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Looks like 17 sand cars , a lumber car, and three chemical/plastic cars. Am I close?

Midnight visitors to Durand were not uncommon. Back when the most of the action was around 2am-5am and there would be people there to watch. Their numbers are probably down now that most of the action takes place closer to sunrise and later. I'd consider a polar bear gathering in Jan or Feb. I'm def...

Now they'll blame the railroad and make them put reflective tape on the sides of the hopper cars. It still won't work because the Lady wasn't looking where she was driving in the first place

They stopped receiving plastic by rail a while back. They would usually have between 3-7 plastic cars in their spur. However, they still ship out quite a few 86' box cars. It's currently the Automotive Holdings division of Visteon.

CMGN 2014
GP38-2
2,000hp
Built by GMD (Canadian division of EMD)
Built 1982 for Devco (DVR) 227
Acquired by CMGN 2001
Previous owners Ex-E&N 227 / CL 227 / DVR 227

glad some people got to see snow, from Brighton south and west to Ohio and Canada all we got was rain/sleet, weather man kept saying 3-4inches, then 2-3, then 1-2 then a dusting, if you do that just say we have no clue.

LMAO

Jump out of your vehicle and grab the hand rail of one of the cars and with your mighty super powers bring the train to a gradual and slow stop. Then go get some chicks and party cause you're a hero

I know what you mean Patrick. There's a really big 10-12 point or so buck in the metro park near our house. He's going to live a long life as long as he stays there. And with all the construction going on the areas to hunt around Washington or shrinking fast.

Grand Rapids

Is X500 the eastbound train? Doc has mentioned the eastbound picks up hot auto parts in Grand Rapids so I doubt they'd reroute the eastbound.

I'd say its more than 95% accurate.

u = upgrade. In the case of 977 it was upgraded from 1500 hp to 1600.

Here is the correct history of 977:

NOS. MOD. H.P. BLDR. BLT. ReBLT. AQRD. RET. NOTES
977 RS2u 1,600 ALCo 1949 1978 1977 1999 Ex LI 1520 / D&H 4020

Thanks to Patrick for the confirmation

Now that I see a picture of it I think I had 977 and 1077 mixed up. How does this look guys?

NOS. MOD. H.P. BLDR. BLT. ReBLT. AQRD. RET. NOTES
977 RS3 1,600 ALCo 1955 1980 1980 1997 Ex LI 1553

KL82 Wheeling & Lake Erie, to leave Lang. Looks like W&LE are handling some mixed freight with CN. Anyone know what the typical size of this train is?

HLCX 6409 & 9020 look like SD45-2's. Nice report Matt.

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I missed your question about H&S. It's the former Hartford and Slocum which I believe just goes by H&S now. A very, very, very short shortline with thousands of lease cars. Much like Coe Rail was (before selling) in Walled Lake.

I thought the track to L-P was taken out and they were using a team track for the bulk liquid tanker cars they receive.

Any idea what's in the box car?