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SD80MAC wrote:

TSS wrote: With this addition, by my count, the West Michigan RR will have 3 miles of track, 2 switches, 0 runarounds, and 6 locomotives!

Nope.

Okay... I’ll bite. What did I get wrong?

While on my bike just caught 2 locals in Plymouth. At 20:35, NB D714 turned east, with CSX 6502 + 22 cars, half were loaded dirty dirt gons. Five minutes later, D716 went south with CSX 2048 + 7 steel coil cars.

Morning Activity At Howell: Q32811 went east at 05:05 with CSX 5108 and 54 cars. Another grain empty went west at 06:20 (3rd one in a week) this one to Grand Ledge running with a G013 crew which means it had another "V" designation south of Plymouth. CSX 76+5389 on this one with 90 cars. Except for two lease cars, they were all CSX cars like the other two. Q32911 went west at 08:08 with CSX 587-5101 with 53 cars, If not for the 20 or so loads of stone today, 329 would have had only 32 cars for the 3rd day in row.

Meanwhile, yesterdays D70810 took one of their two units (4025) to Brighton at left it there on top of 8 or so cars in the pass. Assuming its going to be used on some kind of work train sometime today as the major resurfacing project between Plymouth and Lansing continues, now working between Williamston and Trowbridge.

d70011 annulled. d70710 arrived lansing 5am. d70811 set for noon lansing.
q32611 kirk MI. q32710 arrived Chicago 2am. q32811 arrived Detroit 7am. q32911 ensel lansing.
CSXT 76 was on V62907 from Rocky Mount to Russell KY, then V75808 from Russell to Plymouth MI.
n80010 grand junction MI. n80011, n80012, e80011 in system.
q15011 set for 11am north Baltimore. q15111 on duty Detroit. q13110 QI260 Indiana. q13211 QT70 Ohio. q50811 on duty Cincinnati. q50911 pickle road Toledo.

q32611 east at Bangor with CSXT 5248 and CSXT 5444, only 39 cars. 10:02am.

BNSF 5730, 6062 north at Riley St. Holland 4:45 PM. CSXT 3054, 449 pushing.

TSS wrote:

SD80MAC wrote:

TSS wrote: With this addition, by my count, the West Michigan RR will have 3 miles of track, 2 switches, 0 runarounds, and 6 locomotives!

Nope.

Okay... I’ll bite. What did I get wrong?

only one switch. the one at the interchange is locked by csx.

Rob

CSX yard job just north of Ann St in GR. Shoving 1 tank car with 9 empty scrap gons.

Q32912 by Howell at 09:56 with CSX 4020+5237 and 81 cars. 23 stone loads on the head end. Q32812 went east at 07:18 with CSX 5248+5444 and 126 cars. Crew arrived at Webberville at 02:00 to put together a grain load only to find out at least one of the tracks was blue flagged and nobody around. Five hours later the crew went home despite many attempts to get the situation changed.

q32812 arrived Detroit 9:30am. q32912 trowbridge lansing. q32612 kirk MI. q32712 set for 5pm grand rapids.
d70012 Saugatuck MI. d70711 arrived lansing 5am. d70812 set for noon lansing.
n80011 wells MI. n80012, e80012 in system.
q15012 set for noon north Baltimore. q15112 Plymouth MI. q13111 perth IN. q13212 galatea OH. q50812 Cincinnati. q50912 le Moyne OH.

Y106 east at Breton in GR with a Dash 3 EMD backwards and a boxcar, 7 tanks and a covered hopper. Waiting at Fox for a maintainer to clear up 11:11.

q32612 east at Bangor at 11:15am, CSXT loco leading, CSXT 587 trailing, around 95 cars. There's a loaded coal at Wells waiting on D700 to get by.

BNSF 9277, 8957 north at Riley St. Holland 12:00 noon. CSXT 3054, 449 pushing.

Tlout wrote:BNSF 9277, 8957 north at Riley St. Holland 12:00 noon. CSXT 3054, 449 pushing.

Interesting that those pushers did shove q326 up the hill after pushing the coal load. 326 had almost 100 cars, but appears to have made it up just fine as they are going through Zeeland currently.
D700 west by Bangor at 12:09pm with CSXT 4032 long hood forward, 4 steel coil cars, 1 loaded centerbeam for Grandville, 1 tank car, 1 long covered hopper, and 6 more tank cars. DTLX 2817 and TCBX 251332 last car.

14:02 D708 east with two LHF 40-3 units and 14 assorted cars.

BNSF 6062, 5730 with West Olive empties south at Riley St. Holland 3:19 PM.

Tlout wrote:BNSF 6062, 5730 with West Olive empties south at Riley St. Holland 3:19 PM.

16:32 EDT BY BANGOR CAM.

Q32913 by Howell at 09:08 with CSX 3174+5462 and 103 cars. 50 stone loads on the head end. Q32813 went east at 05:46 with CSX 5101+587 and 89 cars.

1045hrs: Z627/Michigan Shore currently working Holland Waverly Yard. Surprised to see them on a Saturday!

Edit 1055: they have departed the east end of the yard and are about to back around the eye to head north. Both units facing forward with 13 cars.

11:34 EDT D700 PUTTING THEIR TRAIN TOGETHER AT WYOMING