Shortline Updates August 2021

[Plannerdad]

GRE is in Lowell right now.

[LansingRailFan]

JAIl was spotted this morning NB in Mason w 10 coils for RSDC and two boxcars for CN.

[~Z~]

Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 4:02pm. WAMX 4125 solo and 32 cars. good amount of what I think is fertilizer today.

Quick turnaround. Back south at 5:45pm with WAMX 4125 and 15 cars.

[LansingRailFan]

JAIl was spotted this morning NB in Mason w 10 coils for RSDC and two boxcars for CN.

Jail dropped off the coils at RSDC, continues northward with the two boxcars for CN. On the way there they picked up two loaded scrap gons at Padnos Lansing and took all four cars to CN.

They were spotted in downtown Lansing around 3:00 with three boxcars headed south. I do not know if these came from CSX or CN. Michigan Packaging receives cars from CN, CSX and NS.

[AARR]

Thank you for the JAIL reports, LRF.

It appears that Padnos Lansing ships to all three Class 1's too.

On the way there they picked up two loaded scrap gons at Padnos Lansing and took all four cars to CN.

They were spotted in downtown Lansing around 3:00 with three boxcars headed south. I do not know if these came from CSX or CN. Michigan Packaging receives cars from CN, CSX and NS.

[LansingRailFan]

Thank you for the JAIL reports, LRF.

It appears that Padnos Lansing ships to all three Class 1's too.

On the way there they picked up two loaded scrap gons at Padnos Lansing and took all four cars to CN.

They were spotted in downtown Lansing around 3:00 with three boxcars headed south. I do not know if these came from CSX or CN. Michigan Packaging receives cars from CN, CSX and NS.

Padnos in Lansing only uses CN > JAIL.

Other Padnoses (Padnosii?) are on CSX, NS lines etc… and maybe that’s what you meant.

[AARR]

Thank you for the correction

Padnos in Lansing only uses CN > JAIL.

Other Padnoses (Padnosii?) are on CSX, NS lines etc… and maybe that’s what you meant.

[kd_1014]

GDLK derailed on the Hastings Runner today around the lumber customer near the end of the line. Looked minor from the photos on FB

[Steamlogger]

Marquette rail is southbound at 6 mile road with 3 SD40 and 1 GP unit. 28 cars for CSX today.

[~Z~]

Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 2:40pm. 3 locos and about 25 cars.

Back south at 5:56pm. Wamx 4209, wamx 4125 and 50ish cars.

[~Z~]

Grand elk north through Byron Center at 5:09pm. WAMX 4125, wamx 4124(both facing north) and 17 cars.

Back south at 6:44pm, 4124 and 4125 lite power.

[LansingRailFan]

NS 8101 led a empty grain train for white pigeon on the grand elk - train 700, today.

This is the central of Georgia HU

[GP30M4216]

If anyone has a Z151 type update on Friday this week and wants to share it here, I would appreciate it. I will be up near Baldwin tomorrow and could really go for some solid Friday the 13th MQT luck!!

[Talk]

Z627-12 departure from North Yard 21:00 MMRR 2170 leading 2019 and like 8 2 bay hoppers

[Steamlogger]

Marquette rail is switching Quality Liquid Feed and Weeks Lumber near 7 mile road just north of Grand Rapids.

[GP30M4216]

Marquette z151 currently in Baldwin setting out their 30-some northbound cars. 3 units, I think.

Thanks for that update earlier in the day, steamlogger!

[GP30M4216]

MQT southbound Baldwin depot with 3408, 3406, 3389 and 57 cars, 18:05hrs. Empty BCOL bulkhead flat and 2 CSXT gons right behind the power, then tanks, covered hoppers, and about 10 boxcar loads at the rear.

[~Z~]

MQT southbound Baldwin depot with 3408, 3406, 3389 and 57 cars, 18:05hrs. Empty BCOL bulkhead flat and 2 CSXT gons right behind the power, then tanks, covered hoppers, and about 10 boxcar loads at the rear.

Cool you got to see MQT up in Baldwin on your bday sir. Enjoy the evening!

Thursday evening, heard GDLK south of Byron Center around 9pm, but never saw them come through town. No sightings of them Friday either.

[Jim_c]

GDLK has boxcars from Otsego awaiting pick up in Plainwell. I suspect either a run south from GR this weekend, or a run north, at least far enough to pick those up.

[LansingRailFan]

GDLK extra 700 job reported this morning with 4017 solo and multiple cars of extra long ties for switches etc…

9:00 AM they were NB thru Three Rivers and later were seen dropping off marge quantities of ties north of kazoo