BL2-1843 wrote:SD80MAC wrote:BL2-1843 wrote:Q32903 went west by Howell at 07:50 with CSX 5303+3350 and 60 cars. Q32803 went east at 05:45 with CSX 539+5326 and 75 cars. With Q326 having a combined 320 cars on Saturday & Sunday, so far, only 125 of them made it all the way to Detroit.
Not all of Q326's cars were for Detroit.
You didn't think I thought all 320 cars in two days were Detroit cars did you Jon? My point was, I would think "more" than just 125 out of 320 would have gone there. Plus, I realize that more of those 320 just have not gone there yet. Was just trying to impress on a fact.
Compared to westbound traffic, there's not as much through traffic that comes east out of Chicago via GR for Detroit, owing to the hill. 80-90% of Q326 on any given day is for customers or railroads served by Grand Rapids and its outlying terminals.