CSX Updates 3-6-17

[Saturnalia]

5:52: Q326 clear Coloma. P371 airtesting at GRR.

[Saturnalia]

08:46: P371 met Q326 at Wells, freight in the siding. 8579 leads Q326 with a UP ACe trailing. 85 cars or so, 5300' of train. Loads called out of Chicago around 3 but doesn't sound like they're on the GRS yet. BNSF and Citirail GEVOs idling at West Olive, no crew. D700 is going long today, they met Q326 at Hudsonville. MS Z627 also in the picture later on.

[CantBeShook.WeHot]

Amtrak p37106 at new buffalo, q32606 at Grandville.
d70006 went west of Hudsonville at 8:37am.
d70706 and d70806 should run this afternoon.
n80005 by Curtis IN at 8:50am. d80304 should run early afternoon.
n80106, e80006 in system.
e80005 arrived Chicago 6am, e80104 annulled
q32706 should run tonight.

[Saturnalia]

10:45: D700 west at Bangor. 2659 with 5 coils for Arlington.
10:51: D700 at DD66.2: no defects, 24 axles, 306 feet.

Guessing D700 and N800 will meet on the Benton Harbor double track...but I can't hear N800 on the feed yet. They were reported to be around Michigan City about an hour ago. RN said they're going into the hole at Wells, but it also sounded like they planned helpers, so their future today is up in the air, at least for me!

[CantBeShook.WeHot]

D90604 died around Grand ledge yesterday morning. d90606 should get the train moving west around 12-1pm.

[Saturnalia]

11:56: N800 is at Gross, helpers are called and should be heading down shortly.

[BNSD402]

Caught Q326 eastbound in Hudsonville this morning. About halfway through, I noticed a "rider", hanging onto the grab bars between cars. I decided to follow, and he was moving back and forth from the left to the right side of the car at speed. He ended up jumping off at 28th. Had a Chicago Bears backpack......that's long trip hanging onto grab bars!!

[Tlout]

Michigan Shore MMRR 2057, 2019 with 7 hoppers south at Riley St. Holland 1:16 PM.

Heading back north with 9 hoppers, 11 tank cars, 1 boxcar 3:57 PM.

[SD80MAC]

D906 westbound nearing Brighton. 197 cars if I heard correctly.

[~Z~]

As of 2:15pm, hearing GDLK Z739 departing wyoming yard in GR to go back to Hughart. D707 west nearing Lake Odessa, Y106 has a few more moves at Fox and will go west, and N800 just west of Holland at MP28.

[~Z~]

Y106 West by Seymour with one boxcar 7 tank cars and three covered hoppers. 2:55pm

[BL2-1843]

D906 westbound nearing Brighton. 197 cars if I heard correctly.

Correct on the 197 cars. CSX 7868+4552 on the head end. Approaching Williamston at 15:10.

Last I knew, Fridays D708/D908 still sits dead in the Fowlerville pass without any power on it for the last two and a half days with 38 cars that has yet to make it east of there.. Now, the RN just informed a welder at Howell she doesn't have anybody else in the picture because todays D708 is turning a Fowlerville. No Ann Pere work done since last Thursday, no Thai Summit work since Feb 22nd, and they are turning at Fowlerville?

[~Z~]

D70726 west near Snow Rd east side of Grand Rapids, CSXT 8023 leading.

[SD80MAC]

D70726 west near Snow Rd east side of Grand Rapids, CSXT 8023 leading.

8023 with 8145 trailing, 73 cars. At Seymour now.

[SD80MAC]

D906 west at Mulliken, 800 axles 11,000+ feet.

[Tlout]

CSX 2692 pushing caboose, boxcar north at Riley St. Holland 4:40 PM.

Heading back with 2 boxcars 4:55 PM.

[SW]

NB local turning east at Plymouth. No scanner with me. CSX 2477 + 19 steel coil cars, 2 boxes, and 1 empty centerbeam.

[justin_gram]

Amtrak P370-06 departed St. Joseph eastbound at 21:15 ET, on-time.