CN Train Location Updates - April 2023

[LansingRailFan]

12:05 - EB Q116 with CN 5657/CN 5606 thru Charlotte

[Delray]

251 through Trenton at 11:31

CN 2320
CN 5646

[LansingRailFan]

10:35 - WB M397 with CN 3231/CN 3316 thru Mishawaka, IN. They came into Battle creek with two more cowls that are being stored in Battle Creek, CN 2122/CN 2452. IC 2462 was spotted east on a manifest thru Griffith yesterday as well.

12:44 - WB E271 61 (originating in Battle Creek) with CN 5647/CN 5616/CN 5341 thru Mishawaka, IN

[Manistique]

251 through Trenton at 11:31

CN 2320
CN 5646

Passed MP 22.5 at around 2 pm working very hard up the Hill.

[Manistique]

116 passing MP 22.5 of the Holly out in front of Amtrak 355, which arrived about an hour and a half late today and maybe delayed leaving Pontiac because of its late arrival.

[bnsfben]

116 south Royal Oak 1807 with a pair of 75I

[KC8RBK]

M399 by 205 at 1810 including COWL 2451/DASH 8 2101. 5-6 units total

[MuskegonRailfanning]

M399 by 205 at 1810 including COWL 2451/DASH 8 2101. 5-6 units total

What direction?

[LansingRailFan]

10:35 - WB M397 with CN 3231/CN 3316 thru Mishawaka, IN. They came into Battle creek with two more cowls that are being stored in Battle Creek, CN 2122/CN 2452. IC 2462 was spotted east on a manifest thru Griffith yesterday as well.

12:44 - WB E271 61 (originating in Battle Creek) with CN 5647/CN 5616/CN 5341 thru Mishawaka, IN

18:10 - WB M399 by Charlotte cam with cowls CN 2451/CN 2101. Two more for the storage line in Battle Creek

Cowls in Battle Creek:
CN 2403
CN 2417
CN 2439
CN 2451
CN 2452
CN 2101
CN 2122
IC 2462
BCOL 4605
BCOL 4608

These have all been sold.

[LansingRailFan]

EB M302 by Charlotte cam with CN 3034/CN 3944 ex-CitiRail

[Dan Cluley]

Two eastbounds at Lansing mp 218 at 22:45

Stacks and racks (148?) with CN 8961 & 2325 on the main. Clear at 22:47

All rack train with CN ? & 2534 on the thorofare. Working at the east end of Snow Yard

[amessmann]

All rack train with CN ? & 2534 on the thorofare. Working at the east end of Snow Yard

2225 + 2534 with three or four freight cars towards the end among many racks, proceeding east on M1 thru MP 225 at 23:52.

[Robertrains]

18:10 - WB M399 by Charlotte cam with cowls CN 2451/CN 2101. Two more for the storage line in Battle Creek

Cowls in Battle Creek:
CN 2403
CN 2417
CN 2439
CN 2451
CN 2452
CN 2101
CN 2122
IC 2462
BCOL 4605
BCOL 4608

These have all been sold.

Man!!!! LansingRailfan! How many more are coming? This looks to be the very end of CN/BCOL "Cowls!!!!"
I'm guessing they were sold to LTEX, Lordstown, OH, for "Scrap!" Three of them aren't "Cowls!" CN 2101/2122 are standard cab ex CNW C40-8s, IC 2462 is ex LMS C40-8W! Good catches, but still very sad to be the end of these units! Soon there will be a "Funeral Train" with all of them I suppose!

UPDATE: IC "Blue Devil" C40-8W #2462 is no longer at BC!!!!! I cannot figure out why! CN train M337 to Iowa! Did anyone here catch it leaving BC? It was spotted this morning (April 23) with a CN "Map Cowl" heading west in Griffith, IN! Screenshot from comment on Facebook® Canadian Railway Observation 3.0 (CRO):

[Delray]

Not sure of the train number, CN 5708 with a lot of steel coils and coal hoppers by the fort St cam at 12:01 towards Detroit

Probably just the daily coal train

[LansingRailFan]

18:10 - WB M399 by Charlotte cam with cowls CN 2451/CN 2101. Two more for the storage line in Battle Creek

Cowls in Battle Creek:
CN 2403
CN 2417
CN 2439
CN 2451
CN 2452
CN 2101
CN 2122
IC 2462
BCOL 4605
BCOL 4608

These have all been sold.

Man!!!! LansingRailfan! How many more are coming? This looks to be the very end of CN/BCOL "Cowls!!!!"
I'm guessing they were sold to LTEX, Lordstown, OH, for "Scrap!" Three of them aren't "Cowls!" CN 2101/2122 are standard cab ex CNW C40-8s, IC 2462 is ex LMS C40-8W! Good catches, but still very sad to be the end of these units! Soon there will be a "Funeral Train" with all of them I suppose!

UPDATE: IC "Blue Devil" C40-8W #2462 is no longer at BC!!!!! I cannot figure out why! CN train M337 to Iowa! Did anyone here catch it leaving BC? It was spotted this morning (April 23) with a CN "Map Cowl" heading west in Griffith, IN! Screenshot from comment on Facebook® Canadian Railway Observation 3.0 (CRO):

Cowls in Battle Creek:
CN 2403
CN 2417
CN 2439
CN 2451
CN 2452
CN 2012
CN 2101
CN 2122
BCOL 4605
BCOL 4608


CN 2012 was on M399 just now by the 205 cam

12:05 - WB M399 with CN 3125/CN 3861/CN 2012

Two others were supposedly on M397 overnight

[Delray]

251 through Trenton at 11:41

CN 5606
CN 5657
CN 5815 (GTW)

[LansingRailFan]

10:00 - WB A491 w CN 5712/CN 8812 thru Mishawaka, IN

[Robertrains]

UPDATE: IC "Blue Devil" C40-8W #2462 is no longer at BC!!!!! I cannot figure out why! CN train M337 to Iowa! Did anyone here catch it leaving BC? It was spotted this morning (April 23) with a CN "Map Cowl" heading west in Griffith, IN! Screenshot from comment on Facebook® Canadian Railway Observation 3.0 (CRO):

Cowls in Battle Creek:
CN 2403
CN 2417
CN 2439
CN 2451
CN 2452
CN 2012
CN 2101
CN 2122
BCOL 4605
BCOL 4608


CN 2012 was on M399 just now by the 205 cam

12:05 - WB M399 with CN 3125/CN 3861/CN 2012

Two others were supposedly on M397 overnight

Guess we are losing another one, CN C40-8 #2012! LansingRailfan, are they all parked with easy access? Or are they buried in BC yard? Is there a way to know if more are heading to MI from Canada? How many more can be rounded up? The "Funeral Train" is probably coming soon! Off to LTEX? What was the other CN "Cowl" in the screenshot with IC 2462? Maybe those are headed to Chicago Heights Processing® for "Scrapping!" Does anybody know more? As the late Jim Morrison of The Doors would sing..."This is the End!" WOW!!!!

[GTW6401]

251 is going to follow Amtrak 350 up to Pontiac.

[LansingRailFan]

WB X123 with CN 3315 leading thru Perry at 13:43

EB Q116 with CN 2298/CN 8013 thru Charlotte at 13:12 - racks/stacks