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CN - July 2017

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 11:01 am
by GTWChris
451 north at Rodney (FN)
765 north at Holly
950 at Moterm

Re: CN - July 2017

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 1:28 pm
by SD70ACe Fan
GTWChris wrote:451 north at Rodney (FN)
765 north at Holly
950 at Moterm
Any word what's on A451?

Re: CN - July 2017

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 1:42 pm
by GTWChris
SD70ACe Fan wrote:
GTWChris wrote:451 north at Rodney (FN)
765 north at Holly
950 at Moterm
Any word what's on A451?
At Pontiac now, gevo and M-2

Re: CN - July 2017

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 4:44 pm
by kc8bdr
I caught a northbound at Williams Lake Rd at 3:58 PM. I believe this was 451.

CN 2070
CN 8008

Re: CN - July 2017

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 7:55 pm
by AARR
Northbound on MC Sub approaching Haven

Re: CN - July 2017

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 9:01 pm
by blueheron13
Northbound on MC Sub approaching Haven
Saw this long train about 30 minutes earlier at Frazho Rd. 3 engines and maybe 160-170 cars? Had seen this train earlier stopped at Forest Lawn and had to race north to find it after chasing an autorack train down the Terminal East as far as Shoemaker St.

Saw the new (not operational) signals at Frazho but couldn't find the new signals north of 15 Mile Rd.

Re: CN - July 2017

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 9:37 pm
by Manistique
Two NB's past MP 22.5 on the Holly tonight. Either one could have been 391 from what I saw of the train. One around 8:30 pm and one around 9:30 pm. First one had a dozen or so empty frame flat cars on the headend which is pretty rare now on the Holly what with Pontiac decommissioned of truck plants.

Re: CN - July 2017

Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2017 11:51 pm
by GTW6401
Manistique wrote:Two NB's past MP 22.5 on the Holly tonight. Either one could have been 391 from what I saw of the train. One around 8:30 pm and one around 9:30 pm. First one had a dozen or so empty frame flat cars on the headend which is pretty rare now on the Holly what with Pontiac decommissioned of truck plants.
384 (CN 8950 and 2146) took the scenic route to Port Huron via Durand, and the second northbound was 391 (CN 5604 and 2405).

502 had CN 2173 and 2129.

Re: CN - July 2017

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2017 7:01 am
by Manistique
An all autorack (Train 280?) just slipped SB past MP 22.5 at 6:55 am on the Holly with 8876 and 5452.

Re: CN - July 2017

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2017 12:11 pm
by Cinderpath
A451 just passed through Moterm with CN #2447 as lead unit @ 12:02, would look nice in Durand or points west-

Re: CN - July 2017

Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2017 5:47 pm
by Robertrains
I photographed southbound train 533 in Fraser, 3:20 p.m. It had "Class" SD70M-2 #8900 and four loaded "Well Car" sets!!!!

Re: CN - July 2017

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 3:06 am
by Dan Cluley
148 through East Lansing at 03:06

Re: CN - July 2017

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 8:06 am
by blackjack1518
Manistique wrote:An all autorack (Train 280?) just slipped SB past MP 22.5 at 6:55 am on the Holly with 8876 and 5452.
CN 271

Re: CN - July 2017

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 12:44 pm
by Manistique
Train 451 with 8836 and 2608 NB past MP 22.5 on the Holly at noon.

What looked like a late Train 515 (a half dozen lumber cars in the consist) just went SB past MP 22.5 with 4619, which has been 950's power since arriving in Pontiac a month or so ago.

Re: CN - July 2017

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 1:27 pm
by atrainguy60
blackjack1518 wrote:
Manistique wrote:An all autorack (Train 280?) just slipped SB past MP 22.5 at 6:55 am on the Holly with 8876 and 5452.
CN 271
Is 271 just a new symbol for a Flat Rock bound autorack train in addition to the usual 280 symbol, or is this related to new business on CN? I don't think I've heard of 271 before.

Re: CN - July 2017

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 7:33 pm
by Manistique
Train 391 (I presume) NB past MP 22.5 at 7:33 pm with 8813 and 2578 and a short holiday train.

Train 502 (I presume) SB past MP 22.5 at 8:35 pm with 8827 and 5744.

Then another NB (384? or 391 with the earlier one 391?) past MP 22.5 at 8:47 pm with 2040, XXXX and 2246. Just like last night.

Re: CN - July 2017

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 9:32 pm
by GreatLakesRailfan
atrainguy60 wrote:
blackjack1518 wrote:
Manistique wrote:An all autorack (Train 280?) just slipped SB past MP 22.5 at 6:55 am on the Holly with 8876 and 5452.
CN 271
Is 271 just a new symbol for a Flat Rock bound autorack train in addition to the usual 280 symbol, or is this related to new business on CN? I don't think I've heard of 271 before.

I've seen an E271 come through the tunnel occasionally, but can't recall which way it went west of Port Huron. I figured (probably wrongly) that the symbol only indicated it was an autorack train, not necessarily where it came from or where it was headed, as it was running in the same timeframe as a 371 (unit autorack train) had run in the week before (mid-afternoon on a Sunday). It's definitely not a brand new symbol.

Re: CN - July 2017

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 9:35 pm
by blueheron13
WJR radio just reported a "disabled" train on the Mt Clemens sub blocking M-59.

Re: CN - July 2017

Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 10:55 pm
by atrainguy60
GreatLakesRailfan wrote:I've seen an E271 come through the tunnel occasionally, but can't recall which way it went west of Port Huron. I figured (probably wrongly) that the symbol only indicated it was an autorack train, not necessarily where it came from or where it was headed, as it was running in the same timeframe as a 371 (unit autorack train) had run in the week before (mid-afternoon on a Sunday). It's definitely not a brand new symbol.
Ahh ok. I wonder what it's doing on the Holly.

Re: CN - July 2017

Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2017 10:04 am
by Robertrains
:?: Does anybody know where "Gray" GTW SD40-3 #5947 is working now? is it still working out of Battle Creek? :?: