CSX Train Location Updates - April 2021

Daily whereabouts of train locations along with sightings for heads ups to other railfans.
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371 and 327 saturday
4623 with 3 supers
600a - depart grand rapids - eb, station to 1 track
603a - slow app pleasant st - wb , 1 trck to the main at godfrey ave
610a - restricting plaster creek
614a - clear lamar - old main to 2 track
617a - clear ivanrest ave
619a - clear grandville - 2 track to the main
624a - clear dewent
627a/631a - clear ee/we hudsonville
632a - clear vriesland
637a - 19.1 - 16 axles, 307' - clear zeeland
4623 with 3 supers

640a - clear 112th ave
641a - clear waverly
647a/650a - arr/depart holland
656a - clear 30
700a - clear pair east saugatuck
704a - clear new richmond
708a - clear fennville
711a - clear pair wells
714a - 44.2 - 16 axles, 303' - clear 46
4623 with 3 supers

717a - clear 49
719a - clear 51
726a - clear 58
730a/731a - arr/depart bangor
733a/734a - clear ee/we gross
737a - clear 66
745a - clear pair kirk
749a - clear watervliet
752a - clear coloma
756a - clear riverside - main to 2 track
758a - clear gray
835a - clear lakeside

327
cf 430a
5380 lead, 466 trail with xx cars
will pick up the 6918 and 2318 and cars at waverly, will check with tm if that is still the plan

650a - rouge to 327 - carman finished, you can begin your moves
710a - slow clear lamar - odd side to 1 track - 1st cut of cars, with another cut in 39 track to couple too
734a - 327 at ivanrest ave waiting for conductor to get on board
746a - app med ivanrest ave
753a - med clear grandville - 1 track to the main
800a - clear dewent
807a - clear pair hudsonville
812a - clear vriesland
818a - 19.1 - 424 axles, 6243'
823a - clear 112th ave
5380 lead, 466 trail with 103 cars

826a - clear waverly
848a - clear holland
850a - restricting holland - main to old holland siding
picked up: 2318, 6918, 2 mt blkhd flats, 1 tank, and 2 ch - 2 engines and 5 cars

1004a - med clear holland - old pass to main
1011a - restricting holland - back on their consist
1032a - clear holland
5380 lead, 466 mid, 2318 mid, and 6918 trail ( 2318 and 6918 in tow ) with 108 cars
327 has 6 hours till hos
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Amtrak P371-17 @ 07:13am westward reported by DD mp CG44.2 w/ 16 axles & 303 ft. IDTX engine #4623 & 3 SuperLiners.

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Dan Cluley wrote:
Fri Apr 16, 2021 11:35 pm
I can hear something going through Lansing on CSX. Don't know any details, but D705 seems likely.

edit - 00:07
D705-16 is talking to the dispatcher about getting signals to work at Ensel yard.
D705-16 @ 12:56am westward reported by the DD mp CH104.3 with 242 axles (+2 error) & 3,398 feet long. CSXT engines #5345 + #4064 & 57 cars.

@ 01:37am westward reported by the DD mp CH126.3 with 240 axles.

@ 02:39am reported from Plaster Creek mp CGT 2.0
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Amtrak P371-17 @ 07:29:17am westward Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 with IDTX engine #4623 & 3 SuperLiners (1 passenger on at the station mp CG60.5)

Q327-17 @ 07:45am at Grand Rapids gave his mark up to the RN Dispatcher: CSXT engines #5380 + #466 & 103 cars (30 loaded + 73 empty). They're still waiting on a decision about making a pick up at Holland.

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Amtrak P371-17 @ 08:15am westward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 16 axles & 309 ft. IDTX engine #4623 & 3 SuperLiners.

Q327-17 @ 08:19am westward reported by DD mp CG19.1 with 424 axles & 6,243 ft long. CSXT engines #5380 + #466 & 103 cars. He is picking up the CSXT engines #2318 + #6918 and the 6 or 8 cars that are coupled to them.

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Tom49801[b wrote:D705-16[/b] @ 12:56am westward reported by the DD mp CH104.3 with 242 axles (+2 error) & 3,398 feet long. CSXT engines #5345 + 1 & 57 cars.
(On April 11th, the CSXT #5345 was reported to be in Romulus, Mi & was paired with the CSXT 5442 on the X215-11)
Trailing unit behind 5345 last night was CSX 4064. 705 had 80 cars when going by Howell at 10:35pm. They had a delay when their train consist did not match the first DD they passed over and had to walk the train to find the additional car. RN informed them it was a load and not dangerous.

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08:21 CT / 09:21 ET: What I assume to be Q326 is eastbound at Michigan City. P371 was by just before the top of the hour, so I presume they met at Michigan City. I need to get a scanner setup here at my new place :)
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Q327-16 @ 10:03am westward Holland mp CG25.3 diverging from the Pass Track to the Main Track. CSXT engines #5380 + #466 + #2318 + #6918. He had 103 cars when he went into Holland to pick up the #2318 + #6918 & the 5 cars that were coupled to it. At 10:12am he is backing up eastward on the Main to pick up the rest of his train.

Q326-17 @ 10:32am eastward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 408 axles & 5,365 ft. CSXT engines #5353 + #5301 & 99 cars.

Q327-16 @ 10:38am westward entire train had cleared the Holland Depot.

