Michigan Short Line Updates - April 2018

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Michigan Short Line Updates - April 2018

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Pretty sure I just heard GRE asking the CSX dispatcher to head east out of Grand Rapids - 8:41am.
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GRE --- EB Leonard at 9:05 with one CH for King and one tank.
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Looks like they had one center-beam for CPMY in the yard as well.

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GRE --- WB Leonard at 11:29 with 16 CHs from King.
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CPMY is called today around 1800 for a load and an empty.
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GRE --- EB Leonard at 11:50 with 12 CHs for King and 3 non-King CHs.
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GRE --- WB Leonard at 1:08 lite.
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GRE --- EB Leonard at 1:47 with 14 CHs for King
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Patriot wrote:GRE --- EB Leonard at 1:47 with 14 CHs for King
There's an empty for them at St Mary's so anticipate that movement as well today.
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GRE eastbound rolling into Ada currently.
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GRE --- EB Leonard at 12:42 with two non-King CHs and one tank.
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GRE westbound through Ada after working Amway.
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GRE --- WB Leonard at 2:23 with four non-King CHs.
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GRE locomotive was parked south of Lowell last night.

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Mostly brown BNSF cars around Lowell for the past couple of days, looks like 20 or so. Nothing new at the Ann Street yard yesterday/Friday.

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GRE --- EB Leonard at 11:00 with four CHs for King.
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GRE westbound through Ada 13:20.
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GRE --- WB Leonard at 1:36 with 18 CHs from King.
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Marquette at Brohman

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MQT leader, I&M and the TP&W units trail. Short train southbound at Brohman, Michigan this morning around 11:45ish. Caught him in the way home from making a donation to the native tribe at Manistee Little River casino. Wandered around Manistee yesterday. Morton salt looks good as did the PCA plant. Cars scattered about various yards in town.
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