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Q326-04 @ 1:36pm reported by the DD at mp Cg19.1 with CSX engine #705 leading & 95 cars & CSX #993 as a rear DPU. At 1:37pm Q326 had declared an emergency & it appears a vehicle may have come in contact with a one of the passing Tank cars. From what I'm hearing on the scanner at 2:18pm Q326 had said they will be moving in about 7 minutes after pictures are taken of the vehicle & the tank car. Q326 had also reported earlier there were no placards on that tank car & engineer stating a few minutes earlier "I'm ok, just a little shook up". Heard at 2:27pm Q326 is getting a new crew.
Q326-04 @ 3:53pm in Grand Rapids.
Update on 6/5/2020: As the (empty milk) tanker truck was stopped, the rear end of it, which was on the train tracks, was hit by a train going eastbound. This had happened at the 72nd Ave crossing mp CG17.47

They've been making meets at Gross a lot lately.

Saturnalia wrote:

J T wrote:

Tom49801 wrote: Q327-04 @ 10:13:56am Bangor Station mp CG60.5 with CSX engine #3441 leading + #3163 mid DPU & 192 cars. Appears they had left N801-03 out on the main at Gross to have it's pusher engines added & they are looping Q327 around him via Gross siding.

How long ago did they pull the well cars out of the siding? Seems like they had been there for years. I haven't been by there in a while though.

The well cars left some time ago, I think they came up to GR or Hudsonville to clear the siding for meets. Then they parked an empty coal train there for several week during the pandemic but that has since been cleared and put back into service.

Checked thru my notes & prior posts: on April 13, 2020 D801-13 had stored the empty coal cars into Gross Siding. On May 22, 2020 a little after midnight a new crew E800-20 took those empty cars out of Gross & on to Chicago.

NB grain empties idling in the siding at Lilley Rd. CSX 826 (solo) is leading.

Tom49801 wrote: Checked thru my notes & prior posts: on April 13, 2020 D801-13 had stored the empty coal cars into Gross Siding. On May 22, 2020 a little after midnight a new crew E800-20 took those empty cars out of Gross & on to Chicago.

Interesting. A few years ago empty coal cars were stored on the Hartford line as well.

q32605 on duty chicago. q32705 holland MI.
e80004, n80005 in system. e80002 on duty west olive.
d70205 holland MI. d70004 arrived holland 1am. d70704 arrived lansing 8am, worked grand rapids 5am. d70805 set for 2pm lansing.
w08102 Wells MI MP43 ballast train.
q63004 arrived detroit 7am. q63005 set for 11am avon IN. q63104 walbridge. q50804 oak st detroit. q50905 pickle road toledo.

W081-02 @ 09:04am westward Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 with CSX engines #800 + #840 & 89 ballast cars.
W081-02 @ 09:56am westward cleared the St Joseph Bridge.
​Q327-05 @ 11:25:02am Bangor's Center Street crossing mp CG60.35 with CSX engines #993 + #705 & 148 cars. He sat for just over 1 hour at Grand Junction & no idea why. His car count by Bangor had matched what the DD44.2 axle count had reported.
E800-02 @ 11:48:11am Bangor's Center Street crossing mp CG60.35 with BNSF engines #9011 + #9001 & 130 empty coal cars.
Q327-05 @ 12:26pm cleared the St Joseph Bridge.

hi tom
in reply about moving the well cars from gross to Hudsonville.
the reason I was told was there was to be trackwork done in the siding
as well as switch replacement at the power switches. kirk and waverly siding
were done 4 or 5 years ago. mostly tie replacement.
also mow is working between grand junction and bangor, maybe they couldn't
clear for an hour to let 327 pass.

donnieland wrote:hi tom
in reply about moving the well cars from gross to Hudsonville.
the reason I was told was there was to be trackwork done in the siding
as well as switch replacement at the power switches. kirk and waverly siding
were done 4 or 5 years ago. mostly tie replacement.
also mow is working between grand junction and bangor, maybe they couldn't
clear for an hour to let 327 pass.

Hi donnie, thank you for this info. I'm hoping to one day visit Bangor, Mi & see these locations in person that I only hear on the CSX scanners & see on the cams

E800-02 @ 12:51pm cleared the St Joseph Bridge with BNSF engines #9011 + #9001 & 130 empty coal cars.
Also had heard Q326-05 is at Sawyer mp CG104.6 waiting for Q327-05 & E800-02 to pass by.
E800-02 @ 1:59pm reported by the DD mp CG108.9 in Lakeside, Mi with 532 axles & 7,044 feet long. Rare to hear that DD!
Q326-05 @ 2:01pm reported clear of the St Joseph Bridge with CSX engine #3163 leading.
Q326-05 @ 2:59:54pm at Bangor's W. Monroe St crossing mp CG60.72 with CSX engine #3163 leading & CSX #3441 as a mid DPU & 145 cars. The DPU was between the 74th & 75th cars. Change in plans- no work for Waverly or Holland.

CSXT D735. NB, OS ALESIS in Toledo at 1511 on June 05, 2020. CSXT 400 on point.

17:12 EDT Q326-05 JUST ARRIVING AT LAMAR. ROUGENESS TOWER INSTRUCTING THEM TO 39 TRACK AND DOUBLE AFTER THE DPU OVER TO 37.

D708 ran to Peaker in Brighton and picked up a CN engine yesterday. Today, D708 ran all the way to Plymouth to pick up to special massive transformers for Michigan State University.

327 by 112th at 735a - 112th now blocked due to 327 setoff ( also has yesterdays 326 setoff, 326 setoff was waved by the chief ds yesterday )
327 has 554 axles - 2 csx and a cn in transist on the headend - 134 cars - 8052' per 19.1

327 MED CLEAR HOLLAND AT 900AM

Overnight at Bangor mp CG60.72: D801-05 (N800-04) @ 12:43:56am with BNSF engines #6274 + #9002 & 130 loaded coal cars & CSX pushers #3230 + #3200. N800-04 had gone into Kirk siding mp CG72.3 on June 4th & the crew's time had expired. The DPU engines were brought to Kirk around 6:30am yesterday morning.
DD mp CG131.3 @ 09:44am reported 396 axles & 5,864 feet for 2 engines & 96 cars. This might be Q326-06.
Q327-06 @ 10:23am at Bangor mpCG60.72 with CSX engines #3441 + #3163 + CN #5918(?) & 153 cars.
DD mp CG108.9 @ 10:24am reported 396 axles & 5,812 feet for 2 engines & 96 cars (Q326-06?).

Q326-06 is currently going through Benton Harbor. Sounds like perhaps CSXT 3335 leading.
Q327-06 is currently going through Riverside, and will meet Q326 on the double track.

Q327-06 cleared St. Joseph bridge at 11:12 am and is now going through Stevensville.
Q326-06 is currently going through Coloma.

Q326-06 @ 11:52:32am Bangor mp CG60.72 with CSX engine #3325 leading & 96 cars & CSX #921 rear DPU. Has work at Waverly/Holland to drop off 10 cars.

N800 is currently going through Benton Harbor.

Hard to hear on the radio because of static. N800-05 is currently going through Coloma. Sounds like BNSF 8493 leading. (Scanner cut out on the number, so it could be 8483....it should be to Bangor on the camera probably between 2:15 pm and 2:20 pm.)
The RA dispatcher (FDK) is coming in loud and clear though. There was a problem with a crossing at Willow Creek, but it is apparently fixed now.

Sounds like they are tying down and cutting the train up at Grand Junction, as there is currently nobody available to get it and shove it up the hill, and take it to West Olive.