CN Train Location Updates - August 2023

[bluewonderrails]

Possible M301 clear mp225 at 18:30. CN duo #3098 + #3957(ex CREX)

[LansingRailFan]

EB Z148 with CN 2899/CN 3311 thru Mishawaka at 19:54

EB Q122 with CN 3169/CN 2814 thru Mishawaka at 22:54

[MuskegonRailfanning]

M394(?) Is inbetween Schoolcraft & Marcellus sitting there with 7 engines in tow to be scrapped, super Long train.

CN #3046 + #3265 - to be scrapped engines —> CN #2168 + #2139 + BCOL #4601 + CN #2034 + #2009 + #2132 + BCOL #4618 & 172(?) Cars.

[LansingRailFan]

Possible M301 clear mp225 at 18:30. CN duo #3098 + #3957(ex CREX)

This was a very late A491. They did not have work for Flint or BC today - straight to Kirk.

[Robertrains]

M394(?) Is inbetween Schoolcraft & Marcellus sitting there with 7 engines in tow to be scrapped, super Long train.

CN #3046 + #3265 - to be scrapped engines —> CN #2168 + #2139 + BCOL #4601 + CN #2034 + #2009 + #2132 + BCOL #4618 & 172(?) Cars.

This is train 394! Very sad for more "Cowls" etc. to head for "Scrap!!!!" How many more can there be? WOW!!!! Word is (Bill Grooms Facebook®) the train has a "Hot wheel!!!!" That's why it is delayed and sitting! Well this train would have passed through MI in the dark tonight! Yet with the hot wheel, this will delay the train! Maybe 394 will be in the Port Huron area tomorrow morning! My friend Roger (with loaned 35mm Canon® S.L.R.) might be able to catch this for me!!!! Next week I will be in PH (August 28/29), but there probably won't be any more "Dead Cowls" etc. to catch! However, in September (with friends Roger and wife Sandy) we'll venture to Welland, ON to find these! Still very sad to witness!!!! ‍‍ ‍ ‍

WB X491 out of BC with CN 2306/CN 2223/GTW 5817 thru Mishawaka, IN. Train had the GTW 86’ boxcars from Yesterday’s E251 that are destined for scrap.

So that is what's happening to these! MAN!!!!

Here’s a picture that my late Dad (RCJ I) took of GTW boxcars in Chesterfield, MI sans Graffiti in 1990 (Canon 35mm S.L.R.):

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=3146767

Those sure did look good back in the day.

17:30 - EB M394 thru Mishawaka, IN with CN 3046/CN 3265/CN 2168/CN 2139/BCOL 4601/CN 2034/CN 2009/CN 2132/BCOL 4618 - the last seven are all headed for scrap in Canada.

Thank You LansingRailan! Those boxcars did look great!!!! I was there with my dad at age 7!

[MuskegonRailfanning]

M394(?) Is inbetween Schoolcraft & Marcellus sitting there with 7 engines in tow to be scrapped, super Long train.

CN #3046 + #3265 - to be scrapped engines —> CN #2168 + #2139 + BCOL #4601 + CN #2034 + #2009 + #2132 + BCOL #4618 & 172(?) Cars.

This is train 394! Very sad for more "Cowls" etc. to head for "Scrap!!!!" How many more can there be? WOW!!!! Word is (Bill Grooms Facebook®) the train has a "Hot wheel!!!!" That's why it is delayed and sitting! Well this train would have passed through MI in the dark tonight! Yet with the hot wheel, this will delay the train! Maybe 394 will be in the Port Huron area tomorrow morning! My friend Roger (with loaned 35mm Canon® S.L.R.) might be able to catch this for me!!!! Next week I will be in PH (August 28/29), but there probably won't be any more "Dead Cowls" etc. to catch! However, in September (with friends Roger and wife Sandy) we'll venture to Welland, ON to find these! Still very sad to witness!!!! ‍‍ ‍ ‍

So that is what's happening to these! MAN!!!!

Here’s a picture that my late Dad (RCJ I) took of GTW boxcars in Chesterfield, MI sans Graffiti in 1990 (Canon 35mm S.L.R.):

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=3146767

Those sure did look good back in the day.

