GLC Train Location Updates - July 2023

Daily whereabouts of train locations along with sightings for heads ups to other railfans.
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Re: GLC Train Location Updates - July 2023

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GLC 395 396 NB out of Cadillac propane tanks and covered hoppers. About 12 cars. Looks like a Kalkaska Petoskey run.

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Re: GLC Train Location Updates - July 2023

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Delayed post. OSTN-20 4 engines 382,329,???,??? Southbound 4:58am and returned northbound at 7:00am at Zukey lake/Lakeland Was too dark to see the last 2 engines as I was getting ready for work, and then I only herd them return from work

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Re: GLC Train Location Updates - July 2023

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Southbound GLC through Elsie. SD35, SD40 and SD45 carbody units leading the way of a big mixed freight.
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Re: GLC Train Location Updates - July 2023

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MQT1223 wrote:
Fri Jul 21, 2023 1:23 pm
Southbound GLC through Elsie. SD35, SD40 and SD45 carbody units leading the way of a big mixed freight.
They hit a car at Carland. T-boner fo sho.

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LansingRailFan wrote:
Sun Jul 23, 2023 12:19 pm
MQT1223 wrote:
Fri Jul 21, 2023 1:23 pm
Southbound GLC through Elsie. SD35, SD40 and SD45 carbody units leading the way of a big mixed freight.
They hit a car at Carland. T-boner fo sho.
Any damage to the locomotive involved. They certainly can't afford to have anything else out of service?

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396 and 395 leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1110.

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395 and 396 returning to Cadillac from Clare (or further south) at 1020.
Last edited by AANscaleRunner on Wed Jul 26, 2023 1:58 pm, edited 2 times in total.

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13:20: Train passing Kingsley. 2 Centerbeams for Amerhart. Nothing for Beacon.

Edit: Forgot unit numbers. 396 leading 395.
Consistently confused

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396 and 395 leaving Cadillac for Clare approximately 1400.

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AANscaleRunner wrote:
Wed Jul 26, 2023 2:15 pm
396 and 395 leaving Cadillac for Clare approximately 1400.
They didn't make it very far. Sitting behind viking and they haven't made their set off yet. 1656

Kind of a wild train. Poles at the head end, short ch, empty beam, loaded djj scrap gon, long cut of orange ns mow gons, soon line empty beam, 3 chip hoppers then lots of csx gons. Still can't see the tail.

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Those three high-top hoppers are used to deliver coke to the transload track on Wyoming Warehouse property
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Wed Jul 26, 2023 4:56 pm
3 chip hoppers
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396 leading 395 and a hopper for Beacon. Through Kingsley at 10:50
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396 and 395 leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1040.

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AANscaleRunner wrote:
Mon Jul 31, 2023 10:52 am
396 and 395 leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1040.
Here working mcbain somewhere. Their train is parked west of cherry st, they aren't at viking or biewer. Biewer siding was empty when I came in. 1133

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09:41 - 386/385/383 pull out of engine house area and enter main in Owosso. Will shove back to pick up train.

10:57 - NB ONTN with 386/385/383 f/r/r by the SRI/SteelHighway cam
4 4-bay plastics hoppers
2 2-bay cement hoppers
4 scrap tie gondolas
6 LPG tank cars
2 scrap tie gondolas
1 tank car - rkbx 205177
22 scrap tie gondolas
1 high-side open top hopper - itfx 434121
3 scrap tie gondolas
2 pole loads
3 scrap tie gondolas
2 LPG tank cars
1 3-bay covered hopper, possibly for ZFS

13:47 - NB 329/382 power light by the SRI/SteelHighway cam

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