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B19 Rolling East from Wayne at 1015 or so for Oakwood, 5346, 3316 and 30 mixed with the NW caboose in the proper place on the back. No auto traffic yet.

NS 1066 on 121 today thru Milan

LansingRailFan wrote:NS 1066 on 121 today thru Milan

They have not departed oakwood yet

At 130pm he was at Oakwood making a pickup.

Ypsi wrote:

LansingRailFan wrote:NS 1066 on 121 today thru Milan

They have not departed oakwood yet

Thanks. I should’ve included a question mark as I was wondering where it was.

121 went west about 230pm... pair of -9W’s and 65 mixed.

121 cleared Milan at 1515. Lots of Autoparts Boxcars.

121, NS 8061 & 8065 is at Todd. 35 cars out of Sterling.

At 9:04am today I had heard on the on-line CSX West scanner a DD at mp 31.1 reporting 340 axles on Main 1, no footage or other train info was transmitted. The DD's radio message was not formatted like those I hear for the CSX Grand Rapids & Lansing sub-divisions & has me wondering if I had heard this DD reporting from the NS Detroit sub-division? From some old info I have, it shows a DD at mp 25.2 west of Belleville, was this maybe replaced by the DD at mp 31.1? Is there a time table for this NS territory available on the internet? Thank you for any info you can provide.

Tom49801 wrote:At 9:04am today I had heard on the on-line CSX West scanner a DD at mp 31.1 reporting 340 axles on Main 1, no footage or other train info was transmitted. The DD's radio message was not formatted like those I hear for the CSX Grand Rapids & Lansing sub-divisions & has me wondering if I had heard this DD reporting from the NS Detroit sub-division? From some old info I have, it shows a DD at mp 25.2 west of Belleville, was this maybe replaced by the DD at mp 31.1? Is there a time table for this NS territory available on the internet? Thank you for any info you can provide.

I would say with the weather that's moving in there's a high likelihood of band openings today. I haven't been listening to my scanner feed in lansing today but its not unusual to hear the Garrett line radio traffic and occasionally cn in Wisconsin. If you can find a current map of temperatures see where the lines of temperature differences or cold fronts lead to and what along the path is on that frequency. I have effectively communicated on a similar radio frequency over 600 miles. The stronger the cold front the better the chance of long distance stuff coming in.

KC8RBK wrote:

Tom49801 wrote:At 9:04am today I had heard on the on-line CSX West scanner a DD at mp 31.1 reporting 340 axles on Main 1, no footage or other train info was transmitted. The DD's radio message was not formatted like those I hear for the CSX Grand Rapids & Lansing sub-divisions & has me wondering if I had heard this DD reporting from the NS Detroit sub-division? From some old info I have, it shows a DD at mp 25.2 west of Belleville, was this maybe replaced by the DD at mp 31.1? Is there a time table for this NS territory available on the internet? Thank you for any info you can provide.

I would say with the weather that's moving in there's a high likelihood of band openings today. I haven't been listening to my scanner feed in lansing today but its not unusual to hear the Garrett line radio traffic and occasionally cn in Wisconsin. If you can find a current map of temperatures see where the lines of temperature differences or cold fronts lead to and what along the path is on that frequency. I have effectively communicated on a similar radio frequency over 600 miles. The stronger the cold front the better the chance of long distance stuff coming in.

ok, my error, I went back thru the radio archives again & it did identify itself as being CSX. I'm searching the web for a NS time table still.
Found NS 2008 Lake Division Time table that includes Chicago & Detroit: http://www.multimodalways.org/docs/rail ... 4-2008.pdf

189 departed from Oakwood around 9am. NS 4148 leading. Mixed freight up front, loaded autoracks on the tail end.

256 (Triple Crown) by Oakwood Junction at 8:50am. NS 9893 & 7615.

331 was doubling out and had work at River Rouge also.

NS189 with NS 8101 (C of G unit) by Belleville, Mi at 1030am

NS 332 is back. Don't know if today is the first day, or if it has been back for a few days. Anyway, NB through Wyandotte at about 12:40 PM. Not sure if they have work at River Rouge.

CP 140, with CMQ 9020 and 9022, clear at Milan 1032

CP #141, w.b. on Wabash at M.P. 14 in Taylor, MI with CP 6644, OS at 1823 on June 28, 2020.

121, NS 9169 & 9367 sitting at Milwaukee Jct at 1pm.

NS s.b.,looks like 33m, with NS 4351, OS Oak st in Wya dotted, MI at o929 on July 01, 2020.

NS 9469 leading an empty autorack train for Conrail at Milwaukee Jct

31M is at Todd. 1 NS and 35 Autoracks out of Sterling.