CSX Train Location Updates: 12/29/2016

[justin_gram]

Q327 is at 19.1 DD at 00:14 ET. 484 axles, 6815 feet.

[SD80MAC]

D908 met G634? at Fowlerville around 04:30 this morning.

[justin_gram]

P371 with AMTK 24 leading west is at Vine at 08:22 ET. AMTK 64 should be on the trailing end of train.

Sounds like D700 will be going west of the bridge today, likely to Sawyer.

[~Z~]

MMRR Z627 is heading south at West olive north of Highland - 11:15am
Also saw CSX MOW near the wooden trestle in Hamilton at 11:25am.

[Tlout]

Michigan Shore MMRR 2019, 2051 with 10 hoppers, 13 tank cars south at Riley St. Holland about 15 minutes ago.

Heading back north 12:43 PM.

[Tlout]

West Olive empties south at Riley St. Holland 1:53 PM.

[Schteinkuh]

Unfamiliar RN voice this afternoon just gave the slowest and choppiest EC1 to someone, and still got it wrong, and is currently issuing it again. EC1#94292 CH148.1 to WAS Grandville

[Tlout]

Y121 north at Riley St. Holland 3:26 PM.

Heading back south 3:42 PM.

[Tier4GEVO]

NB to EB Light Power Movement through Plymouth, MI at 4:31 PM. Power is GE CW40-8 7658 in YN3 paint and GE CW40-8 7890 in YN2 paint.

[TrainStuff13]

West Olive empties south at Riley St. Holland 1:53 PM.

Passing Benton Harbor at 4:44 PM with a BNSF GEVO leading and a KCS SD70ACE trailing.

[Tier4GEVO]

WB to NB CSX D717-29 cleared Plymouth at 4:45 PM. Really healthy chunk of cars, maybe 50 or 60. Power is CSX GP40-2 6411, CSX Road Slug 2341, and CSX SD40-3 4017!

[Tier4GEVO]

Direct EB CSX D708-29 cleared Plymouth just after D717-29 finished clearing the wye. Power is CSX CW44AC 105 and CSX SD40-3 4291. 1 empty lumber car and 2 tankers.

[BL2-1843]

Direct EB cleared Plymouth just after D717-29 finished clearing the wye. Power is CSX CW44AC 105 and CSX SD40-3 4291. 1 empty lumber car and 2 tankers.

The three car train was D708-29 going to east yard Plymouth. Should be on their way back west soon.

[Tier4GEVO]

WB to SB power movement cleared Plymouth at 5:25 PM. Power is CSX GP38-2 2609 Long Hood Forward and CSX SD50-2 8636.

[Tier4GEVO]

At 5:10 PM, CSX WB to SB K596-29 cleared Plymouth with well over 100 cars of loaded slabs from AK Steel plus gondolas at the end. Power is CSX ES44AH 846 and CSX ES44AH 753.

[Tier4GEVO]

The D708-29 westbound near Hines Park stopped and shut his lights off. Red signal for the diamond. Nothing else in the immediate area.

[GP30M4216]

1725 hrs: D700 departing Waverly Yard in Holland eastbound:

CSXT 2692
10 sand hoppers
13 assorted tanks
12 loaded scrap gons
5 covered hoppers (from Buzzi I think)

Not long after, CSX 2559 departed Waverly Yard lite unit eastbound. It entered the MJ lead in Zeeland and as of 1755 was tying on to a single covered hopper at Vanden Bosch. Zeeland lumber spur is empty.

[Tier4GEVO]

At 6:00 PM, CSX D708-29 flew westbound through Plymouth with around 60-80 cars. CSX SD40-3 4291 leading CSX CW44AC 105.

[Tier4GEVO]

At 6:08 PM, there was a local going NB to EB on the wye at Station 885 in Plymouth, MI. CSX GP40-3 6536 + 5 Norfolk Southern coil cars bound for East Yard.

[Jochs]

1725 hrs: D700 departing Waverly Yard in Holland eastbound:

CSXT 2692
10 sand hoppers
13 assorted tanks
12 loaded scrap gons
5 covered hoppers (from Buzzi I think)

Not long after, CSX 2559 departed Waverly Yard lite unit eastbound. It entered the MJ lead in Zeeland and as of 1755 was tying on to a single covered hopper at Vanden Bosch. Zeeland lumber spur is empty.

If I heard right, they picked some cars up from New Buffalo, probably the sand hoppers since Technisand has been closed for awhile. The scrap gons may have been stored there, too.