CSX Train Location Updates - January 2021

[SW]

SB grain train just cleared Plymouth. CSX 3440 + 3400 + 90 cars.

[LansingRailFan]

NB K597 just turned east at Plymouth. CSX 4287 + 8094 + 158 cars.

What is K597? unit train?

[SW]

NB D735 cleared 7 Mile Rd. CSX 547 + 3456

[Tom49801]

Amtrak P370-16 @ 9:31pm eastward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 16 axles & 306 feet long. IDTX engine #4614 & 3 SuperLiner cars.
Amtrak P370-16 @ 10:09:46pm eastward Bangor's Division St crossing mp CG60.93 (0 passengers on/off at the station mp CG60.5)

[Dan Cluley]

388 light went East by Trowbridge at 22:15. I'm guessing this is a D901?

edit
Still haven't heard anything on the scanner, but they may be doing something with the cars dropped off in the Trowbridge pass a few days ago

23:12 edit
After some back and forth moves, it looks like they are just bringing the Trowbridge cars back to Ensel

[ns8401]

NB K597 just turned east at Plymouth. CSX 4287 + 8094 + 158 cars.

What is K597? unit train?

K597 is a train of gons, slab steel cars and coil cars. It goes to Detroit.

[donnieland]

327, 371, 705 sunday
327
507 ld, 429 trail with 1 gon and freddy riding the rear - iirc with the 1 car consist, 327 can run track speed,
if they were light power, they would be resticted to med speed.
523a - slow clear lamar
529a - med clear grandville - 1 to the main
540a/542a - clear ee/we hudsonville
550a - 19.1 - 16 axles, 189' - 507 ld, 429 trail, 1 gon with fred
555a - clear 112th ave, waverly
601a - clear holland
607a - med app 30
617a - med app east saugatuck - main to the siding
623a - all stop in the siding east saugatuck
703a - med app east saugatuck - siding to the main
721a - clear pair wells
723a - 44.2 - 16 axles, 190'
725a - clear pair grand junction
745a/747a - clear ee/we gross

371
600a - depart grand rapids eb, slow clear pleasant st
603a - slow app pleasant st wb
609a - restricting plaster creek
613a - clear lamar
618a - clear grandville - 2 tk to the main
626a/629a - clear ee/we hudsonville
635a - 19.1 - 16 axles, 304' - clear zeeland
640a - clear 112th ave, waverly
644a/648a - arr/depart holland
655a - clear pair east saugatuck
709a - clear pair wells
712a - 44.2 - 16 axles, 302'
720a - clear pair grand junction
728a/731a - arr/depart bangor ( ba )
732a/734a - clear ee/we gross

705
639a/641a - clear ee/we grand ledge ( gx )
653a - 104.3 - 404 axles, 6309' - 738 ld with 97 cars, rear dpu, 1 yd engine trail after dpu
703a - clear pair sunfield ( su )
720a/723a - clear pair lake odessa ( da )
723a - 126.3 - 404 axles - 738 ld, 97 cars, rear dpu with yard engine trail after dpu
737a/740a - clear ee/we elmdale ( md )
743a - clear alto ( ao)
749a - clear snow rd
754a - app limited thronapple
801a/803a - clear fox
813a - clear seymour ( od )

[Tom49801]

Q327-17 @ 07:25am westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 16 axles & 190 feet long. CSX engines #507 + #429 & 1 car.
Amtrak P370-17 @ 07:28am westward Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 with IDTX engine #4614 & 3 SuperLiners (2 passengers boarded at the station mp CG60.5)

D705-16 @ 07:35am westward reported by the DD mp CH126.3 with 404 axles. CSX engines #738 + #3211 & 98 cars (dont know if the #3211 is running as a DPU).

Q327-17 @ 07:35am westward Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 with CSX engines #507 + #429 & 1 car.

D705-16 @ 07:46am westward reported from Alto mp CH134.35
D705-16 @ 08:05am westward reported from west end Fox mp CH141.8

[Tom49801]

Amtrak P371-17 @ 08:17am westward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 16 axles & 309 feet long. IDTX engine #4614 & 3 SuperLiners.
Q327-17 @ 08:39am westward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 16 axles & 191 feet long. CSX engines #507 + #429 & 1 car.

