so it's probably heading south: