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BL2-1843 wrote:Attention Plymouth: Grain loads from Webberville and Plymouth by Howell on each others blocks. Webberville load running as G010 by Howell at 09:58 with 3029-3299 and 89 cars. Grand Ledge grain load, G706 who had to sit west of Williamston for an hour waiting for the Webberville load to get on the move, by Howell at 10:15 with 946+574 and 88 cars. Webberville load taking its train to Joy Road.

Back to back! Move the beans!

Tom49801 wrote:Q327-29 @ 10:42:44am at Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 with CSX engines #701 + #258 & 133 cars. He had dropped off 9 cars in Holland & picked up 17.

Hey Tom, D708 picked up CN unit 5739 yesterday so you should see it at Bangor in a day or so.

BL2-1843 wrote:

Tom49801 wrote:Q327-29 @ 10:42:44am at Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 with CSX engines #701 + #258 & 133 cars. He had dropped off 9 cars in Holland & picked up 17.

Hey Tom, D708 picked up CN unit 5739 yesterday so you should see it at Bangor in a day or so.

Oh cool, thank you for that info - will be watching for it
Q327-29 @ 11:43am cleared the St Joseph Bridge.

Q326-29 @ 1:49pm reported from Benton Harbor with CSX engine #5437 leading. The #5437 was paired up with CSX #3037 on Q327 on Apr 26th.

Tom49801 wrote:

BL2-1843 wrote:

Tom49801 wrote:Q327-29 @ 10:42:44am at Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 with CSX engines #701 + #258 & 133 cars. He had dropped off 9 cars in Holland & picked up 17.

Hey Tom, D708 picked up CN unit 5739 yesterday so you should see it at Bangor in a day or so.

Oh cool, thank you for that info - will be watching for it
Q327-29 @ 11:43am cleared the St Joseph Bridge.

Seen at the west end of Wyoming yard currently, sitting alone.

Q326-29 @ 2:42:40pm at Bangor mp CG60.72 with CSX engines #5437 + #594 + CN engine #5318 & 122 cars. Going straight to Grand Rapids today, no DP added.
Q326-29 @ 4:17pm reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 506 axles & 7,012 feet long.

Tom49801 wrote:Q326-29 @ 2:42:40pm at Bangor mp CG60.72 with CSX engines #5437 + #594 + CN engine #5318 & 122 cars. Going straight to Grand Rapids today, no DP added.
Q326-29 @ 4:17pm reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 506 axles & 7,012 feet long.

IT WAS DIFFERENT LISTENING TO Q326 YARD HIS TRAIN. CALLING ROUGE TOWER INSTEAD OF THE EAST TOWER. TM IS PICKING THEM UP AT THE WEST END AS THERE WAS NO CAB CALLED. WHOEVER WAS IN THE TOWER AT ROUGEMERE WAS USING THE LETTER\NUMBER SYMBOLS FOR TRACKS. HAVEN'T HEARD THAT IN YEARS. SOUNDS LIKE IT WILL TAKE THEM SOME TIME TO WORK OUT THE BUGS BUT IT'S WORKING.....SO FAR.

trnwatcher wrote:

Tom49801 wrote:Q326-29 @ 2:42:40pm at Bangor mp CG60.72 with CSX engines #5437 + #594 + CN engine #5318 & 122 cars. Going straight to Grand Rapids today, no DP added.
Q326-29 @ 4:17pm reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 506 axles & 7,012 feet long.

IT WAS DIFFERENT LISTENING TO Q326 YARD HIS TRAIN. CALLING ROUGE TOWER INSTEAD OF THE EAST TOWER. TM IS PICKING THEM UP AT THE WEST END AS THERE WAS NO CAB CALLED. WHOEVER WAS IN THE TOWER AT ROUGEMERE WAS USING THE LETTER\NUMBER SYMBOLS FOR TRACKS. HAVEN'T HEARD THAT IN YEARS. SOUNDS LIKE IT WILL TAKE THEM SOME TIME TO WORK OUT THE BUGS BUT IT'S WORKING.....SO FAR.

No "Track 8, power to the tower" yet?

SB D735 just cleared Lilley Rd. CSX 5469 + 5244 + 77 cars.

SB local just cleared Lilley Rd. CSX 6420 + 6 boxes, 2 lumber loads + 12 gons.

​D700-29 @ 8:31pm westward reported mp CG28 with CSX engine #6914 leading.
​D700-29 @ 9:17pm westward Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 with CSX engine #6914 & 3 cars (2 tank cars & the special 8 axle flat car with a transformer).
​D802-29 @ 9:36pm reported by the DD44.2 with 544 axles. CSX #3094 leading + CSX #428(?) & it appears he has an empty coal train with 2 engines & 130 cars.
Per the Bangor chat with ~Z~ sounds like it's E800-30 is being hauled by D802-29 & will cut the CSX engines at the west end of Grand Junction mp CG55.6
As of 11:34pm, not a word has been heard from D802 or E800. They were heard on the scanner talking at Grand Junction earlier but has been a long silence since.

D700-29 is currently going west through St. Joseph, going to Livingston. Sounds like CSXT 6914 leading.

Jochs wrote:D700-29 is currently going west through St. Joseph, going to Livingston. Sounds like CSXT 6914 leading.

D700-29 is now headed back east, going through Benton Harbor currently.

D700-29 @ 12:28:50am eastward Bangor's Division Street crossing mp CG60.93 with CSX engine #6914 & 2 tank cars.
Q327-30 @ 07:12am reported from mp CG6 with CSX engine #5437 that was paired with CSX #594 on yesterday's Q326.
Q327-30 @ 07:42am reported by the DD at mp CG19.1 with 610 axles. CSX engines #5739 + #594 + should be the CN #5739 & 148 cars. He will be backing into Holland mp CG25.3 to drop off 23 cars & pick up 24.

e80030 annulled. e80001 on duty. e80101 in system.
n80029 left Chicago 8:45am.
q32630 on duty Chicago. q32730 Holland MI. d70029 arrived holand 3:30am. d70230 started 7am Holland. d70729 arrived lansing 2am, didn't work grand rapids. d70830 set for noon lansing.

Q327-30 @ 9:30am reported on the move westward from mp CG30.
Q327-30 @ 10:29:30am Bangor's Center Street crossing mp CG60.35 with CSX engines #5739 + #594 + CN engine #5739 & 150 cars.

Per Facebook, q326 and a geometry train are each east by New Buffalo enroute to Grand Rapids.

~Z~ wrote:Per Facebook, q326 and a geometry train are each east by New Buffalo enroute to Grand Rapids.

Q326-30 @ 1:52pm cleared the St Joseph Bridge & N800-29 is at mp CG66.

Geometry train just went East at Glenlord Rd./Stevensville.

Several cars and a GP. There’s only a narrow field of view from my office so that’s the best I can say.

N800-29 @ 2:01:38pm Bangor's Charles Street crossing mp CG60.78 with BNSF engines #8594 + #9092 & 130 loaded coal cars. N800-29 will be tying down in Wells siding mp CG43.3 then a cab will take the crew to Grand Junction siding to pick up the 2 CSX DP engines.
Q326-30 @ 2:39:23pm Bangor's Division St crossing mp CG60.93 with CSX engines #3459 + #511 & 99 cars.
W001 @ 2:54:35pm eastward Bangor's Division Street crossing mp CG60.93 with CSX engine #6025 & 3 Geometry cars.
E800-01 @ 4:26:05pm Bangor mp CG60.72 with BNSF engines #6272 + #5838 & 130 empty coal cars.