CSX Train Location Updates, September 2020

[OldBastard]

No signs of movement from W003 out of Grand Rapids yet today?

As of 11am nothing has been heard & I had also checked the overnight scanner archives.

Thanks Tom, and for the current update. I will see what time he makes New Buffalo maybe.

[Racer]

Doesn't mean much with my counting, but 79+106 is 185 and I counted 174. Power was 408+358+6070, by Howell at 08:10. At least the first 100 cars beyond the first dozen were all GLC cars that were picked up at Ann Pere the last few days. This many cars sure ought to cut down the amount of cars on 327 going to Chicago.

D706 made it to Outer Drive (just west of Rougemere) for a yard crew to grab, but that plan changed when Q201-14 hurried out of Detroit as Q508-13 (with CSXT 353, CSXT 3225, and CSXT 2638) was coming in with a monster train of their own after setting off their intermodal cars to Oak Yard. D738-14 is currently working Livonia customers on the Levan Spur with CSXT 6513 and a misrouted car for Lake State taking a tour of the area.

[Tom49801]

W003-14 @ 2:21pm westward reported clear of the St Joseph Bridge with CSX engine #9969 & 2 Geometry cars.
W003-14 @ 2:26pm westward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 12 axles & 215 feet long. HBD alarms both sides for axle 9.
(This is about the extent of the scanner's radio range).

[BL2-1843]

V834 grain empty with 90 cars went west by Howell at 15:05. CSX 103+598 on the head end. Must have gone to Grand Ledge or would have heard it as Williamston by now as it ran around its train. Train may have been V874. GLC with 396+390+329 was over on CSX at 13:00 to pick up the split crossing 84 cars that D908 sat off Sunday morning. They put the 9 cars that D908 did not pick up, and 30 others in the pass for D708 to get today, if they do. Speaking of, D708 arrived in Howell at 16:10 with 25 cars for GLC including what must be 15 of those pot ash cars that came out of Muskegon. Tops were covered and cars looked to be brand new.

[Saturnalia]

V834 grain empty with 90 cars went west by Howell at 15:05. CSX 103+598 on the head end. Must have gone to Grand Ledge or would have heard it as Williamston by now as it ran around its train. Train may have been V874. GLC with 396+390+329 was over on CSX at 13:00 to pick up the split crossing 84 cars that D908 sat off Sunday morning. They put the 9 cars that D908 did not pick up, and 30 others in the pass for D708 to get today, if they do. Speaking of, D708 arrived in Howell at 16:10 with 25 cars for GLC including what must be 15 of those pot ash cars that came out of Muskegon. Tops were covered and cars looked to be brand new.

Those are bottom ash cars, from the burning of coal at the BC Cobb plant in Muskegon.

Great to see you reporting movements in Howell again - take care, Bob!

[LansingRailFan]

V834 grain empty with 90 cars went west by Howell at 15:05. CSX 103+598 on the head end. Must have gone to Grand Ledge or would have heard it as Williamston by now as it ran around its train. Train may have been V874. GLC with 396+390+329 was over on CSX at 13:00 to pick up the split crossing 84 cars that D908 sat off Sunday morning. They put the 9 cars that D908 did not pick up, and 30 others in the pass for D708 to get today, if they do. Speaking of, D708 arrived in Howell at 16:10 with 25 cars for GLC including what must be 15 of those pot ash cars that came out of Muskegon. Tops were covered and cars looked to be brand new.

hoooweee CSX is kicking the rust off of the Plymouth sub this month!

Drove thru Ensel and it's pretty cleared out with the backlog of cars going to and from GLC cleared out.

Anyone got anything on the k-train in GR?

[Tom49801]

Q326-14 @ 4:44pm eastward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 592 axles & 8,256 feet long. CSX engine #987 + 1 & 145 cars.
Q326-14 @ 5:02pm reported clear of the St Joseph Bridge.

[LansingRailFan]

V874 in Grand Ledge now.

[Tom49801]

Q326-14 @ 5:51:16pm eastward Bangor's Charles St crossing mp CG60.78 with CSX #987 leading + mid CSX #794 & 145 total cars.

