Michigan Shortline Updates - January 2018
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Re: Michigan Shortline Updates - January 2018
GRE is tying onto another cut of hoppers at ann st. Looks like they're going east again.
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Re: Michigan Shortline Updates - January 2018
GRE --- EB Leonard at 12:45 with a good-sized string of CHs
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Re: Michigan Shortline Updates - January 2018
23 to be exactPatriot wrote:GRE --- EB Leonard at 12:45 with a good-sized string of CHs
Eastbound through Ada
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Re: Michigan Shortline Updates - January 2018
Update: 2104 is stalled just past the farm in Ada.
1409: arriving Lowell
1409: arriving Lowell
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Re: Michigan Shortline Updates - January 2018
GRE --- WB Leonard at 4:12 with 14 CHs
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Re: Michigan Shortline Updates - January 2018
GRE (or their contractor) is doing work today on the old CSX bridge over the Grand River, south of Lowell. I hope that bridge is better structurally than it looks! King has enough hoppers to last a few days. Looks like another line of hoppers for King in the Grand Elk yard along US-131; not sure if they are loads or empties.
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Re: Michigan Shortline Updates - January 2018
MQT z151 sitting at Turner st in Grand rapids at 3pm facing south with I think 5 locos.
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Re: Michigan Shortline Updates - January 2018
1245hrs today:
Z151 Marquette Rail doing their interchange at Wyoming Yard. YM inquiring about the "blue and white unit," not sure which one that might be.
Z627 Michigan Shore with MMRR 2019 is doing their pickup at Waverly Yard in Holland, backing to West Wye to begin their trip back to Muskegon.
Z151 Marquette Rail doing their interchange at Wyoming Yard. YM inquiring about the "blue and white unit," not sure which one that might be.
Z627 Michigan Shore with MMRR 2019 is doing their pickup at Waverly Yard in Holland, backing to West Wye to begin their trip back to Muskegon.
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Re: Michigan Shortline Updates - January 2018
I would guess that might be TP&W 4056.GP30M4216 wrote:1245hrs today:
Z151 Marquette Rail doing their interchange at Wyoming Yard. YM inquiring about the "blue and white unit," not sure which one that might be.
Z627 Michigan Shore with MMRR 2019 is doing their pickup at Waverly Yard in Holland, backing to West Wye to begin their trip back to Muskegon.
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Re: Michigan Shortline Updates - January 2018
I can confirm they had the TP&W unit today. I saw then switching Weeks North of 6 mile road this morning around 8:00 AM. Power was SD40 (Orange) GP40 (TP&W) GP40 (Marquette) and SD40 (Orange). After switching Weeks they had 3 box cars and 3 tanks. Not sure where the rest of the train was. Later around noon I saw the 3 box cars at Vans by Turner Street.
Re: Michigan Shortline Updates - January 2018
GRE --- EB Leonard at 10:00 with 16 CHs and 1 tank.
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Re: Michigan Shortline Updates - January 2018
DCON SB returning to home rails at Milwaukee Jct at 12:10 with one gondola and two tankers.
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Re: Michigan Shortline Updates - January 2018
GRE --- WB Leonard at 2:38 with 20 CHs and 1 tank.
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Re: Michigan Shortline Updates - January 2018
GRE --- Crawling EB Leonard at 9:06 with 13 CHs and 1 tank
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Re: Michigan Shortline Updates - January 2018
Heard MQT working the north end of gr just before 9am...
Re: Michigan Shortline Updates - January 2018
GRE --- WB Leonard at 12:53 with 7 CHs and 1 tank
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Re: Michigan Shortline Updates - January 2018
Grand Elk was switching Ann Street in GR around 3:00pm today. At one point they had a line of cars backed up most of the way to the Marsman siding west of Alpine Ave. Looked like 50+ cars, appeared to be mostly empties heading back to the yard. Also left a line of loads for King. Not sure how much of King comes from CSX since the new agreement. I think most of the AMWAY traffic is still CSX.
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Re: Michigan Shortline Updates - January 2018
The pendulum swings back and forth. King gets pissed with CSX, NS and GDLK offer a lower rate and most of the King traffic goes via them for a while. Then King gets pissed at NS/GDLK and they go back to CSX. Rinse and repeat! The Amway traffic has historically been mostly CSX from what I've seen.Plannerdad wrote:Grand Elk was switching Ann Street in GR around 3:00pm today. At one point they had a line of cars backed up most of the way to the Marsman siding west of Alpine Ave. Looked like 50+ cars, appeared to be mostly empties heading back to the yard. Also left a line of loads for King. Not sure how much of King comes from CSX since the new agreement. I think most of the AMWAY traffic is still CSX.
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Re: Michigan Shortline Updates - January 2018
King is getting a lot of cars, the GR yard gets jammed up at times. The 2 new silos at King appear to have more than doubled their storage capacity. I've been told they now have 2 milling systems so can mill 2 different products at the same time.
Re: Michigan Shortline Updates - January 2018
GRE --- EB Leonard at 11:05 with 5 CHs for King
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