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hoborich wrote:You must have really hustled across that track at Mill street.

The PTI van had to bring the conductor from Rouge to Mill Street so they were going at a creep. Had about 45 seconds between the transfer and crossing.

Wabash1070 wrote:Excellent shots!

Thanks!

NS 331 cleared Mill St. in Ecorse, MI around 2:10 PM today. Awesome lashup!
An EMD Trio of Awesomeness by Railfan1999, on Flickr

NS 289 rushes west through Romulus, MI on a brisk November morning. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4566/38591789681_e204863f2a_o.jpg All Clear by Railfan1999 , on Flickr CSX Q132-21 has just entered the Lincoln Secondary. A pair of UP GE's haul this long string of stacks towards Detroit. https://far...

The SB manifest SW saw Sunday evening was CSX S507-19, which ran from Flint to Walbridge for some reason.
Also, Q150 and Q151 have been replaced with Q510 and Q511. Still the same origin and destination (510 is Willard-Det, 511 is Det-Willard).

SW wrote:SB G042 clearing 7 Mile Rd. CSX 3013 + 824 + 87 cars.

Now that it has passed...
D736 in Wixom Siding
D735 & Q241 both getting the light at Eckles.

Q384-08 departing Wyoming yard 1240am

q384-07 williamston

CSX Q384-06 had a portion of its power plucked and placed onto a string of cars just west of Levan Road in Livonia, MI. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4521/38253524261_895fba6cb5_o.jpg Confusion by AmericanRailfan , on Flickr CSX Q385-04 stops just short of the Lilley Road grade crossing in Plymouth...

hoborich wrote:Thanks for sharing. I used to hang out at Wyandotte a lot, before I moved to northern Michigan. Not a lot of trains up here.
Who owns that black and red GP30 on the right in the New Boston pic?

I'm not sure to be honest, I'm wondering also.

Last nights Q38406 made it all the way from GRP to Stockbridge Road Webberville before being re-crewed. 30 container platforms ahead of 170 other cars. Red bock at Ann Pere caused all of Howell to be tied up traffic wise for 20 minutes at rush hour, but just a matter of seconds compared to most oth...

There's a Grand Ledge bound CSX V874-07 passing by the north border of Toledo almost at Hallett Tower. CSXT SD40-2 #8376 is leading with 93 grain empties.

Eastbound train coming into Sidney OH, csxt 5467 second unit. 6 intermodal cars on the headend, long string of loaded autorack trailing. 8:14am. Sounds like q311. Csxt 8138 on a 10 unit westbound leaving Sidney right after. Mixed freight. 8:17am. Couple GMTX units mixed in. First is Q236-06 and sec...

SW wrote:WB intermodal + autoracks just turned south at Plymouth. CSX 8236 + 3114 + 28 singles, 6 empties, and 6 autoracks.

CSX Q276-06.

SW wrote:NB grain empties turning west at Plymouth. CSX 4801 + 3003 + 84 cars.

V764-05.

There is a cut of cars on the main in South Lyon, tractor loads on the west end of it. Not sure why they left them there. Perhaps they are doubling from Plymouth. Here is the rest of the story and the answer to many questions. First, Q38404 was by Howell before midnight last night, a good thing con...

AARR wrote:Nice pictures, Tier4. Thanks for posting.

Thanks man! That's about all I could get before the storms rolled in.

11/04/2017: A quick trip to the Downriver area yielded some nice trains before the storms came. First up is CSX Q507-04 heading south through downtown Romulus. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4559/26399848419_8f310f70d9_o.jpg Loaded Down by AmericanRailfan , on Flickr Now at New Boston, Q253-02 prepa...

q385-02 been at Plymouth for over 9 hours and still hasnt left.......

csx d736-05 is going to Walbridge tonight. 183 cars

SW wrote:NB coal train clearing Ford Rd. in Westland. Too far away to see the engine numbers, but 2 CSX units leading.

CSX N660-03
CSXT 3021
CSXT 5212
128 loads for DTE - St. Clair