CSX Train Location Updates February 2018

[~Z~]

D70008 west at Bangor at 2:01pm. Sounds like they shoved Q326 up saugatuck which is odd. CSXT 8369 and CSXT 5501 for power, running lite to Kirk to get yesterday's D700.

[SD80MAC]

Q385 west by Grand Ledge about 10 minutes ago.

[Jetlink]

Q38506 but looking like an S385 train out of Plymouth/Detroit, approaching Williamston at 13:50. Only one unit, CSX 94 and only 77 cars. Lots of Ogihara scrap empties near the front, and 22 loads of what is probably frozen ballast in the middle amung other odds and ends that looked as if came from Detroit, when Q327 used to run from Detroit, instead of Selkirk as a normal 385 train would look.

This train just passed through lake Odessa. Moving very slowly toward the end. Not sure if going into the pass or just all the one unit could do pulling all of that stone up the grade.

[GP30M4216]

D700-08 cleared Bangor EB at 17:10 hrs with the following consist:

CSXT 5501
CSXT 8369
CSXT 3039
2 short covered hoppers (from Buzzi?)
3 coil cars (from Arlington Metals)
2 high-side gons (from Hartford interchange)
2 larger covered hoppers (one of which is MLLX 98074) < where are these coming from?

[justin_gram]

P370-08 AMTK 38 has 20 axles, 360 feet at 91.9 DD at 21:05.

[Jochs]

Supposedly there’s a 6 mile long 10 MPH speed restriction in that derailment area between Gross and Hartford.

Bouncing off the ties for awhile before it got noticed?

Basically...apparently they didn't notice until after they went into emergency.
Sometimes, a car derails and they don't even notice. In 1996, when a friend of mine was living in Grand Jct, a CP train went into the siding with a derailed car, and a passing train notified them of a car on the ground. You could see marks in the ties and gouges in the crossings where it was rolling off the rails through Breedsville and into Grand Jct.
At least it wasn't like the derailment in 1993 in Hartford, where a car left the rails east of Kirk and rolled through several crossings before going astray and piling cars up at the KLS&C siding. I was there with some friends shortly afterwards, and the crew was there saying they felt a little pull then went into emergency.
I also heard that a former bridgetender that lived in Hartford had seen a car go by with a glowing wheel and had called it in.

This was back when there were only DDs at 19.1, 66.2, and 108.9. After this derailment, 44.2, 91.9, and 131.3 were added.

And currently P370-08 is waiting at St. Joseph to depart on time at 9:15pm.

[J3rsdm5]

UP 3834 leading Q38408 EB clear at Thornapple.
21:42 At Elmdale
22:28 CH108

[Jochs]

P370-08 with AMTK 38 leading is currently going through Riverside...mentioning lots of footprints in the snow.
(P370-07 spent the night there and was recrewed for P371 in the morning.)

[CantBeShook.WeHot]

D70708 lake Odessa. d70009 annulled. d73608 arrived Detroit 2am.
q32609 cottage grove IL. q32708 arrived Chicago 5am.
Amtrak p37109 Gross CG63.
n80008 on duty Chicago.
e80009, e80104 in system.
q38408 main st Plymouth MI. q38407 chili jnt NY. q38507 Walbridge oH. q38508 west palmyra NY.
q50608 SD cabin OH. q50709 Deshler OH.

[justin_gram]

371 got knocked down 30 minutes by that slow order between Bangor and St. Joe this morning.

[TSS]

Supposedly there’s a 6 mile long 10 MPH speed restriction in that derailment area between Gross and Hartford.

Bouncing off the ties for awhile before it got noticed?

Basically...apparently they didn't notice until after they went into emergency.

Interesting. When it happened, the crew claimed they set off the DD, stopped, tied up some hoses dangling on the Harbor locomotive, and then when they pulled, it derailed. Maybe there’s more to the story...

[TSS]

Northbound coal loads at Glenlord Rd. in Stevensville right now. At work, so I can’t turn on the scanner to get train symbol.

[justin_gram]

Northbound coal loads at Glenlord Rd. in Stevensville right now. At work, so I can’t turn on the scanner to get train symbol.

Missed it too, didn't even hear their horn. They should be around Paw Paw.

Q326 with CSXT 7891, CSXT 7666 east by Bangor at 13:14.

Maintainers currently have EC1 at Gross, sounds like a track light is on.

[SD80MAC]

Q327 getting their train ready in Wyoming. CSX 3039 and 94 with about 130 wagons.

[amtrak1007]

Y106 or some reasonable facsimile thereof, running around their train at elmdale.

[Raildudes dad]

D700-08 cleared Bangor EB at 17:10 hrs with the following consist:

CSXT 5501
CSXT 8369
CSXT 3039
2 short covered hoppers (from Buzzi?)
3 coil cars (from Arlington Metals)
2 high-side gons (from Hartford interchange)
2 larger covered hoppers (one of which is MLLX 98074) < where are these coming from?

MLLX 98074 empty returning to Louisiana

[J3rsdm5]

CSXT 7879 leading Q385(07?) at West end South Lyon. What I wouldn't give to see what plowing through snow looks like in person. Next time. (Snuck up on me)
Detector announced 510 axles, 7403 feet.
20:29 At the US23

[justin_gram]

P370-09 east 20 axles, 363 feet at 91.9 DD at 21:45.

[SW]

NB D735 cleared 7 Mile Rd. at 20:45. SB D736 cleared 7 Mile Rd. at 22:25. Missed the lead engines both times.

[SW]

NB V752 cleared 7 Mile Rd. about 10 minutes ago.

Heard D736 continuing east in Livonia, clearing Stark Rd. Sounded like CSX 3943 leading.