Michigan Shortline Updates April 2016

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MrRail
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11:14am. 3885 switching lowel
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Now leaving lowel
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Supposedly got 31 inbounds last night, 3 still in the yard tonight.

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MQT
2041-2043 went east out of Ludington around 1945 with 30 on the drawbars
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Sounds like Grand Elk was around 68th St about 0015. Unsure of direction.
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GRE yard full again with inbound Kings. Standard Lumber centerbeam on the CSX inbound interchange track.

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GRE --- WB Leonard at 3:10 with 11 CHs.
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The 11 are in Lowell tonight. One hopper has been sitting on a usually unused track for a couple weeks now.

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