GLC Train Location Updates - February 2025

[GP30M4216]

Came up to Traverse City via Cadillac and Waldron Jct today. Anyone with some free time in the next couple days to railfan the north end of the GLC will find the most rewarding scenery - 6”+ of fresh snow dropped yesterday covering rails and plowed up high at road crossings! Evergreen trees looking marvelous! Not much time for railfan detours heading up north but I did note many large black tankcars visible in Cadillac along with shortie covered hoppers, and another long cut of shortie hoppers in the pass at Waldron junction.

We head back south on Tuesday, perhaps we will see something along the way…

[LansingRailFan]

Came up to Traverse City via Cadillac and Waldron Jct today. Anyone with some free time in the next couple days to railfan the north end of the GLC will find the most rewarding scenery - 6”+ of fresh snow dropped yesterday covering rails and plowed up high at road crossings! Evergreen trees looking marvelous! Not much time for railfan detours heading up north but I did note many large black tankcars visible in Cadillac along with shortie covered hoppers, and another long cut of shortie hoppers in the pass at Waldron junction.

We head back south on Tuesday, perhaps we will see something along the way…

Cadillac south to Clare on Mondays days
TC run usually Tuesdays days
night job will work a lot of the customers and get the next SB ready which is on Wednesdays.

[LansingRailFan]

09:20 - Just in time as the Durand Cam was rebooted, GLC SB in Durand with 385/384/386 and 4 ZFS CHs, 19 ZFS tank cars, 1 4-bay CH, 2 coke cars, 6 lpg tank cars, 2 4-bay CHs, 1 scrap load (djjx) from Beacon in TC, 4 4-bay CHs and 1 3-bay CH - 40 cars

[LansingRailFan]

20:16 - GLC 384 386 385 head in south in Durand light power

[AANscaleRunner]

391 393 is the current power in Cadillac.

[LansingRailFan]

08:31 - SB GLC at Durand with 384/386. 1 short white tank car, 6 4-bay CHs, 3 loads from Biewer, 1 boxcar COER 101277, 1 empty pole car and 10 empty scrap tie gondolas

[LansingRailFan]

20:16 - GLC 384 386 385 head in south in Durand light power

They ended up going to AP and picking up a ton of cars from CSX last night:
46 loaded scrap tie gondolas
2 3-bay CHs
2 4-bay CHs
3 LPG tank cars
11 ZFS CHs
2 ZFS tank cars
1 empty centerbeam
5 TSBY CHs
73 total cars, 56x14 approx

[LansingRailFan]

10:43 - GLC 329/399 NB out of Owosso with 20 ZFS CHs, 2 ZFS tank cars, 3 BNSF CHs and 4 leaser CHs (AEX/CEFX/SIRX) headed to Ithaca. - cars were mixed up but I just grouped em together in the post.

[GP30M4216]

Nothing had cleared the rails north of M-113 on either the GR&I main or the TC branch as of 14:00 today. Still pretty even with no train in sight!

[AANscaleRunner]

TC run today. Photo taken in Manton.

[LansingRailFan]

11:30 - 329/382 working CSX interchange at Ann Pere

11:57 - 395/399 WB across US-127 on the Middleton Branch with 3 cars - they have 24 still on the main in Ashley south of M-57 for ZFS - they are picking up 30 cars to take with them back to Ashley - unknown if they are for the north run or they will pick them up on the southbound trek back to Owosso.

[LansingRailFan]

07:16 - 329/382 light power headed out of Owosso presumably to Oakley. 384/386 are there already with that CSX grain train they've been loading.

[GP30M4216]

TC run today. Photo taken in Manton.

Looks like a beautiful day for a chase and nice to see a gondola heading to Beacon in TC. Did you get any other photos?

[LansingRailFan]

07:16 - 329/382 light power headed out of Owosso presumably to Oakley. 384/386 are there already with that CSX grain train they've been loading.

13:00 - SB at Vernon with 382/329/384/386 and the loaded grain train from Oakley

[LansingRailFan]

Did anyone see ONTN

[AANscaleRunner]

TC run today. Photo taken in Manton.

Looks like a beautiful day for a chase and nice to see a gondola heading to Beacon in TC. Did you get any other photos?

Only chased it up to Manton. I posted a short video on youtube. This run usually takes place on Tuesday.

[AARR]

Only chased it up to Manton. I posted a short video on youtube. This run usually takes place on Tuesday.

I haven't watched it yet but I'm wondering if you found a nice snow mountain to video from

[LansingRailFan]

08:15 - GLC SB into Durand and on the Port Huron Wye with 383/382/329 ffr

[AANscaleRunner]

Load of lumber and a Beacon gon on today's northbound out of Owosso as seen on the webcam.

[TC Man]

3 GLC MOW trucks in TC as well as the ballast regulator currently plowing by the airport at 4:25pm, heading to Williamsburg.