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07:37 EDT Q32720 WB CSXT 7206, 981 DPU WITH 45 BY WELLS.

06:10 EDT Q32720 CSXT 7206 APPROACH IVANREST.

13:18 EDT Q32619 CLEAR 55TH ST ON THE HILL.

Looks like coke to me. To big of pieces for coal.

10:38 EDT Y10607 EB SNOW RD.

Any updates on Z151? I'm heading north and would like to catch them somewhere north of GR.

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Sun Aug 30, 2020 9:57 am

Q326 thru Pine Jct. @ 9:56a EDT. CSX 3287 lead, CSXT 873 mid train DPU.

Bye Porter at 10:40 EDT

06:45 EDT Q327 WB GRANDVILLE. SMALL TRAIN. ONE LOCO EACH END. 10-15 CARS. ALSO SOUNDS LIKE AMTRAK WAS AT HOLLAND.

Per a report from the field, Q326 was called for 10:05 EDT at Barr Yard this AM.

David Leider has finished his book on the history of the B&OCT. Here is a link too the page with a description of the book and ordering instructions. I'm just passing this along....

http://boctbook.dhke.com/?fbclid=IwAR0T ... I-qFlqoQfE

Nice Catch!

22:05 EDT P37012 EB EE GROSS. IDTX 4606 LEADING?

21:55 EDT D802? AT LAMAR WITH 20 MINUTES TO GO. ASKING ROUGE TOWER WHERE TO PUT THEIR TRAIN. 28 TRACK AND HOPEFULLY THEY HAVE TIME TO CUT THEIR POWER AWAY.

Update: J90112 JUST SHOWING LEAVING BARR WUTH 14000TONS AND 3 UNITS. J90113 COMING OUT OF CLEARING AS LIGHT BNSF POWER FOR BARR. THE WORD IS BNSF IS SUPPLYING MORE POWER FOR THE 40 COALS TRAIN COMING TO WEST OLIVE THE REST OF THE MONTH. MTS ARE STACKING UP APPARENTLY. J90115 IS CALLED FOR BARR BUT N...

Is they running on the Grand Rapids sub, trnwatcher?[/quote]
Yes.[/quote]
Thank you @Saturnalia, I made an edit also - what kind of trains are they?[/quote]
Tom these are mixed freights like 326 just different symbols.

Just heard they've called a 3rd J901 from Chicago to Wyoming. Called for 1735

HEARD THERE ARE 2 EXTRA TRAINS COMING OUT OF BARR YARD CHICAGO FOR WYOMING. J90112 AND J90113. ALL FREIGHT FOR WYOMING. J90112 IS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE WAY AND J90113 WAS CALLED AROUND 1530EDT.

16:40 EDT Q326-08 SOUNDS TO BE WORKING HOLLAND.

11:43 EDT D70006 WB GRANDVILLE. LOCO NUMBER GOT STEPPED ON.

Q327 had to go in for Q326 at Gross, and wait awhile, because the line is currently single track between Livingston and Gross, as there are dead coal trains at Riverside and Kirk. Q327 should be around Michigan City by now. Q326 is probably entering Wyoming yard by now, as it has been over a half h...