Michigan Short Line Updates - November 2019

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Michigan Short Line Updates - November 2019

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GRE --- WB Leonard at 2:00 with 9 CHs and 1 tank
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FWIW, the GRE and MS are now going to 4 days per week operations. No MS trains on Tuesdays and no GRE on Thursdays, respectively.
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Huron and Eastern Southbound with empty coal train - passing thru Saginaw currently

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Drove by the GTW depot on Plainfield in Grand rapids on Sunday to see they have removed the switch closest to the crossing. Looked newly removed.

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GRE --- EB Leonard at 9:43 with 5 King CHs, 4 non-King CHs and 1 tank
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kd_1014 wrote:Drove by the GTW depot on Plainfield in Grand rapids on Sunday to see they have removed the switch closest to the crossing. Looked newly removed.
Some of the last remnants of the yard.
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Coopersville & Marne - X7014 going OD @~1800 with a load
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GRE --- WB Leonard at 12:20 lite. Perhaps a second run today....there were plenty of King CHs in the yard this morning??
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GRE --- EB Leonard at 1:00 with a 14 car BNSF unit train for King
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Patriot wrote:GRE --- WB Leonard at 12:20 lite. Perhaps a second run today....there were plenty of King CHs in the yard this morning??
Thanks. I almost headed out after I saw your post, was thinking of shooting them from Ada to Lowell. Gotta figure they just went to Ada, dropped their cars and went back west lite.
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GRE should be getting ready to depart Lowell westbound per Mr. LSRC.
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GRE --- WB Leonard at 4:20 with 8 CHs
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GRE went east to Lowell early with a few hoppers (around 9:00-9:30am). Headed west with a long train of empties (didn't count them), including at least 2 tanks from AMWAY.

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Plannerdad wrote:GRE went east to Lowell early with a few hoppers (around 9:00-9:30am). Headed west with a long train of empties (didn't count them), including at least 2 tanks from AMWAY.
Today?? On a saturday??

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Friday. Sorry. Too much traffic from the Craft Show to get close to the RR today.

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Does Z151 operate at night on weekends now? They haven’t run in daylight on the weekend in 3 weeks

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Huron and Eastern is departing from Durand with a coal train.

Great Lakes Central is at Pitt. They will wait for HESR and one westbound CN before going to Owosso.

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GRE --- EB Leonard at 10:50 with 14 CHs for King
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GRE --- WB Leonard at 1:57 lite.
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Very late Z627, waiting to get onto CSX trackage in West Olive at 17:24

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