17:30 - EB M394 thru Mishawaka, IN with CN 3046/CN 3265/CN 2168/CN 2139/BCOL 4601/CN 2034/CN 2009/CN 2132/BCOL 4618 - the last seven are all headed for scrap in Canada.

Thank You LansingRailan! Those boxcars did look great!!!! I was there with my dad at age 7!

What kind of hotwheel? I saw a piece of something dragging from a covered hopper if that counts

[Robertrains]

What kind of hotwheel? I saw a piece of something dragging from a covered hopper if that counts

MuskegonRailfanning, it was not reported what kind of "Hot Wheel!" But, the crew "Expired" and it is unknown if they got the wheel fixed or the new crew arrived! Does anyone here know? Well, if 394 moves today, hopefully it comes to Port Huron area in daylight! Poor "Dead Cowls" and other variants!!!! There should be some "Railfans" out and reporting this morning! We knew these sad days would come someday! I just wish these were preserved! MAN!!!!
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[LansingRailFan]

What kind of hotwheel? I saw a piece of something dragging from a covered hopper if that counts

MuskegonRailfanning, it was not reported what kind of "Hot Wheel!" But, the crew "Expired" and it is unknown if they got the wheel fixed or the new crew arrived! Does anyone here know? Well, if 394 moves today, hopefully it comes to Port Huron area in daylight! Poor "Dead Cowls" and other variants!!!! There should be some "Railfans" out and reporting this morning! We knew these sad days would come someday! I just wish these were preserved! MAN!!!!
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The guy that owns the new Rock Island bought two of the -8 standard cabs.

[Robertrains]

What kind of hotwheel? I saw a piece of something dragging from a covered hopper if that counts

MuskegonRailfanning, it was not reported what kind of "Hot Wheel!" But, the crew "Expired" and it is unknown if they got the wheel fixed or the new crew arrived! Does anyone here know? Well, if 394 moves today, hopefully it comes to Port Huron area in daylight! Poor "Dead Cowls" and other variants!!!! There should be some "Railfans" out and reporting this morning! We knew these sad days would come someday! I just wish these were preserved! MAN!!!!
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The guy that owns the new Rock Island bought two of the -8 standard cabs.

I am aware of those two C40-8s! Now, if just some museums would get CN/BCOL "Cowls!!!!" I know funding and other factors play into preservation! OK, where is train 394 from last night? I (or Roger photographing for me) don't want to miss this train!!!! Could it have gone early in the morning with no "Railfan" witnesses? MAN!!!! The consist is as MuskegonRailfanning mentioned: "CN #3046 + #3265 - to be scrapped engines —> CN #2168 + #2139 + BCOL #4601 + CN #2034 + #2009 + #2132 + BCOL #4618"

[Delray]

251 by the Fort St cam at 11:31

CN 3817
CN 3910
CN 5641

[MuskegonRailfanning]

MuskegonRailfanning, it was not reported what kind of "Hot Wheel!" But, the crew "Expired" and it is unknown if they got the wheel fixed or the new crew arrived! Does anyone here know? Well, if 394 moves today, hopefully it comes to Port Huron area in daylight! Poor "Dead Cowls" and other variants!!!! There should be some "Railfans" out and reporting this morning! We knew these sad days would come someday! I just wish these were preserved! MAN!!!!
‍‍ ‍ ‍

The guy that owns the new Rock Island bought two of the -8 standard cabs.

I am aware of those two C40-8s! Now, if just some museums would get CN/BCOL "Cowls!!!!" I know funding and other factors play into preservation! OK, where is train 394 from last night? I (or Roger photographing for me) don't want to miss this train!!!! Could it have gone early in the morning with no "Railfan" witnesses? MAN!!!! The consist is as MuskegonRailfanning mentioned: "CN #3046 + #3265 - to be scrapped engines —> CN #2168 + #2139 + BCOL #4601 + CN #2034 + #2009 + #2132 + BCOL #4618"

Per my friend that lives in Canada all of the units in tow are already there.

[Robertrains]

The guy that owns the new Rock Island bought two of the -8 standard cabs.

I am aware of those two C40-8s! Now, if just some museums would get CN/BCOL "Cowls!!!!" I know funding and other factors play into preservation! OK, where is train 394 from last night? I (or Roger photographing for me) don't want to miss this train!!!! Could it have gone early in the morning with no "Railfan" witnesses? MAN!!!! The consist is as MuskegonRailfanning mentioned: "CN #3046 + #3265 - to be scrapped engines —> CN #2168 + #2139 + BCOL #4601 + CN #2034 + #2009 + #2132 + BCOL #4618"

Per my friend that lives in Canada all of the units in tow are already there.