[Tom49801]

Q326-14 @ 7:29pm eastward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 592 axles & 8,136 feet long. CSX engine #987 + mid CSX engine #794 & 145 total cars. He had no work for Waverly/Holland tonight. The DD at mp CG44.2 had transmitted a HBD Malfunction message for Q326 & was instructed by Dispatch to run at 30 mph to the next DD site at mp CG19.1

[Tom49801]

D700-14 @ 8:43pm westward reported from mp CG25.3 with CSX engine #6414.
D700-14 @ 9:13pm westward reported by the DD at mp CG44.2 with 32 axles & 431 feet long. CSX #6414 & 7 cars.
Amtrak P370-14 @ 9:26pm eastward reported by DD at mp CG91.9 w/ 20 axles & 431 feet long. Engine #4610 & 4 cars.
D700-14 @ 9:32:06pm westward Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 with CSX #6414 & 7 cars (2 tanks + 5 coils). He's going into the east end of Gross siding mp CG61.3 to clear up for Amtrak.
Amtrak P370-14 @ 9:36pm eastward reported clear of the St Joseph Bridge.

[Tom49801]

Amtrak P370-14 @ 10:10:39pm eastward Bangor's Division St crossing mp CG60.93 with engine #4610 & 4 cars (2 passengers off at the station mp CG60.5).
D700-14 @ 10:11pm westward, siding to main, at the w/e Gross mp CG63.1 with CSX #6414 & 7 cars (2 tanks + 5 coils).
D700-14 @ 10:18pm westward reported by the DD at mp CG66.2 with 32 axles & 440 feet long.

[Jochs]

I heard D700-14 eastward in St. Joseph around 12:45 am. Sounds like they may or may not go to Sawyer tomorrow.

[georgehmanning]

​@01:39:30am eastbound D700-14 CSX #6414 arriving Bangor Michigan MP 60.72 with 8 cars

[MQT1223]

P371 arriving at the Holland depot

[donnieland]

327 clear 112th - 716a
794 ld - 53 cars - 987 dpu - 2 4 axle motors in tow after the dpu
sounds like getting ready to work waverly
note
did not hear any report from 19.1 dd on scanner

[Tom49801]

Amtrak P371-15 @ westward 07:29:53am Bangor's Center St crossing with engine #4610 & 4 cars (4 passengers boarded at the station).

D705-15 @ 07:58am westward reported by the DD at mp CH104.3 with 570 axles & 8,362 feet long. CSX engine #3131 + 2 & 138 cars for the axle math.

Amtrak P371-15 @ 8:09am westward reported clear of the St Joseph Bridge.

[BL2-1843]

D705-15 @ 07:58am westward reported by the DD at mp CH104.3 with 570 axles & 8,362 feet long. CSX engine #3131 + 2 & 138 cars for the axle math.

D70515 had 153 cars out of Detroit this morning with 9171 feet of train. By Howell at 04:30 with CSX 3131+5497+8619. The entire train had cars and types and kinds of cars you used to see on 328-329 that have not been through here since April. 18 stone cars as well. Nice to see a rare SD50 (-3). On the other hand, nice to see anything the way the last five months have been.

[CantBeShook.WeHot]

q32615 cottage grove IL. q32715 holland MI. d70014 arrived holland 3am. d70215 holland since 7am. d70515 ensel lansing. d70714 arrived lansing 5am. d70815 set for noon lansing.
n80015, n80016, e80114 in system.
q13115 walbridge. q13213 CD45 OH. q56714 fairview PA. q56815 southern ave detroit. q50814 romulus MI. q50915 walbridge union st.
w00315 listed chicago to grand rapids today, ended Curtis IN yesterday.

[Tom49801]

327 clear 112th - 716a
794 ld - 53 cars - 987 dpu - 2 4 axle motors in tow after the dpu
sounds like getting ready to work waverly
note
did not hear any report from 19.1 dd on scanner

Hello Donnie, if you were listening to the Broadcastify on-line scanner, they're having issues. The feed keeps stopping after less than 2 minutes of activity & have to hit start again & have to keep doing that. Q327's DD19.1 report was found in Broadcastify's archives & he had 232 axles & 3,220 feet long around 7:28am. The scanner archieves don't time stamp the logged calls, it just shows the start/end time for each 1/2 hour segment of time it has stored. I used their "Report Problem" tab for this issue.