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Aboard Amtrak. D700 was at Grandville 0615. Hultcher was at Gross siding with that Harbor switcher. Roadmaster and Sperry were trying to get track and time. E800 was at St. Joe westbound behind us.

CSX 7881 K239 by the west end of Fox at 2234.

Q327 going to meet amtrak at Hudsonville.

MQT 3407 Z151 coming acrossed the Fuller Diamonds as i speak.

I grew up on this line and know a lot of people that work/worked this line and nothing is new about all of these changes. Some have been better than others and some have been bottom of the barrel horrible for all. But fact is that this is railroading. So deal with it. I wish certain people here woul...

Marquette GR turn NB at Sparta at 06:05a MQT 3389, 3406 and 3390 with 51 cars. Tied down at Sparta Ave waiting for outbound crew as of 06:25a

MQT went north on to home rails at Turner St. At 04:15a with MQT 3389, 3406, 3407 and 3408. 25 cars on the drawbar.

MQT(Z151-23) NB @ Comstock Park at 02:15a with MQT 3407, 3389 and 3406 and a 104 cars.

Z151-08 south at Fuller Diamond at 01:05a with MQT3406, 3389 and 3408 59 cars.

There is a W038 getting ready to depart Wyoming with high/wide loads. CSX 4809 leading and is 30mph train due to the HTD fail.

Just an FYI: The elk dropped 2 - center beams off at the west end of GRE yard this noon. Look for Coopersville to come over and take to Standale Lumber sometime in the near future.

Going to be in the area end of next week need some help please. I was wondering if anybody has any info. on railfaning the Paducah and Louisville (train schedules, locations, etc.). Also, the Evansville Western RR (schedules, location, etc.). Any info. on the RJ Corman around Louisville would also b...

Z151-03 NB @ Turner St. 05:35h.
NREX 5418
MQT 3389
MQT 3390
MQT 3406
49 cars.

Towards the end was a very nice WP boxcar.

J-KCMSXR1-15 is pulling out of Galesburg as of now 22:40. Should be to Streator by 0100ish(cdt).

P370-02 by Michigan City, IN at 2047cst.

One step closer to selling the line off to a Shortline or just abandoning it completely.

BNSF 6716 and CSX 8715 at Turner St waiting to come south!

P371-09 was recrewed with a relief crew at Hammond/Whiting station 2130cst

NS 46/46 both road and dispatcher.
Amtrak 93/93 both road and dispatcher.
CSX GR sub 08/08 and 14/14.
CSX Porter branch 08/08 and 12/12.

Wyoming Yard update: Just finishing up grinding the repair on the old even and clearing up. Y106-18 arriving back @ 1300 Spencer x-over to old even in-5 out-7 to engine house CSX 2766 3-box, 1-CH, 7-tanks Y195-18 working industries off the main. CSX 2659 with the CSXT 904091 cab/shoveing platform. Y...

Q14891-13 by Griffith at 1925
CN - C44-9WL - 2522
BCOL - C40-8M - 4621 "red, white, blue"
BCOL - C40-8M - 4604 "red, white, blue"

SSJCXW-25 Arrived Jefferson City, MO 4/27 2018cdt Departed Jefferson City, MO 4/27 2041cdt Departed Summit, MO 4/28 0037cdt Departed Kirk, MO 4/28 0145cdt Arrived E. St. Louis, IL 4/28 0553cdt Departed Walsh Junction, IL 4/28 0922cdt Departed Pence, IL 4/28 1604cdt EST. Scheduled Arrival is now 4/29...