Great Lakes Central Updates February 2017

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Pixl wrote:
AANscaleRunner wrote:Took a look at Selma yard this morning, here's what came in yesterday: 4 coke hoppers, 3 wood chip hoppers, 1 full centerbeam, 9 tie loads, 13 tanks and the tarped hopper.
I wonder what happened to the 2nd loaded centerbeam that csx801 reported seeing on Friday North thru Mt. Pleasant?
I went threw Clare yesterday and it looked like one or two loaded centerbeams in Letherer Truss, im guessing that's probably where it went.

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Northbound through Howell with 398 on point. 5 engines total. Not much in number of cars but looked mostly like grain hoppers.

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Maybe they took a loaded grain train to Osmer and are returning with the interchange cars
firemedic54 wrote:Northbound through Howell with 398 on point. 5 engines total. Not much in number of cars but looked mostly like grain hoppers.
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Went though Marion Friday and those 2 box car's are still there empty,was inbound materials for the Dairy Doo people. They have the warehouse next to the tracks,product was going from boxcar to the warehouse.

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Moved from Selma Yard to North Yard in Cadillac at 0845.

Unless they are hiding somewhere in town, looks like they headed north today.

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AANscaleRunner wrote:Moved from Selma Yard to North Yard in Cadillac at 0845.

Unless they are hiding somewhere in town, looks like they headed north today.
Guessing TC today- GLC pickup/hi-rail was at the depot this morning (not on the rail- in the lot).
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GLC is headed to Bates/Williamsburg (should be there by now or shortly). One center beam load.
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Great Lakes Central north through Mount Pleasant 11:36am

GLC 398
GLC 396

3 plastics hoppers
1 BNSF high cube box
1 coke
2 tanks
13 tie loads
3 feed hoppers
3 empty wood chip hoppers
1 plastics hopper
1 feed hopper

28 total

Edit: The southbound snuck by me while I was away somewhere between 2:00 and 2:40pm.

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395 and 399 left Cadillac for Clare at 1030 with 4 coke empties, 9 tie loads, 3 wood chips and 8 tanks.

399 and 395 returned at 1450 with 1 covered hopper, 1 boxcar, 1 coke hopper, 13 tie loads, 3 covered hoppers, 3 wood chip hoppers and 2 covered hoppers.

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Great lakes Central headed north through Mount Pleasant at 10:42am

GLC 398
GLC 396

3 plastics hoppers
1 coke hopper
1 plastics hopper
1 empty chip hopper
1 pole load
1 LPG tank
6 tie loads
2 LPG tanks

16 total

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Great Lakes Central South through Mount Pleasant 1:02pm

GLC 396
GLC 398

2 plastics hoppers
2 MOCX 3 bay hoppers
2 plastics hoppers
2 wood chip loads
7 empty tie gons
4 coke empties
8 LPG tanks

27 total

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395 and 399 left Cadillac for Clare at 1055 with 1 boxcar, 1 covered hopper, 4 tie loads, 3 wood chip hoppers and 5 tanks.

Heard them return at 1540.

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Northbound out of Cadillac at 0900.

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Box car was delivered to Marion yesterday at about 1230.

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393 with about 10 cars headed north from Howell.

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16 February 2017:

At Kalkaska, 399-395 picked up 10 tank cars and headed south. 18 cars total.

In Kalkaska, 10 tank cars on siding.
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Tank cars added to their train, 399-395 leave Kalkaska southbound.
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Always good to see photos from you KC!

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Great Lakes Central North through Mount Pleasant around noon. I decided to head them off north of town and follow for a bit.

North through Rosebush 12:24
at Clare 12:45

GLC 393 leading
GLC 396

2 MOCX hoppers
6 GATX liquid fertilizer tanks from Ashley
4 plastics hoppers
1 misc hopper
1 MOCX hopper
1 empty chip hopper
8 tie loads
5 LPG tanks
1 Southern Pacific boxcar

29 total

No cadillac crew today. The Owosso crew set out plastics hoppers for Clare, picked up the cut from Cadillac and assembled their southbound. They departed south, clear to Owosso at 1:22pm

GLC 396 Leading
GLC 393

1 feed Hopper
2 wood chip loads
6 GATX liquid fertilizer tanks from Ashley
2 MOCX hoppers
5 tie empties
5 LPG tanks

21 total for Owosso

South Through Mount Pleasant 1:55pm

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Left Cadillac at 1220 towards Clare. They spent most of the morning switching in town.

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Returned to Cadillac at 1720 with 1 wood chip hopper, 8 tie loads, 5 tanks and 1 boxcar.

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