CSX Train Location Updates: March 2021

[Micah_D]

Amtrak P371-02 @ 07:14am westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 17 axles (+1 error) & 302 ft long. IDTX engine #4631 & 3 SuperLiners.

Looks like the Bangor MI cameras are frozen...

Edit: the main st camera is unfrozen but the second camera is still frozen.

[Tom49801]

Amtrak P371-02 @ 07:27:37am westward Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 with IDTX #4631 & 3 SuperLiners (2 passengers boarded at the station mp CG60.5)

[donnieland]

327 tuesday
5262 lead and 5351 trail
558a - app ivanrest ave - 1 track
608a - all stop grandville - 1 track
639a - clear dewent
646a/650a - clear ee/we hudsonville
656a - clear vriesland
702a - 19.1 - 300 axles, 4337'
703a - app slow zeeland
708a - app east waverly
5262 lead, 5351 trail with 72 cars
711a - restricting waverly - main to old siding
working waverly from old holland siding

[Tom49801]

Amtrak P371-02 @ 07:14am westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 17 axles (+1 error) & 302 ft long. IDTX engine #4631 & 3 SuperLiners.

Looks like the Bangor MI cameras are frozen...

Edit: the main st camera is unfrozen but the second camera is still frozen.

Bangor Cams are back, some kind of glitch locked up both cams for the YouTube feed. From the cam control site we (the Mods) can see what's going on in real time & not affected by a YouTube uploading glitch. What is seen on YouTube is actually delayed 30 seconds by them.

[Tom49801]

Amtrak P371-02 @ 08:16am westward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 16 axles & 307 ft long. IDTX engine #4631 & 3 SuperLiners.

[donnieland]

327 tuesday
807a - med clear holland - old holland siding to the main
814a - fred clears holland
5262 lead, 5351 trail with 88 cars - picked up 16 cars at waverly

823a - clear 28
830a - clear pair east saugatuck
837a - clear new richmond
843a - clear fennville
847a - clear pair wells
852a - 44.2 - 364 axles, 5154' with fred
5262 lead, 5351 trail with 88 cars - 16 car pick up at waverly today

903a - clear 49 and 51
907a - clear pair grand junction
912a - clear 58

note - rn to 371
plan on running thru the siding at new buffalo. and will meet 326 there.
has a maintainer working on the ee power switch, not sure if it will be
operational by the time 371 arrives.

[Tom49801]

Q327-02 @ 08:53am westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 364 axles & 5,154 ft. CSXT engines #5262 + #5351 & 88 cars.

Q327-02 @ 09:16:11am westward Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35

[TSS]

326 on the Vine detector now

Cut of intermodal well cars, empty, in the middle of the train. They’re the weird old “Sea Land” clamping type.

[kd_1014]

326 on the Vine detector now

Cut of intermodal well cars, empty, in the middle of the train. They’re the weird old “Sea Land” clamping type.

Lets hope the cars behind it are also empty!

[Tom49801]

E800-01 @ 09:21am received his EC1 to depart the West Olive power plant with CSXT engines #989 + #5120 & BNSF engines #6429 + #6412 & probably the usual 130 empty coal cars. The CSXT engines will be dropped off in Grand Junction siding mp CG53.9

Q326-02 @ 09:24am eastward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 484 axles & 7,228 ft. CSXT engines #3160 + 1 & 118 cars. Had read he has empty well cars so that most likely will change the car count since some of those cars share wheel trucks.

[BL2-1843]

What Amessmann did not say regarding D90601 moving east from Howell last night, 24 hours after it arrived to set off 84 GLC cars that took four hours to accomplish that it was recrewed by the same crew who brought it here as D70601. Crew was called out of the Hotel in Detroit, brought back to Howell to get the train and then was told to go back to the Hotel upon their arrival back in Detroit. While some will say its a good utilization of crews, just like using the same power day in and out for now OVER three months, I say its a new low for the Plymouth Sub. I have seen crews recrew their own train before but not from an away terminal out of Detroit. What is hard to believe, there were no other crews available in GRP to do this, but Plymouth Sub operates differently than any other.

[LansingRailFan]

What Amessmann did not say regarding D90601 moving east from Howell last night, 24 hours after it arrived to set off 84 GLC cars that took four hours to accomplish that it was recrewed by the same crew who brought it here as D70601. Crew was called out of the Hotel in Detroit, brought back to Howell to get the train and then was told to go back to the Hotel upon their arrival back in Detroit. While some will say its a good utilization of crews, just like using the same power day in and out for now OVER three months, I say its a new low for the Plymouth Sub. I have seen crews recrew their own train before but not from an away terminal out of Detroit. What is hard to believe, there were no other crews available in GRP to do this, but Plymouth Sub operates differently than any other.

I hope they have enough clean underwear and socks.

Bob - did GLC end up dropping off cars last night?

[Tlout]

West Olive empties south at Riley St. Holland 9:50 AM. CSXT, BNSF power.

[Tom49801]

D702-02 @ 10:06am eastward Holland Station mp CG25.25 with CSXT engines #2742 + #6244 & 17 cars. The 16th car was the "Operation Life Saver" caboose.

[Tom49801]

West Olive empties south at Riley St. Holland 9:50 AM. CSXT, BNSF power.

E800-01 @ 10:14am eastward Holland Station mp CG25.25 with CSXT engines #989 + #5120 & BNSF engines #6429 + #6412 & probably the usual 130 empty coal cars. The CSXT engines will be dropped off in Grand Junction siding mp CG53.9 He's going into Wells siding mp CG41.4 to meet Q326.

[donnieland]

702 and 800
702
959a - clear dock track
2644 lead and 2742 trail with 16 cars and a crummy
15 gons of scrap and 1 tanker from heniz ( 327 will pick up these and others wed )
1001a - clear holland - wb
1005a - restricting holland - main to old siding
1008a - cleared holland os

e800
1000a - restricting west wye
1014a - clear holland
989 lead, 5120 mid, with 2 bnsf trail with 130 empties iicc

[Tom49801]

Q326-02 @ 10:39:09am eastward Bangor's Division St crossing mp CG60.93 with CSXT engines #3160 + #5279 & 120 cars.

Q327-02 @ 11:05am westward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 364 axles & 5,223 ft. CSXT engines #5262 + #5351 & 88 cars.

Q326-02 @ 11:13am eastward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 484 axles & 7,334 ft. CSXT engines #3160 + 1 & 120 cars. He has well cars that is making the axle count appear for less cars. Actual count made at Bangor was 120 cars.

[Tom49801]

E800-01 @ 11:29am westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 544 axles & 6,898 feet long. CSXT engines #989 + #5120 & BNSF engines #6429 + #6412 & 130 empty coal cars. The CSXT engines will be dropped off in Grand Junction siding mp CG53.9

[Tom49801]

Q326-02 @ 12:15pm eastward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 484 axles & 7,210 ft. CSXT engines #3160 + #5279 & 120 cars. He has Well cars that makes the axle count appear for less cars.

[amessmann]

Fired up ATCS to find something lined east across Trowbridge, I'd guess D708.
Occupying Trowbridge as of 12:24 and clear at 12:25, must be a short train again.