Great Lakes Central Updates October 2016

[AANscaleRunner]

Heard them leave Cadillac for Clare at 0845.

398 and 396 returned at 1520 with 1 tie gon, 1 coke hopper, 1 covered hopper and 2 tanks.

Color train ran out of Petoskey on Saturday. Heard them bring it back into town around 1315 Sunday.

[SD70ACe Fan]

Heard them leave Cadillac for Clare at 0845.

398 and 396 returned at 1520 with 1 tie gon, 1 coke hopper, 1 covered hopper and 2 tanks.

Color train ran out of Petoskey on Saturday. Heard them bring it back into town around 1315 Sunday.

Any sign of GLC GP35 #393 "10th Anniversary"??? I've been wanting to see it for a LONG time. I did see it while it was in the process of painting, but not out on the open tracks. I hope to see it soon.

[AANscaleRunner]

No sign of 393 in the north land. I'm hoping it pulls the color train from Mt Pleasant to here. We've been patiently waiting.

[NS3322]

I caught #398 and #396 moving the SRI's fall color tour train south near Elmira on Sunday October 02.
Was this train headed to Cadillac?

[AANscaleRunner]

396 and 398 left Cadillac for Clare at 0900 with 10 tie loads.

392 and 390 returned at 1525 with 4 coke hoppers, 2 tanks, 6 tie gons and 6 tanks.

SRI color train consist is in North Yard. Color Train runs from Cadillac to Mancelona this coming Saturday.

[AARR]

That's a nice looking consist of passenger cars

I caught #398 and #396 moving the SRI's fall color tour train south near Elmira on Sunday October 02.
Was this train headed to Cadillac?

[James Sofonia]

I wonder why they would have two cabooses on that consist?

[AARR]

Either they're privately owned or SRI sells tickets to ride in them like the passenger cars. Either way it's for additional revenue.

I wonder why they would have two cabooses on that consist?

[AANscaleRunner]

Northbound out of Cadillac about 0945.
Returned at 1430.

[AANscaleRunner]

Either they're privately owned or SRI sells tickets to ride in them like the passenger cars. Either way it's for additional revenue.

I wonder why they would have two cabooses on that consist?

$109.00 to ride in the caboose on the color train from Cadillac to Mancelona and back. A bit out of my price range, but it would be cool.

[AARR]

AANR - Can you guesstimate how many coke cars per week are unloaded? A satellite picture showed almost 20 loaded cars in Selma Yard but based on your daily reports it doesn't seem they unload that many in a week.

[AANscaleRunner]

390 and 392 leaving Cadillac for Clare at 0935 with 7 tie loads.

392 and 390 return at 1540 with 2 coke hoppers, 3 tie hoppers, 1 feed covered hopper, 1 pole load, 1 covered hopper and 6 tanks.

[AANscaleRunner]

AANR - Can you guesstimate how many coke cars per week are unloaded? A satellite picture showed almost 20 loaded cars in Selma Yard but based on your daily reports it doesn't seem they unload that many in a week.

I would roughly guess around 10 unloaded based solely on what I see leaving town. There's always a string waiting to be unloaded. Never see them unloading, can hear it sometimes.

[csx801]

GLC 396, GLC 399 north through mount pleasant 11:12am with 7 hoppers

[AARR]

Thanks! That was my guesstimate too

AANR - Can you guesstimate how many coke cars per week are unloaded? A satellite picture showed almost 20 loaded cars in Selma Yard but based on your daily reports it doesn't seem they unload that many in a week.

I would roughly guess around 10 unloaded based solely on what I see leaving town. There's always a string waiting to be unloaded. Never see them unloading, can hear it sometimes.

[AANscaleRunner]

390 and 392 left Cadillac for Clare at 0900 with 2 covered hoppers, 1 pole load, 3 tie loads and 22 or 23 tanks.

392 and 390 returned at 1510 with 16 MAC hoppers and 2 feed hoppers.

Figured it was about time those TSBY 3 bays started to show up.

[AARR]

It must be an interesting operation loading from the MAC transload shed seeing that there's no storage silo's. I'm guessing they must dump from the truck into a conveyor directly into the rail car.

392 and 390 returned at 1510 with 16 MAC hoppers and 2 feed hoppers.

Figured it was about time those TSBY 3 bays started to show up.

[James Sofonia]

It must be an interesting operation loading from the MAC transload shed seeing that there's no storage silo's. I'm guessing they must dump from the truck into a conveyor directly into the rail car.

I visited Cadillac about a year ago and saw what looked like a transload conveyor in the Selma yard. Wasn't much to it, an open frame equiptment with no shed. Maybe someone from Cadillac can elaborate.

[AANscaleRunner]

Color tour to Mancelona leaving Cadillac at 1005

[AARR]

The conveyor in Selma Yard is used to transload coke from hoppers into trucks. Originally when it started in the 1990's it was an open pit under a few ties onto the conveyor. The pit may be more sophisticated by now.

I visited Cadillac about a year ago and saw what looked like a transload conveyor in the Selma yard. Wasn't much to it, an open frame equiptment with no shed. Maybe someone from Cadillac can elaborate.