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337 saturday
waverly pick up: 2318 and 6918, 2 mt blkhd flats, 1 tank, and 2 ch

1004a - med clear holland - old holland siding to the main
1011a - restricting holland - back on their consist
1032a - clear holland
5380 lead, 466 mid, 2318 mid, and 6918 trail ( 2318 and 6918 in tow ) with 108 cars
crew was called for 430a - 6 hours left to work before hos

1044a - clear 28 and 30
1050a - clear pair east saugatuck
1059a - clear new richmond
1105a - clear fennville
1110a - clear pair wells
1117a - 44.2 - 452 axles, 6674'
5380 lead, 466 mid, 2318 mid, and 6918 trail ( 2318 and 6918 in tow ) with 108 cars

1121a - clear 49
1124a - clear 51
1129a - clear pair grand junction
1136a - clear 58
1142a - os bangor
1143a - app ee bangor - main to main
327 will stop at rear car of 326 and try to reset fred for them.
326 has 21 cars for waverly, 327 says there isn't much room for 21 cars
the pass, 24, 23 are full of cars and the rest of the tracks have cars

1158a - clear we gross
1205p - clear 66

( 326 - 1159a - med clear ee gross, siding to main )
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Q327-17 @ 11:17am westward reported by DD mp CG44.2 with 452 axles & 6,674 ft. CSXT engines #5380 + #466 + #2318 + #6918 & 108 cars.

Q327-17 @ 11:40:50am westward Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 & is going stop on the Main to reset Q326's EOT at the west end of Gross Siding mp CG63.1 with Q326 inside the siding.
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Q326-17 @ 12:03:34pm eastward Bangor's Division St crossing mp CG60.93 with CSXT engines #5353 + #5301 & 99 cars. He has 21 cars to set off at Holland. It appears his EOT reset by Q327 did not restore it to operation & will be limited to 30 mph max speed.

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Q326-17 @ 12:47pm eastward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 408 axles & 5,425 ft. CSXT engines #5353 + #5301 & 99 cars. He has 21 cars to set off at Holland.

Q326-17 @ 1:10pm eastward called out "Emergency on the hill" (Sauagtuck approximate mp CG32.5). The conductor had said a draw bar had broken on the 2nd car. His head end is stopped at mp CG33.4 & reporting he is 8,242 tons & will need 34 hand brakes set. The Car Department will have to go there to make the repairs.

Q327-17 @ 1:16pm westward reported by DD mp CG91.9 with 452 axles & 6,681 ft. CSXT engines #5380 + #466 + #2318 + #6918 & 108 cars.
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CSXT 586, 989 light power south at Riley St. Holland 1:18 PM.

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Tlout wrote:
Sat Apr 17, 2021 1:19 pm
CSXT 586, 989 light power south at Riley St. Holland 1:18 PM.
This is D803-16 & had heard earlier these engines are going into Holland for service. He had left the empty coal train at 152nd Ave with BNSF engines #6201 + #6072.

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Q326-16 @ 2:33pm was advised to take his engines, the CSXT #5353 + #5301, and his 1st car into the west end of of Saugatuck Siding mp CG33. His remaining 98 cars are tied down on the main track & per the RN Dispatcher "we don't know what we're going to do next". The broken draw bar is on the east end of the 2nd car.

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Q327-17 @ 3:09pm eastward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 12 axles & 130 ft long. CSXT engines #466 + #5380 lite. Guessing they must have tied down their train somewhere & are bringing their engines back to assist Q326 at Saugatuck. Earlier, Q327-17 had gone westward over this DD at 1:16pm.

Q326-17 @ 3:42pm was re-crewed as the D801-17. Crew is awaiting further instructions.

Q327-17 @ 3:49:13pm Eastward at Bangor's Charles St crossing mp CG60.78 with CSXT engines #466 + #5380 lite. He is headed to Saugatuck to assist with Q326’s cars that are tied down on the main there. Q326’s 2nd car had its draw bar broken off. Q327's crew time expires at 4:30pm.

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Q327-17 @ 4:14pm eastward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 12 axles & 133 ft long. CSXT engines #466 + #5380 lite. The RN Dispatcher wants Q327 to couple to the last car of Q326's train, if, they have time to do so.

The plan is to pull Q326's cars westward into the east end of Wells Siding at mp CG41.4, cut away the bad car that was the 2nd car in the train, & then pull the train out of Wells at the west end, and re-couple Q326's engines to it (Q326 has been re-crewed as D801-17).

The head end of Q326 was originally reported to be stopped at mp CG33.4 (after he had gone into emergency) & the rear of his train was estimated to be at mp CG34.5 Q326 then took his engines & the 1st car of the train into the west end of Saugatuck.

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What I assume was a Q150 headed north on the Lincoln Secondary this afternoon (17 April 2021.) Cleared Inkster Road at 12:50 EDT. Short string of intermodal.

I thought I'd heard a horn from him a few minutes earlier; then as he got closer, I realized, yes, he was coming. Didn't catch the engine number as it passed, but did get to see him pass by for once. Was unable to get many other details, because I was working at the time.
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Q327-17 @ 6:20pm westward, main to siding, east end of Wells mp 41.4 with CSXT engines #5380 + #466 & the 98 cars from Q326 that were tied down on the main at Saugatuck. Q327 was re-crewed at 4:30pm & is still running as Q327.
K1NGxBONDx007 had spotted Q327's original consist tied down on the main in New Buffalo between the Absolute Signals mp CG113.9 & CG116.5

Q327-17 @ 6:32pm westward, siding to main, at the west end of Wells mp CG43.3 & he'll continue moving out of Wells until they choose the spot where the cut off the last car (which was the 2nd car in Q326's original consist) that has the broken draw bar.

D801-17 (Q326 re-crewed) @ 6:46pm westward at the west end of Sauagtuck mp CG33. CSXT engines #5301 + #5353 lite headed to Wells Siding to pick up the remainder of his consist from Q327.
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D705 westbound through the EE of Brighton at 18:54. 3308 and 5225 on the head end, I second BL2's report of 103 cars.
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