Well shucks! They must have gone through in the wee hours! Wonder if more "Dead Cowls" etc. will keep coming through! There is a limited amount and the end is near!!!!
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[LansingRailFan]

MuskegonRailfanning, it was not reported what kind of "Hot Wheel!" But, the crew "Expired" and it is unknown if they got the wheel fixed or the new crew arrived! Does anyone here know? Well, if 394 moves today, hopefully it comes to Port Huron area in daylight! Poor "Dead Cowls" and other variants!!!! There should be some "Railfans" out and reporting this morning! We knew these sad days would come someday! I just wish these were preserved! MAN!!!!
‍‍ ‍ ‍

The guy that owns the new Rock Island bought two of the -8 standard cabs.

I am aware of those two C40-8s! Now, if just some museums would get CN/BCOL "Cowls!!!!" I know funding and other factors play into preservation! OK, where is train 394 from last night? I (or Roger photographing for me) don't want to miss this train!!!! Could it have gone early in the morning with no "Railfan" witnesses? MAN!!!! The consist is as MuskegonRailfanning mentioned: "CN #3046 + #3265 - to be scrapped engines —> CN #2168 + #2139 + BCOL #4601 + CN #2034 + #2009 + #2132 + BCOL #4618"

It's in Toronto. It was EB out of Maundamin, ON at 07:56 AM. Thru Durand around 02:30 this morning.

[bluewonderrails]

CN #5761 (L542) lhf appeared on mp205 cam at 16:01:54 westward. 80 cars total. 77 auto racks, 3 center beams. The center beams all after the 31st auto. The engine came lite eastward around 13:45

[LansingRailFan]

19:32 - EB M302-19 with CN 3247/CN 3104/CN 2818/CN 3964 thru Mishawaka, IN

20:12 - EB M302-20 with CN 3236/CN 2950 and mid-DPU CN 2824 thru Mishawaka, IN

[LansingRailFan]

Yesterday's funeral train
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ogDP2eVEvFA&feature=share

[LansingRailFan]

Trains I saw on the Durand cam while I was working on spreadsheets all day:

08:47 - EB M396 with CN 8951/CN 8910/CN 3824 on M1

11:08 - EB Q116 takes the Chicago Wye with CN 8896/CN 8835

12:35 - WB A491 with CN 3290/CN 3145 on M2

13:17 - WB Z149 with CN 2316/CN 2287 on M2

13:30 - EB A492 with CN 3014/CN 3873 on M1

15:10 - WB M301 with CN 3859/CN 3230 on M2

15:27 - NB E251 takes the Chicago Wye in Durand and goes west

19:00 - EB M394 with CN 3075/CN 3116 and mid-DPU CN 2763 on M1 as L507 was taking the High Wye onto the Flint sub

Dispatches from Canada
WB E271 with CN 2281/CN 2266 departed Coteau, QC at 08:19

WB B731 with CN 3259/CN 2762 departed Garry, ON at 08:55

EB B730 with CN 3069 (WC HU)/CN 3021/mid DPU CN 2812/rear DPU CN 3015 (veterans HU) at 08:20 am at MP 27 of the Bala Sub, ON. This is the loaded counterpart to the WB B731s we get on the Flint/South Bend subs v

[LansingRailFan]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a4hxd35t4 ... e=youtu.be

Homer Simpson autorack was on A491 today

[Delray]

251 by the Fort St cam at 10:47

CN 8896
CN 8835

[LansingRailFan]

07:26 - WB Z149 with CN 8870/CN 2661 thru Charlotte

07:53 - EB Q122 with CN 8814/CN 5610 thru Charlotte. They’ll work Flint.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rAuwbS2ki ... e=youtu.be

09:20 - WB P365 thru Charlotte

09:33 - WB M301 with CN 3081/CN 8100 thru Charlotte. Interesting train with some new cars from NSC today:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D89ErFSU5 ... tid=Zxz2cZ

10:19 - EB Q116 with CN 2312 solo thru Potterville:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=N9cORepjC ... e=youtu.be