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tuesday update on 700 255pm - eb at 19.1 with 4016 lead and 2777? trail ( not sure on the engine number of the 4 axle ) with 64 cars 628pm - wb at 19.1 with 4016 lead and 2800 trail with 58 cars y121 will have a new engine for power tomorrow does grand ledge have cars stored in the siding? or did mo...

326/d801 tuesday mondays 326 with the hill engs ( d801 ) in the lead - 3440 lead motor 431a - clear 112th ave 501a - med clear grandville - main to 1 track 508a - restricting lamar d801 going 6 tk, with remining cars to 8 tk. power going even yard to the service to the tower crew reported to rouge y...

700 has 1 motor and 66 cars today
est 25 covered mt gons
202p - clear east waverly

hi tom from ett #1 april of 1969 east saugatuck is listed as 100 cars, same as michigan div ett 1 from jan 1977 from the ett #1 of 1969 - 100 cars of 50' length is 5000' but as listed from the ett the following is added distance not listed as total siding footage: 320' for 4 engines and a crummy and...

hi tom
700 has 4016 lead, 405 mid, and 3123 trail with 100 cars for wyoming today.
needed the extra power to get up the grade to zeeland
had 30 to 40 covered gons of dirty soil from muskegon
went siding to main at east waverly, making the run to zeeland a harder pull

327 thursday waited at ivanrest for conductor to arrive and board train ( via van ) after conductor aboard motor 327 departed wb for shy town 921a - med clear grandville - 1 track to the main 930a - clear dewent 935a/937a - clear ee/we hudsonville 943a - clear vriesland 952a - 19.1 - 562 axles, 7454...

700 saturday
picked up 29 cars at waverly

746p - slow clear waverly - old holland siding to the main
750p - clear east waverly
4016 ( long hood forward ) with 40 cars

757p - clear zeeland
801p - 19.1 - 166 axles, 2345'

327 FRIDAY
1230p - clear holland
no set off for waverly today
refer to tom's post for 327's consist

702 will have the waverly set off today from wyoming

702 enroute to wyoming with 50 some cars
passed 112th approx 1020a ( kp duty at the time )
how csx operates is strange, why have 327 set off at waverly,
when 702 will be returning to waverly either before or after 327,
unless 702 can't handle the tonnage ( track profile wb is rolling grades )

327 thursday 255p - clear east waverly all stop at holland - getting ready to set off at waverly, via holland lakewood blvd and 120th ( waverly ave ) blocked by 327 308p - 327 with waverly set off all west of holland os, meanwhile left hand and right hand have yet to determine if to set off at or ju...

327 MONDAY 256p - slow app east waverly - 327 set off the 25 cars in waverly siding 332p - restricting east waverly - back on their consist after getting their train together to west, that was all they did 609p - 327 still all stop east of 112th ave ( don't know if james / 104th ave is blocked or no...

327 MONDAY 256p - slow app east waverly - 327 set off the 25 cars in waverly siding 332p - restricting east waverly - back on their consist after getting their train together to west, that was all they did 609p - 327 still all stop east of 112th ave ( don't know if james / 104th ave is blocked or no...

327 sunday 903a - clear east waverly 905a - clear waverly 931a - clear holland 938a - restricting holland - main to old holland siding setting off : 15 mt covered gons, 3 ch, 2 refridge box, 1 hop, 3 tank, 2 box, and 3 ch - 29 cars 1006a - med clear holland - lite power - no pick up 1008a - restrict...

326 saturaday
621p - clear east waverly
engines as reported with 37 cars iicc

x326 stopped at waverly doing a set off as of 601p csx is making more friends again today in holland, with some 4200' of train stopped west of the 8th st, pretty much most of the city crossings west of 8th st are blocked. hi jt that would be waverly rd and lakewood blvd from 326 setting off and pick...

327 monday
didn't hear anything from 327 on the scanner today
no times recorded today before holland cam, as it was shower time
327 set off cars in waverly pass today
they did not pick up any cars

934a - clear holland
942a - clear 30
945a - clear pair east saugatuck

327 saturday 726a - clear vriesland 733a - 19.1 - 464 axles, 6368' 210 lead, 4529 trail ( elephant ) with 113 cars 738a - clear east waverly 740a - clear waverly 747a - all stop 3 cars east of was holland os 754a - clear holland- main to main 756a - restricting holland - main to old holland siding h...

327 SATURDAY
210 lead, 4528 trail ( elephant ) with 113cars
708a - clear ee hudsonville
717a - clear we hudsonville

327 friday 745a - clear pair hudsonville 805a - 19.1 - 616 axles, 9030' 494 lead, 60 trail ( elephant ) with 151 cars 809a - clear east waverly 811a - clear waverly 815a - clear holland - will block min 4 crossings starting with 8th street - last 4 cars are east of holland os waverly set off: 2 sc, ...

d802 wednesday bnsf 6198 lead and 6713 trail - sundays power from sundays 326 - running light will pick up coal cars for repair at the plant at west olive 1209a - clear east waverly 1219a - clear holland 1224a - restricting holland - main to old holland siding plan for pick up: 1 - moved crummy to t...