CN Updates- February 2019

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Man o' War wrote:M383 is in emergency at South Mount. Been blocking several city crossings since 10:45 - lots of police around and some news choppers. Not sure what happened just yet...

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Please provide additional location details. Where is South Mount?

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South Mount is the south switch of the CTC controlled siding in Mount Clemens - 20 miles north of Detroit. M383 is now underway - apparently they clipped a propane truck somewhere near North Mount and didn't get stopped until well south of the GTW depot.

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Thank you.
From the video on “Click on Detroit” it appears that the propane truck was parked parallel and (too) near the tracks to fill CN’s switch heater propane tank.

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/tra ... nt-clemens

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Train 371 NB passing MP 22.5 at 2:29 pm at speed with three UP locomotives and GT 4926 trailing them.

Train 515 flying up the Hill past MP 22.5 at 60 mph returning to Pontiac with a long train of mostly empty centerbeams and IC 6200 as power at 4:23 pm.

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L533S by Mount Clemens depot at 17:38. ex CSX/CN.

M385 by Mount Clemens depot at 18:00.

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116 followed Amtrak 351 out of Pontiac this morning. It had a BCRail Red/White cowl and a CN locomotive as power. Some head end mixed freight.

Train 513 with IC 6200 was NB past MP 22.5 at 8:20 am on its way back to Pontiac.

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149 by 205 at 1020. 2 cn

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IC 6200 turned right around at Pontiac this morning and just went SB past MP 22.5 at 10:29 am with Train 515.

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CN PTC Test Train working NB at speed through Chesterfield (MTC MP28) at 12:35. CN/caboose 79197/CN.

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MoW, a few of your posts indicate that loaded box cars are in the local (533?) consist. Do you know what is being loaded at the warehouse? Or am I reading your posts incorrectly?
Man o' War wrote:CN PTC Test Train working NB at speed through Chesterfield (MTC MP28) at 12:35. CN/caboose 79197/CN.

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Train 371 is NB passing MP 22.5 on the Holly at 3 pm with a CN 5600 leading an ex-Santa Fe warbonnet lease unit 200, two UP's and another CN.

Amtrak 350 is running 2 hours late today.

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L533S (CN/CN) met M382 (CN/ex CSX/CN) at MOUNT siding at 17:40. Both long trains.

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AARR wrote:MoW, a few of your posts indicate that loaded box cars are in the local (533?) consist. Do you know what is being loaded at the warehouse? Or am I reading your posts incorrectly?
Man o' War wrote:CN PTC Test Train working NB at speed through Chesterfield (MTC MP28) at 12:35. CN/caboose 79197/CN.

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I have no idea, other than that the vast majority of cars coming out are Union Pacific 60' high cubes with some stamped "automotive parts loading only". I believe that Metro is also still moving some aluminum in and out in RBOX cars. The CN crews have mentioned that the business is Chrysler/FCA - but I don't know for sure. I'll try to bend some ears next time I talk to them. At any rate, the place is quite busy and being switched almost every day now. They just left with a whole mess of UP cars for Detroit.

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Thank you MoW. It seems the warehouse might be receiving loads and shipping out loads too. I'll look forward to your future reports :) .
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AARR wrote:MoW, a few of your posts indicate that loaded box cars are in the local (533?) consist. Do you know what is being loaded at the warehouse? Or am I reading your posts incorrectly?
Man o' War wrote:CN PTC Test Train working NB at speed through Chesterfield (MTC MP28) at 12:35. CN/caboose 79197/CN.

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I have no idea, other than that the vast majority of cars coming out are Union Pacific 60' high cubes with some stamped "automotive parts loading only". I believe that Metro is also still moving some aluminum in and out in RBOX cars. The CN crews have mentioned that the business is Chrysler/FCA - but I don't know for sure. I'll try to bend some ears next time I talk to them. At any rate, the place is quite busy and being switched almost every day now. They just left with a whole mess of UP cars for Detroit.

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M384 by Mount Clemens depot at 19:50. CN/BCOL, 137 cars.

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364 by 205 at 2143. Was an eb freight ahead of him by about 10m but I didn't get a look at it

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Eb by 205 at 2215. I missed the head end but the last half was stacks. Probably 116

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Light power wb by 205 at 2228. Looked like 2 bnsf

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L533N by Grove Park (MTC MP22.6) at 22:50. CN/CN, 6500' of intermodal.

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Wb manifest by 205 at 2326. 2 units, 576 axles

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