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You gotta be kiddin! Watco told Grand Elk they have too many loco's? Somebody at Watco must be loco!

It would seem that the wye at Sunnyside is the popular choice for turning power. I'm curious if and when the wrecking ball will hit the empty engine house.

D700 finished switching the lumber yard in Grandville. Picked up 2 empty I-beams. The rest of the train was those CBFX covered gons. 6394 & 6547 for power. The 6394 is ex RF&P.

Just over at Ann St. to catch the GRE and the yard is at capacity with mostly covered hoppers. 2104 is still putting its train together for today.

D706 thru Fox.

K831 by Seymour 12:15. Into Wyoming yard at 12:44 and into the service track. Stopped at East Tower for a crew change and Crystal Flash tanker just pulled in for the refuel.

What must be D702 with 6414 & 6075 (nice to see Gp-40-2's) waiting in Grandville at MP 6 looking at red signals.

Z151 thru the west side of Grand Rapids headed to Wyoming yard. Three SD-40's.

K862 is sitting at Ivanrest in Grandville. Don't know why they didn't proceed into Wyoming yard but likely will run thru the yard when it gets a new crew to head east. Was hoping to catch Q327-13 but I haven't herd from them.

X326 thru Grandville at 09:16

Paw Paw River Trans loading is up and functioning. Nine TCBX tank cars and a covered hopper on this new spur at 59 1/2 Street. Intersting addition to the collection of power parked behind Hanson's. C-420 no. 850 with GLLX stenciled under the cab. Painted in former Arkansas and Missouri colors. Hopin...

Q326-06 past mp33 we E. Saugatuck up the hill @ 13:10 with a track inspector tagging behind.

Gp-35 #3534 has left G.R. #7090 is still there. Hope someone has info on 3534.

Just drove thru Hudsonville on Chicago Drive and the siding is still full of stack platforms. Not sure if they came from Wyoming yard but the stack platforms didn't come out of Hudsonville.

Q327-22 waiting at Ivanrest in Grandville. 3065 on the point. Just finished air test and conductor has taxied to the head end. Thru Grandville at 09:09 with 817 as mid train helper. A land barge!

Q327 putting it's train togeter with 3073,354 & 3242 running elephant style up front. Just tied on and doing an air test. Q326-16 thru Grandville at 13:05. Q327-16 departing Wyoming yard with only sixteen cars. Q327 thru Grandville at 13:35. Sorry kids, no land barge today.

Q327 pulling out of Wyoming yard with 3221 on the point with lots o tankers up front. Thru Grandville at 08:11 with a land barge.

The tracks are still present up to the town of Lawrence. Beyond Lawrence, the rail is torn out and the crossings paved over.

13,561 ft of land barge? No wonder it took so long to get outta town.

Q327 head end is under 28th st. in Grandville and is still having issues. Talked to the clerk who taxied the conductor to the head end and told me over 200 cars today. 3349, 3043 elephant style towing a dead 4007.