Great Lakes Central Updates June 2017
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- Railroadfan...fan
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Re: Great Lakes Central Updates June 2017
399 and 398 left Cadillac for Clare at 0945 with 1 passenger car, 3 covered hoppers, 17 cement hoppers, 3 covered hoppers and 2 tanks.
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Great Lakes Central working hard, headed back south through Mount Pleasant at 15:10.
GLC 396 Leading
GLC 393
4 tank cars
1 NS gon from Beacon
1 pullman coach
2 plastics hoppers
2 wood chip loads
1 Empty Centerbeam
2 LPG tanks
2 feed hoppers
4 wood chip loads
7 plastics hoppers
17 cement hoppers
3 plastics
2 tanks
1 NS top gon
1 empty pole flat
50 total
GLC 396 Leading
GLC 393
4 tank cars
1 NS gon from Beacon
1 pullman coach
2 plastics hoppers
2 wood chip loads
1 Empty Centerbeam
2 LPG tanks
2 feed hoppers
4 wood chip loads
7 plastics hoppers
17 cement hoppers
3 plastics
2 tanks
1 NS top gon
1 empty pole flat
50 total
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates June 2017
csx801, I like this format of yours the best
csx801 wrote:Great Lakes Central working hard, headed back south through Mount Pleasant at 15:10.
GLC 396 Leading
GLC 393
4 tank cars
1 NS gon from Beacon
1 pullman coach
2 plastics hoppers
2 wood chip loads
1 Empty Centerbeam
2 LPG tanks
2 feed hoppers
4 wood chip loads
7 plastics hoppers
17 cement hoppers
3 plastics
2 tanks
1 NS top gon
1 empty pole flat
50 total
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- Railroadfan...fan
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Re: Great Lakes Central Updates June 2017
398 and 399 return to Cadillac at 1750 with 1 coke hopper, 1 loaded centerbeam, 2 wood chip hoppers, 4 cement hoppers, 3 tie loads, 1 cement hopper, 2 tie loads, 2 covered hoppers, 1 pole load, 4 tie loads and 2 feed covered hoppers.
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- Railroadfan...fan
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Re: Great Lakes Central Updates June 2017
Thanks for the information!csx801 wrote:4 bay centerflows go to Petoskey (plastics). They usually run up there once a week. North of Cadillac, there are 5 customers I can think of. In TC they have Beacon, and Amerhart (Williamsburg). They have Petoskey plastics in Petoskey, Buzzi Unicem in Elmira, and one other customer that I believe loads butane near Kalkaska.MiRailProductions wrote:
Is Petoskey where the first few 4 bay centerflow hoppers are going? I knew that the 2 bays went to Elmira, but I've questioned for a while where those 4 bays go. I know this is somewhat of a noob question, but I don't know the northern division all too well.
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Thanks for your information as wellAARR wrote:They also unload methanol in Kalkaska, East Jordan Plastics receives a carload or two of plastic per month from the team track in Mancelona, and every once in a great while logs will be shipped from Manton.
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Re: Great Lakes Central Updates June 2017
Wow. With that amount of cars, they should've brought a third loco up so that the '35 and the '38-2 didn't have to work so hard!csx801 wrote:Great Lakes Central working hard, headed back south through Mount Pleasant at 15:10.
GLC 396 Leading
GLC 393
4 tank cars
1 NS gon from Beacon
1 pullman coach
2 plastics hoppers
2 wood chip loads
1 Empty Centerbeam
2 LPG tanks
2 feed hoppers
4 wood chip loads
7 plastics hoppers
17 cement hoppers
3 plastics
2 tanks
1 NS top gon
1 empty pole flat
50 total
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Thanks! I always try to get as much detail as possible!AARR wrote:csx801, I like this format of yours the best
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Great Lakes Central north through Mount Pleasant 11:34
GLC 393
GLC 396
5 tanks
1 lumber load
1 coke load
1 gon
8 tanks
16 total
GLC 393
GLC 396
5 tanks
1 lumber load
1 coke load
1 gon
8 tanks
16 total
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- James Sofonia
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Re: Great Lakes Central Updates June 2017
Looks like there could be a lumber run to TC soon. I'll be at the TC train station to watch the action if the Cadillac boys gives a heads up.csx801 wrote:
First GLC train since the flooding last Thursday moving very slowly north through Mount Pleasant 13:20.
]GLC 393 leading
GLC 396
1 Loaded Centerbeam
37 total [/quote
csx801 wrote:Great Lakes Central north through Mount Pleasant 11:34
GLC 393
GLC 396
1 lumber load
16 total
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Re: Great Lakes Central Updates June 2017
I wonder if the single gon is going to Beacon.csx801 wrote:Great Lakes Central north through Mount Pleasant 11:34
GLC 393
GLC 396
5 tanks
1 lumber load
1 coke load
1 gon
8 tanks
16 total
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Great Lakes Central back South through Mount Pleasant at 1415
GLC 396
GLC 393
2 lumber loads
2 plastics
8 tie gons
1 empty pole flat
6 gons
7 LPG tanks'
26 total
GLC 396
GLC 393
2 lumber loads
2 plastics
8 tie gons
1 empty pole flat
6 gons
7 LPG tanks'
26 total
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Re: Great Lakes Central Updates June 2017
399 and 398 left Cadillac for Clare at 0900 with 1 pole load, 4 tie loads, 2 wood chip hoppers and 5 additional tie loads.
Returned at 1515.
Returned at 1515.
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Re: Great Lakes Central Updates June 2017
There's a Truss plant in Clare that get's lumber often also. So not every lumber load heading north though Mt. Pleasant is going to Traverse City.
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates June 2017
Letherer Truss and Lumber or something like that
railroader and son wrote:There's a Truss plant in Clare that get's lumber often also. So not every lumber load heading north though Mt. Pleasant is going to Traverse City.
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Re: Great Lakes Central Updates June 2017
Makes me wonder even more if that gon is going to Beacon... I hope someone is up in TC tomorrow to see.AANscaleRunner wrote:399 and 398 left Cadillac for Clare at 0900 with 1 pole load, 4 tie loads, 2 wood chip hoppers and 5 additional tie loads.
Returned at 1515.
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GLC almost always blocks cars for Clare towards the front of the consist. If the loaded centerbeam is in the first block of cars, it is almost always for Letherer Truss.railroader and son wrote:There's a Truss plant in Clare that get's lumber often also. So not every lumber load heading north though Mt. Pleasant is going to Traverse City.
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates June 2017
GLC 396 & 392 running to the Owosso Yard to collect a train at 8:15am. If it's the Clare Turn, 392 will be leading.
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Re: Great Lakes Central Updates June 2017
392 and 396 departing Owosso northbound at 9:36 with 23 cars in tow.
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- Railroadfan...fan
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Re: Great Lakes Central Updates June 2017
I have heard nothing in Cadillac today. If they ran north, they left before 0845 when I got out of the office.