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Q38519 by Brighton at 13:55. CSX 3177+3223+7859. 102 cars. An unusual amount of box cars in this train, plus some pipe loads near the front.

Late, but something went thru Stevensville at 14:22. Not sure what, probably coal loads/empties.

Q385 at Seymour 17:28.

Q327 westbound has 272 axles, 3850 feet at 91.9 DD at 21:41. CSXT 3094 leading.

Q38421 east at FOx in Grand Rapids at 9:48pm. Amtrak P37021 east by Bangor at 9:51pm, charger, 3 supers, and AMTK 90229.

V810-18 is running around their train in Williamston to put it into Webberville. 3 units, the only number I caught was 7791.

q38421 Walbridge. q38420 buffalo NY. q38520 erie MI. q38521 avenue RT NY QDC0.
q32622 sawyer MI for last 25 minutes. e80021 Livingston CG99 likely meeting Q326 in a few minutes.
Amtrak p37122 by porter IN at 9:30am.
d70022 waverly MI. d70721 arrived lansing 8:30am.
no loaded coal trains seen. e80022, e80121 in system.

11:55 hrs: D700 knocking down Zeeland EB behind CSXT 4026 with 17 cars, half loaded scrap gons and the other half a mix of tanks, covered hoppers and boxcars.

Q32622 east at Bangor at 12:52pm with CSXT 95 leading CSXT 702. Saw a couple carloads of wooden poles.

Q32622 east at Bangor at 12:52pm with CSXT 95 leading CSXT 702. Saw a couple carloads of wooden poles.

In the interesting car department, noted a two-tone PAN-AM Railways boxcar, a Southern Pacific-lettered boxcar, a flexi-TTX autorack, and the two loads of power poles, not the typical utility height ones on single cars but the longer-distance transmission style ones requiring buffer flats.

GP30M4216 wrote:

Q32622 east at Bangor at 12:52pm with CSXT 95 leading CSXT 702. Saw a couple carloads of wooden poles.

and the two loads of power poles, not the typical utility height ones on single cars but the longer-distance transmission style ones requiring buffer flats.

Those will likely go to the GLC, bound for an industry in McBain.

GP30M4216 wrote:11:55 hrs: D700 knocking down Zeeland EB behind CSXT 4026 with 17 cars, half loaded scrap gons and the other half a mix of tanks, covered hoppers and boxcars.

Why would they load scrap only half way? I would think it would be better to load them all the way!

Q38520 with 7109? leading is passing Green Oak.
Pretty sure I heard somebody else's horn ten minutes earlier, (K5LA, heard the approach and pass) but if there was somebody, they didn't say anything. Same voice on the radio as K808 again.

442 axles, 6350 feet.

Q327 by the Bangor camera at 19:04. Three engines and 217 cars. They left Wyoming Yard just before 5:00. I had to wait for most of it at 18th Ave in Jenison. The DD at 19.1 had them at 13,362'.

Doktor No wrote:

GP30M4216 wrote:11:55 hrs: D700 knocking down Zeeland EB behind CSXT 4026 with 17 cars, half loaded scrap gons and the other half a mix of tanks, covered hoppers and boxcars.

Why would they load scrap only half way? I would think it would be better to load them all the way!

Railroad had a half off sale today only.

J3rsdm5 wrote:Q38520 with 7109? leading is passing Green Oak. 442 axles, 6350 feet.

Approaching Williamston at 19:50. CSX 3109+3212+4013.

D70822 delivered CITX 3089 to GLC at Ann Pere this afternoon. GLC picking it up now.

Jochs wrote:Q327-double-deuce is currently going by Hilltop. Sounds like CSXT 3177 leading.

886 axles, 13296 feet at 91.9 DD at 20:23.

P370-22 east at Vine at 21:14. 20 axles, 362 feet at 91.9 DD. IDTX 4621 leading.

Horns at South Lyon. I'm in class at the moment. Sounds like a westbound.
just realized I accidentally wrote a haiku

Scrolling thru the Bangor-cam 4 hour archive while eating lunch....

0850 hrs, D700 WB
CSXT 4042 with a cut of pickup cars from Holland/Grandville (3 CH from Buzzi, 1 tank, another covered hopper, 8 scrap gons) + 1 NS coil car for Sawyer.

10:50 hrs, Q326 EB
CSXT 4779 and CSXT 3008 with 109 cars, including a pair of Guilford-lettered Maine Central boxcars, an un-graffittied BN green covered hopper, and lots of tractors.

admin edit: d700 back eastbound at 12:40pm, CSXT 4042 long hood forward, 4 coil cars, 8 scrap gons(5 with product), same 3 CH, 1 tank, covered hopper.