Michigan Shortlines - Nov 2016

[Patriot]

GRE --- EB Leonard at 11:48 with 9 CHs and 3 tanks.

[Raildudes dad]

I was doing some investigation for trail improvements today. Lowell to Greenville and Lowell to Saranac. Went thru Lowell twice. Lots of cars at King. Storage cars from M-21 up to Foreman St. Michigan Wire property at the tracks is now owned by King Milling and Pitsch has all the buildings down and gone. A Google search looks like Michigan Wire has closed the doors. They had a facility on M-21 but it raining pretty hard so I neglected to look and see if it was closed.

[~Z~]

Sounded like grand elk north across 44th st in grand rapids at 3:05pm.

[SD80MAC]

GRE eastbound at Ada 10:55.

[~Z~]

Grand Elk at 36th St in Grand Rapids. Sounds southbound. 9:43am. Heard while walking home from polling place.

[Patriot]

GRE --- was EB at Leonard at around 1:00 with 11 CHs.

[Tankcar123]

GDLK northbound in Wayland, WAMX 4189 and WAMX 4125.

[tsinoms]

GDLK northbound in Wayland, WAMX 4189 and WAMX 4125.

NB at 68th now. Can hear them from home.

[~Z~]

Sounds like Grand elka's South at 36th Street in Grand Rapids

[Patriot]

GRE --- EB Leonard at 12:08 with 8 CHs and 1 tank.

[Patriot]

GRE --- WB Leonard at 4:25 with 21 CHs and 1 tank.

[Tankcar123]

Gdlk on its way north through Wayland. 4189 and 4124 w/25 cars today

[~Z~]

Gdlk on its way north through Wayland. 4189 and 4124 w/25 cars today

North at 36th St in Grand Rapids at 5pm.

[Patriot]

GRE --- EB Leonard at 9:15 with 15 CHs.

[SD80MAC]

GRE leaving Lowell with 8 cars.

[Tankcar123]

GDLK southbound at 1240 through Wayland. 4124 and 4189 w/90 cars.

[strugglin]

Huron & Eastern 3390 & 2668 just brought an empty coal train down to Durand at 9:15am, they are working in the yard now, my guess is they leave with a loaded coal train, can't remember the last time I saw them in Durand on a weekend.

[AARR]

Besides the coal trains I thought HESR runs a train down from Bay City into Durand on Saturday and then goes back to Bay City/Midland on Sunday. Did they stop that practice?

Huron & Eastern 3390 & 2668 just brought an empty coal train down to Durand at 9:15am, they are working in the yard now, my guess is they leave with a loaded coal train, can't remember the last time I saw them in Durand on a weekend.

[SD70ACe Fan]

Besides the coal trains I thought HESR runs a train down from Bay City into Durand on Saturday and then goes back to Bay City/Midland on Sunday. Did they stop that practice?

Huron & Eastern 3390 & 2668 just brought an empty coal train down to Durand at 9:15am, they are working in the yard now, my guess is they leave with a loaded coal train, can't remember the last time I saw them in Durand on a weekend.

For this coal train, it has me and maybe some of you guys wondering if there'll be a BNSF power move on CN to Durand and head back west toward Lansing on CN as train C765 to Cicero.

[SD80MAC]

HESR has not regularly run a freight to Durand on Saturdays in a few years now IIRC.