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Manistique wrote:What I presume was 371 on its new, late schedule went past MP 22.5 at 4:30 am with a train of all mixed freight including empty sand cars

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Manistique wrote:And a SB mostly autorack train just went by, following Amtrak down the Hill.

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Heard the Desk 8 dispatcher call the train that is sitting on main one between Johnson Ave and W. Pontiac a 382....sure wish CN would move it as it seems the old saying that all the trains show up at the same place at the same time is very true and causing some congestion around the Pontiac area

nichoff81 wrote:Eb auto rack with 2BNSF (orange) mm 205 at 0735

Working cory at 0825

Amtrak 353 was about a 40 minutes late leaving Pontiac this morning. It had a few extra cars too.

CN Q112 by 205 11:18am CN 3207 + 1 mid DPU. Meeting a WB at Mill

Train at Potterville with BNSF power having major PTC issues. Crew confirmed the breaker was flipped off per radio

2x BNSF c44-9w's light power WB passed 205 11:34am

4525 is the leader

WB freight train passed 205 at noon. CN GE + CN sd75

123 cars 504 axles per DD

CN Budd Car NB past MP 22.5 at 12 noon.

Northbound sitting south of Pontiac with lights off. 2nd unit is red white blue . 1st unit from front looked like SD40-2W.

EB passed 205 2:35pm

2x CN sd60s + what looked like GTW GP9r

wb passed 205 4:02pm

212 axles

cn sd70m-2 + cn sd75i

O998 wb passed 205 4:20pm

wb passed 205 4:45pm

Intermodal 2x CN GE's Mid DPU sd70m-2

446 axles

The parked trains on the Holly south of Pontiac in Bloomfield Hills was the subject of the lead news item on WDIV 6 pm news out of Detroit just now. Saw a helicopter circling around here earlier today and they had some arial shots on the news. Neighbors are complaining as the locomotives are idling. It said the trains have been there a week now, since last Wednesday. My guess is that they are all trains bound for Canada off the Mount Clemens route until the strike is over.

Manistique wrote:Neighbors are complaining as the locomotives are idling.

Do they complain when I toot the horn at you when I go by the homestead?? If not, I'll try harder

Manistique wrote:The parked trains on the Holly south of Pontiac in Bloomfield Hills was the subject of the lead news item on WDIV 6 pm news out of Detroit just now. Saw a helicopter circling around here earlier today and they had some arial shots on the news. Neighbors are complaining as the locomotives are idling. It said the trains have been there a week now, since last Wednesday. My guess is that they are all trains bound for Canada off the Mount Clemens route until the strike is over.

That sounds about right. There have been no north/eastbound manifests on the MTC sub that I've seen since the strike began, and only 2 south/westbound trains - aside from L533. Crews are at a premium at the border I guess and are reserved for highest priority runs - read mostly intermodal. Not sure why they are not stashing some of those parked trains in what is left of East yard, or up in New Haven - or maybe they are ?

Man o' War

Buster Manning wrote:

Manistique wrote:Neighbors are complaining as the locomotives are idling.

Do they complain when I toot the horn at you when I go by the homestead?? If not, I'll try harder

They all hate you. But I enjoy it!

Train 514 is NB passing MP 22.5 at 7:25 pm with only one locomotive tonight.

Wb stack train with 2CN leading and 1CN middle DPU mm 205 at 1956

L533 finished working FCA and Carter Lumber in Mount Clemens - heading back to PH with several empties. GTW 4912.

Man o' War

Eb mixed freight with 3CN mm 205 at 2032