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Delray wrote: ↑

Tue May 17, 2022 10:20 am

251 through Trenton at 9:14 CN x4 including zebra and ex GTW 6223

Zebra (very faded) was 9673, a GP40-2L. Passing MP 22.5 at 12:25. Three hours to traverse Detroit.

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116 just passed MP 22.5 on the Holly with three CN's and some autoracks ahead of the containers at 8:25 am.

NB, maybe 451 or its current equivalent, passing MP 22.5 on the Holly with two GE's followed by a number of empty steel gondolas before some mixed freight and and endless string of autoracks at 3:34 pm.

NB 515 with IC 9627 again today handily cresting the Hill at 40 mph with 24 cars, twelve hi-cubes (which are rare on the Holly now) and twelve empty centerbeams. Past MP 22.5 at 3:15 pm.

Delray wrote: ↑

Fri May 13, 2022 11:14 am

251 through Trenton at 10:55 CN x3

Just passed MP 22.5 at 1:10 pm and should be entering Pontiac Yard soon. They sure take a long time to traverse Detroit. This was was quicker than usual and still took almost 2.5 hours.

Train 355 had a Challenger on both ends out of Pontiac tonight.

NB 515 with the IC GP38-2 is either waiting a MP 20 on the Holly for Amtrak 355 to leave Pontiac or it has stalled on the hill. From its location and the number of cars I could see from Kensington Road and where the locomotive is and that it has a yellow board at Opdyke my bet is that it stalled on...

NB 515 with the IC GP38-2 is either waiting a MP 20 on the Holly for Amtrak 355 to leave Pontiac or it has stalled on the hill. From its location and the number of cars I could see from Kensington Road and where the locomotive is and that it has a yellow board at Opdyke my bet is that it stalled on...

NB 515 with the IC GP38-2 is either waiting a MP 20 on the Holly for Amtrak 355 to leave Pontiac or it has stalled on the hill. From its location and the number of cars I could see from Kensington Road and where the locomotive is and that it has a yellow board at Opdyke my bet is that it stalled on ...

What I presume was 251 was NB past MP 22.2 at 1:20 pm with six CN locomotives and a very short train.

116 is going sb past MP 22.5 at 12:20 pm. It has some autoracks after the containers. Still a single locomotive.

Train 450 with that EJE 3023 trailing past MP 22.5 at 6:46 am. Shorter train with a lot of steel on it. Funny but the steel cars in grouped in different blocks instead of all together. I have never seen a modern EJE locomotive before, just the second generation ones.

ConrailDetr​oit wrote: ↑

Tue May 10, 2022 4:59 pm

513 SB by Bloomfield Hills with 1 Tank.

And it had 5932 ,the GTW SD40-2, as power today. I noticed this locomotive wasn't on 514 yesterday so now it must be assigned to Pontiac for a bit.

And at 5:03 CN 5441 went by MP 22.5 lite in reverse. I presume it is 514.

Train 515, the Local NB returning to Pontiac passed MP 22.5 with IC 9627 GP38-2 pulling 27 cars up the hill at 25 mph barking away at notch 8 at 4:25 pm.

ConrailDetr​oit wrote: ↑

Tue May 10, 2022 9:23 am

Detroit Connecting RR is working today.

Train 515 yesterday had about seven or eight empty gondolas for DCON, about two or three times the usual number.

251 through Trenton at 15:47 CN+CN+BNSF+KCS That may have been the power on 116 this morning, certainly the BNSF and KCS ones. On the Holly we have routinely been seeing three "second generation" locomotives this week. 514 has been having the GTW 5932, the SD40-2. 515 has been having SD40-2L 5335 a...

Delray wrote: ↑

Wed May 04, 2022 10:10 am

251 through Trenton at 8:25 CN 8844 CN 8834

Through Bloomfield Hills around noon. A lot of empty steel flats and some with coiled steel on them. Rejected coils maybe?

251 had seven locomotives today including a UP, a BNSF and an EJ&E SD38 in orange. Passed MP 22.5 on the Holly at 4 pm or so. Train 515 NB passed MP 22.5 a bit earlier with CN 5335, the SD40-2L, again today. SB Train 514 had a 5400 and GTW 5932, one of the ex-UP, nee MP SD-40-2's it picked up years ...

I can confirm larger than normal intermodal quantities (116 and 514) going down the Holly Sub over the last few days. Next time I catch one I'll report the car count. On a different note, anyone know if the new Amazon facility in Detroit (old fairgrounds site just south of 8 Mile) will be receiving...