Michigan Short Line Updates: April 2020

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GRE met MQT at Fuller around 1:15 today
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Mid Michigan wb with 5 ch at us127 1413
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Raildudes dad wrote:Didn't see it on here, GRE is M-W-F now, dropped Tuesday
So they run an extra today............
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MQT - SB Leonard at 9:00 with 29 cars
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GRE about to leave Ann St eastbound with 15 cars, 2 for Amway and 13 for King.
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Michigan Shore NB just south of Grand Haven with 2 Geeps and 6 cars
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A lot of covered hoppers in Lowell for King, plus another line of mostly NS hoopers south of town. Don’t see NS hoppers for King too often.
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Get me a car number and I'll see where they came from. I saw them too yesterday on the way back from the Whites bridge project. Bridge is done :D , just waiting for the approach paving and some electrical.
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C&M X7014 on duty in Coopersville. Looks like they’re doing some shuttling in the yard to rearrange some things then will be making the run to Standard to move the last empty for awhile at least to interchange.
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Saturnalia wrote:C&M X7014 on duty in Coopersville. Looks like they’re doing some shuttling in the yard to rearrange some things then will be making the run to Standard to move the last empty for awhile at least to interchange.
Departing Coopersville eastward now
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C&M east of fruit ridge in Walker with the empty car for interchange to GRE.
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C&M headed back west at Walker Ave. Picking up an MOW flat at Meijer then heading for home.
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Anyone know if MQT still operates a Sparta local with an engine assigned in Sparta?
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kd_1014 wrote:Anyone know if MQT still operates a Sparta local with an engine assigned in Sparta?
Nope, haven't done that in eons.
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MQT - I believe SB Leonard at 8:45
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GRE - EB Leonard at 10:50 with four CHs
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MQT - NB Leonard at 11:25 with 83 cars
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GRE - WB Leonard at 2:43 with 16 CHs
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MQT - SB Leonard at 9:15 with 36 cars. Smoker in the lead as usual....really smokey this morning.
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MQT - NB Leonard at 11:15
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