CN Updates - December 2017

Daily whereabouts of train locations along with sightings for heads ups to other railfans.
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CN M384 NB at Masonic Blvd at 17:22. BCOL 4626, CN 2648, CN 2590.
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Empty rack train with a single cn unit leading east by 205 at 1805

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Probable M385 SB at 15 Mile Rd at 18:24. CN 2243, 5752, and 2121.
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L533 NB at Masonic Blvd at 19:11. CN 2128.
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Maybe a late 116 past 205 at 0740. From the camera it looked like bnsf power and was half intermodal roughly.

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At 12:16 pm it sounds like 116 has a "drawbar" problem somewhere around West Pontiac and maybe returning 950 (which just went NB back to Pontiac past MP 22.5) is going to help them out.

A SB just went past MP 22.5 with mixed freight including autoracks. Missed the power. If it was that late 116 it didn't have any doublestacks on it at all.

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116, BNSF 5234 & 5911 by Delray.

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The doublestacks that 116 left in Pontiac today just went SB on a train by themselves, passing MP 22.5 SB on the Holly at 6:15 pm. I missed the power.

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Train 116 SB past MP 22.5 on the Holly at 6:50 am. Short train, mostly mixed freight.

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Train 451 with four BNSF units and one CN in the middle NB past MP 22.5 at 3:45 pm with a very short train.

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8829 plus 2 more CN engines east through East Lansing at 22:47. Looks like they will be meeting a westbound at Okemos.

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116 by 205 at 2327. 3 units and a pretty long train. Eb by 205 at 2353 with 2 units in the lead.

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I caught 116 at Airport Rd at 2:05 AM. 3 engines and a long train.

Also heard 514, CN 5485, 80 axles at the detector MP 34.2 2:20 AM

Edit to add that 116 was all inter-modal tonight.
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As Jim noted that 116 was all intermodal tonight, well, the three light locomotives just went NB past MP 22.5 at 5:45 am to Pontiac.

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Pontiac Yard - Yard job working Johnson Yard. The usual assortment of lumber center beams, tank cars of chemicals and covered hoppers of plastic/resin. Also, a few hi-cubes for GM Stamping and gondolas for the scrap yard.

There was a road unit tandem at the fuel dock but I didn’t see its train. They usually keep it on the passing siding but maybe it was tucked in the yard.
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383, CN 8017, is clear of Nolan with 436 axles.

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382 is heading north at Nolan with a monster 808 axles.

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I just braved the "COLDBLIZZARD" and walked 1.6 Miles to the tracks and back with so much snow!!!! I "Miraculously" got there just in time for southbound train 533!!!! I had one shot left on the roll and got the picture within seconds!!!! It had a CN C40-8 (unsure of loco number), one loaded "Well Car" set and two empty "Center Beam" flatcars, crossing Masonic Road in Fraser, 4:44 p.m. Now, I don't like how they "Combined" the GTW Local with train 533. Now there won't be much "Mt. Clemens" switching anymore! :(
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A late 116 SB past MP 22.5 on the Holly at 12:45 pm.

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E/b long mixed freight thru Battle Creek, 3 engines, 1st and 3rd were CN but didn't catch #'s, middle though that got my attention was PRLX 204 still in SF red/sil warbonnet livery.

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