[donnieland]

705 sunday
rougemere to 705 - in on 2 , set over rest into 4 , get dpu and yd engine together and take to service track
822a - app pleasant st ( sa )
back in the day before 131 was built, a 24' x 16' white interlocking tower ( est on the length and width of the tower )
was located in the middle of a triangle of tracks between wealty and franklin sts. the old pere marquette ran along
the south side west to east, pennsy' ran south to north on the west side ( pm rr had trackage rights on the pennsy for
passenger trains east to detroit, and nyc rr was on the east side. the tower was listed as second ave in the ett, and
the office call was sa. on the north side was grand rapids uniom station were the pm, pennsy, and nyc met.
when the xway was built in the late 50's, the c&o ( ex pm ) build a new tower on pleasant st, just north of franklin st
overpass that controlled the south side of the new track arrangement ( pennsy, c&o, and nyc ) from century ave to franklin st.
the union station was torn down with the pennsy tracks to the west side of the river in place with nyc having trackage rights
to their station over on the west side . in the ett listing pleasant st it retained the sa office call.
in the 50's wealty, hall, and burton sts were all at grade crossings, with gates and rr personal to protect the crossings,
i can't remember if franklin st was an at grade or bridge crossing, the nyc rr yard's north end was at franklin and the south end at hall st.
the pennsy yard ( hughart ) was between burton and hall, with a big roundhouse located just north of hall along century ave.

[C&O Dispatcher]

Pleasant St (SA) was where we issued orders and clearance for our trains destined to the Elmdale Sub. (Actually SD was the abbreviation for subdivision on the C&O). Although I made several "ride the engine" trips from Saginaw to GR and back, I never paid a visit to the tower at Pleasant St. "Eng 3032 run extra Elmdale to Jct Switch Paines." Please excuse my history reminiscence in the updates stream.

[BL2-1843]

D70516 went west by Howell at 04:08 this morning with 113 cars and its usual assigned power. Mid train power was after the 47th car. In addition to its usual eastward facing DPU unit was also four axle unit 2016.

[SD80MAC]

Donnie, the only time light power is restricted to 30 mph is if it is a single light unit (4 or 6 axles). 2 or more light units, or even 1 unit and 1 car (basically anything 8 axles or more) are cleared to run at track speed.

[Tom49801]

Q326-17 @ 11:01am eastward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 240 axles & 3,430 feet long. CSX engine #7219 + 1 & 57 cars.
Q326-17 @ 11:58am eastward Bangor's Division St crossing mp CG60.93 w/ CSX engine #7219 & 57 cars & rear CSX engine #3028.

[Tom49801]

Q326-17 @ 12:26pm eastward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 240 axles & 3,464 feet long. CSX engine #7219 & 57 cars & rear CSX engine #3028.

[Talk]

Q326-17 clear EE Saugatuck 12:47

[Tom49801]

Q326-17 @ 1:13pm eastward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 240 axles & 3,378 feet long. CSX engine #7219 & 57 cars & rear CSX engine #3028.

[SW]

NB K597 just turned east at Plymouth. CSX 4287 + 8094 + 158 cars.

What is K597? unit train?

K597 is a train of gons, slab steel cars and coil cars. It goes to Detroit.

Thanks, NS, I had meant to answer but got distracted. To be more specific, it goes to AK Steel near Rougemere, in Dearborn.

[ns8401]

What is K597? unit train?

K597 is a train of gons, slab steel cars and coil cars. It goes to Detroit.

Thanks, NS, I had meant to answer but got distracted. To be more specific, it goes to AK Steel near Rougemere, in Dearborn.

Is there a 596 counterpart?

[LansingRailFan]

D70516 went west by Howell at 04:08 this morning with 113 cars and its usual assigned power. Mid train power was after the 47th car. In addition to its usual eastward facing DPU unit was also four axle unit 2016.

CSX 2016 featured in this YT video on the Y157 street running in Tampa, FL job: https://youtu.be/tguzA4VYdLM