MI Shortlines Updates Feb. 2017

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JAIL getting ready to head east over CSX from Ensel back to home rails at MA as Z646, ADBF 1760 solo. 10:38.
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GRE --- WB Leonard at 12:16 with 14 CHs.
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GRE --- EB Leonard at 11:02 lite.
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GRE --- WB Leonard at 1:20 with 9 CHs.
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GDLK303 south out of GR at 1704. WAMX 4190 & 4209 with 59 cars.

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GRE Ann St. (Fuller Yard) has 3 tracks full of mostly King hoppers (looks like around 40). Lowell is mostly empty, so likely one or two EB's with loads tomorrow. If no trains to Lowell, not sure where they would put any more cars at Fuller?

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EB GRE over the Grand River around 10:30-11:00am. 25 cars including one Amway tank at the end. Still 15 or so along Ann Street at noon, all gone at some point this afternoon. Too cold to check King Milling, but I am sure it is loaded with hoppers.

Also saw Grand Elk EB w/ 2 box cars going under US-131 near Plainwell around 2:00pm.

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went looking for a train this eveing around saginaw the scanner was quiet so i took a drive gavilon is loading a csx grain train and the guy drivin the front loader is realy good he moves 5 cars at a time by himself they also have a trackmobile also there is a long line of cov hoppers over by the zillwakee boat launch ialso spoted a 8 axel depressed flat car at the wabash plant next to lsrc sag yard
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The Switcher at Joe Brown in Grand Rapids is active. Crazy bright LED's on this thing, wow.
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GRE --- EB Leonard at 9:56 with 9 CHs for King.
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Patriot wrote:GRE --- EB Leonard at 9:56 with 9 CHs for King.
In Lowell, south of the river, at 10:45am.

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GRE --- WB Leonard at 1:50 with 6 CHs from King.
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The Marquette is in Newaygo picking up a grain train from MAC. Three SD40-2. 2:30PM.

3:10 they headed south with part of the grain train and what they had with them already.

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PatAzo wrote:The Marquette is in Newaygo picking up a grain train from MAC. Three SD40-2. 2:30PM.

3:10 they headed south with part of the grain train and what they had with them already.
Sounded like they had a 90-car train inbound for them the other day when Newaygo can only hold 65. I bet they are holding the remainder in the pass at Grant...if I were a betting man.
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Saturnalia wrote:
PatAzo wrote:The Marquette is in Newaygo picking up a grain train from MAC. Three SD40-2. 2:30PM.

3:10 they headed south with part of the grain train and what they had with them already.
Sounded like they had a 90-car train inbound for them the other day when Newaygo can only hold 65. I bet they are holding the remainder in the pass at Grant...if I were a betting man.
They dropped another two tracks of empties, stuffed the siding in Grant full and headed south.

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Sounds like GRE eastbound at Ada 10:45.
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As of 9.30 am it appears the Detroit Connecting RR is not running today.

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MQT grain train south at 7 Mile road 12:42.
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GRE west at Fuller with 19 cars.
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Grand Elk north at 36th with 4189, 4209 and 4125 with about 40 cars.
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