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Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 05, 2021 11:27 am

W003-05 @ 11:32am westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 12 axles (-2 error) & 213 feet long. CSX engine #9969 & 2 Geometry cars.

9969 is 4 axles... so if everything is 4 axles, wouldn’t 12 be a correct count? Or does one of the geometry cars have 6 axles?

Q327-18 @ 09:40:28am westward Bangor Depot mp CG60.5 with CSX engines #807 + #9969 & 80 cars & rear CSX engine #859. (The CSXT #9969 was pulling the Geometry Train W003-16 by Bangor to Grand Rapids on Dec 16th). From its heritage, I assume 9969 has HEP for the geometry train... and if it is headed ...

What happened with 327? First it sounded like it was killed at Holland, not to move again today. And now it’s on the roll again?

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 04, 2020 8:11 am

Amtrak P371-04 @ 08:19am westward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 20 axles & 395 feet long.

...with a flat wheel I could hear through my office window. Sounded like the Horizon car bringing up the rear.

I assume this can’t happen during the winter months when the bridge is closed and unstaffed. Last winter, the river never froze so it was staffed all year. But in previous years, if memory serves, I think I remember trains stopping to "see if there is anything on the printer." So maybe the train cr...

That makes sense on the coal trains. Thanks for the info. Still wondering how Amtrak is doing it right now if their fax is down. Maybe CSXs come via computer and that is working, while NSs come via fax and that is broken? Who knows. That’s a mystery I can live with, now that I understand the coal tr...

For about a week, P371 has been stopping at St Joe Bridge for paperwork. On day one, they specifically mentioned needing NS bulletins. On day two or three, they commented the problem was a broken fax machine at the Amtrak crew base in GR. Which got me to thinking, how do they get CSX bulletins to ge...

I’ve heard the RN mention a location called “Hiawatha” to West Olive coal trains a couple times. Where is that? I can’t seem to find it.

Q326 on the detector at Vine/91.9 right now.

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 23, 2020 4:18 pm

Q326-23 @4:01pm advised by Dispatch they are going re-crewed in Holland & at or near Airport Road or at a road near the Airport.

Well, since we re-crewed both Q trains today, I guess there will be no trains tomorrow. No more crews.

327 now picking up bulletins at St Joe Bridge. 16:15.

Tom, you’d better wait until Bangor to speculate on this one. I think it had 3 CSX locomotives and 2 Consumers. The Consumers are 4 axle. Not sure about the 3rd CSX. As you know, I have a very narrow view of the tracks from my office window.

Q326 on the Vine detector now. The new Consumers Energy locomotives are in the consist.

Today’s Q327 is four cars long with two locomotives. A couple covered hoppers, an empty bulkhead flat, and a scrap gon. Why even run it? That has to be a huge money loser...

Edit: I originally typed 326 by accident. I meant 327.

Good points, all.

In the early hours of this morning, a dispatcher asked D700, “Where is Coloma?”

When I was in high school (1994-98), I listened to the scanner a lot. I grew up near Fargo, ND and mostly heard the BN dispatchers working western Minnesota and eastern North Dakota. As I remember it, the BN dispatchers were in charge, always. The attitude was “I am the dispatcher, I will tell you w...

Q326 on the Vine detector right now. 3rd unit is a freshly painted MMRR. Didn’t have a chance to catch the number in the narrow view from my office.

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 16, 2020 2:54 pm

Q327-16... Lost the cam feed & didn't see the Mid CSX engine #'s, assuming one was the #981.

981 and 833 mid-train.

Coke it is! Thanks for all the info.

For anyone in the Detroit area, be advised ... per the SC Milepost 65 Facebook Group, there is a GEVO leading CSX 9969 with a Geo Train currently in Rougemere yard. Still unsure at this time which way it’ll be headed if it’ll be toward Lansing/GR or Toledo. A Facebook report about 30 minutes ago ha...