CN Updates March 2017

Daily whereabouts of train locations along with sightings for heads ups to other railfans.
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3 CN locos north on the Clem approaching Nolan. Unsure on power as I was too far away to read the numbers.

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451 by Beaubien. 3 CNs.

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Train 950 SB past MP 22.5 around 9:30 am with 4901.

Train 515 SB past MP 22.5 at 11:14 with 4912.

Train 451 NB past MP 22.5 at 12:06 pm with 2682 leading 5481 and GP9r 4626.

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515 GTW 4912 just turned the sugar house from the Holly north on the Clem with 22 cars

950 GTW 4901 also turned the sugar house from the Holly south on main 1 before holding and reversing north onto the Clem for work in the North Yard with 3 cars.

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Train 515 returning to Pontiac NB past MP 22.5 at 5:20 pm.

SB going by MP 22.5 Holly with two CN units. May be a Train 280 as, except for some mixed traffic on the head end, it was all autoracks. Shorter train.

NB Train 391 rolling past MP 22.5 with two CN units at 7:58 pm.

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2146 east with a short stack train by East Lansing at 20:06. I assume train 116, but no general freight.

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Dan Cluley wrote:2146 east with a short stack train by East Lansing at 20:06. I assume train 116, but no general freight.

Yes that was 116 They cleared the detector MP 34.2 southbound at 9:25 PM.

Forgot to add:

94 axels at the detector.
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391 is good to depart Pontiac northbound at 9:32 PM CN 2658 leading.

391 cleared the detector MP 34.2, northbound at 9:52 PM 120 axels.
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Train 950 with 4901 SB past MP 22.5 at 10:05 am with two tank cars.

And right behind 950 is 515 with 4912 SB past MP 22.5 at 10:30 in front of Amtrak.

Heard what I presume was 451 going through downtown Pontiac at 12:10 pm.

Train 950 returned to Pontiac past MP 22.5 at 2:15 pm.
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451 cleared the detector MP 34.2 northbound, at 2:18 PM, 244 axels.

CN 2283 leading.
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Train 515 with 4912 NB past MP 22.5 and a dozen or so cars heading back to Pontiac at 5:32 pm.

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I photographed southbound train 385 in Fraser, 5:32 p.m. It had CN ET44AC #3023 and ES44AC #2903, 123 cars!!!!
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383, CN 3017, is headed towards Milwaukee Jct. from Nolan on the east track.

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383 is south on the Clem passing thru the Milwaukee Junction. I didn't see the power but did catch DPU CN 2804 in the middle of this long mixed freight train.

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MtClemensRailFan wrote:383, CN 3017, is headed towards Milwaukee Jct. from Nolan on the east track.

383 CN 3017 is south on the Clem passing thru the Milwaukee Junction with DPU CN 2804.

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Train 451 passing MP 22.5 at 10:52 with 5735 and 2581.

Train 515 with 4912 SB past MP 22.5 at 11:30 am.
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There was a SB at Avery with a single engine around 10am. Might be a 280 with a CN engine.

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Another SB just went past MP 22.5. Didn't catch the locomotive(s) but it was very short. Almost looked like a third local train this morning.

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GTW 4901 is currently working at Moterm

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533, IC 2711, & 515, GTW 4912, are somewhere around Nolan. Rule 529B at 9 mile rd.

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