GLC Updates January 2018

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AAN, you seem to be the only one braving the elements. I'd go out too but we have no trains to watch in Traverse City, Just undisturbed snow over the tracks here.

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Pixl wrote:AAN, you seem to be the only one braving the elements. I'd go out too but we have no trains to watch in Traverse City, Just undisturbed snow over the tracks here.
It was -14 while I was watching them in the North Yard. It warmed up to -5 when I gave up watching at 1000. I'm glad I took this week off and am not out walking around all day. :)

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AANscaleRunner wrote:
Pixl wrote:AAN, you seem to be the only one braving the elements. I'd go out too but we have no trains to watch in Traverse City, Just undisturbed snow over the tracks here.
It was -14 while I was watching them in the North Yard. It warmed up to -5 when I gave up watching at 1000. I'm glad I took this week off and am not out walking around all day. :)

There are 2 empty center beam cars in Williamsburg awaiting GLC to disturb the snow....
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Heard them again Saturday morning in Cadillac. This time around 0820. By the time I got dressed and drove to the north side they were already in the engine house. Drove out to the north end later in the morning and noticed trucks being loaded at the lp facility. So I'm assuming the last two Saturdays they have came in to switch the lp facility. Don't know for certain. Also noticed Wyoming Feeds was loading trucks Saturday also.

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396 and 397 left Cadillac for Clare at 1050 with 1 pole load, 2 covered hoppers, 2 wood chip hoppers, 12 tie loads and 14 tanks.

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Sb half way between m46 and shepherd. 2 units, 3 loaded chip hoppers, string of lpg tanks on the tail, a couple others cars on thr front

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397 and 396 returned to Cadillac at 1645 with 7 covered hoppers, 20 tanks and 1 covered hopper.

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Sounded like northbound out of Cadillac at 0930.

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385, 390 and 393 into Cadillac at 1610 with 2 coke hoppers, 1 pole, 1 idler, 1 pole, 1 idler, 1 pole, 1 wood chip, 21 tie loads, 11 tanks and 11 covered hoppers. They all looked to be feed hoppers.

Busy day here in the north.

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And out of town at 1740 with 2 pulpwood loads, 8 tie loads and the pole loads and idlers they brought in.

Too dark for a video, but here's a short one of them on the est end of Selma Yard about 1710.


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Thanks for the video of three GP35's :D
AANscaleRunner wrote:385, 390 and 393 into Cadillac
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I heard Great Lakes Central head south through Mount Pleasant about 10 minutes ago. Late night for them!

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Heard them on the north end of Cadillac around 0930. Haven't heard them since.

Update: In Selma Yard at 1300.

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396 and 397 left Cadillac for Clare at 1330 with 8 covered hoppers, 6 tanks, 2 covered hoppers, 2 tie gons and 16 tanks.

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Returned to Cadillac at 1735 with 11 tie loads and 2 covered hoppers.

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396 and 397 left Cadillac for Clare at 0940 with 11 tie loads and 8 tanks.

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397 and 396 into Cadillac at 1530 with 1 tank, 3 covered hoppers, 1 coke hopper, 1 empty centerbeam, 1 tie load and 8 tanks.

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Does it seem to you that coke hoppers have been down a little recently?
AANscaleRunner wrote:1 coke hopper.
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GLC was crossing the diamonds in Durand heading south at 8:24pm. 385 and 392 leading long hood forward.

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AARR wrote:Does it seem to you that coke hoppers have been down a little recently?
AANscaleRunner wrote:1 coke hopper.
They have dropped off quite a bit the last few weeks.

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