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by gridejq » Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:00 pm
UP 1988 (Katy Heritage Unit) is/was leading UP AKSGFR 04 (Kansas City-Griffith/CN, IN). Train is currently by Pence, IL at 1731 CST but it less then 45 minutes out of Griffith. Train consists of 77 empty racks (after setting out 5 empties at Villa Grove, IL) for the Detroit and will probably become a E250 or whatever else they feel like symboling it. The unit will probably return on a E251 but power has been floating all around into Toledo and into Port Huron/Sarnia.
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by EJE Dispatcher » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:45 am
UP 1988 "KATY" was off the J and on CN @ 2050
UP 1988 "KATY' E25091? dep. CP-FLOWERS thats north of South Bend, IN @ 23:30..look like he has work at Lansings Corry Yd...
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by Racer » Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:17 am
So she's gonna be in Lansing for awhile?
"...and I was in the front and Matt grabbed and pulled my ears from behind me and made horsey sounds."
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by EJE Dispatcher » Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:13 am
Looks like just a set-out at Lansing.. Best place to catch it would be in Durand if anyone wants to of course it is 0212 in the morning and last up date it was getting into Battle Creek in the next 30 minutes for the recrew..
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by EJE Dispatcher » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:44 pm
UP 1988 is working Lansing right now E260 HEADS UP DURAND,DETROIT
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by Scooterb » Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:02 pm
UP 1988 looking for water in Lansing calling diesel DR
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by Scooterb » Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:47 pm
Nobody in Battle Creek to look at the engine....try the water maybe someone can check it at Pontiac
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by EJE Dispatcher » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:49 pm
Signals lined up for E260 UP 1988 EAST from the Flint sub. to Holly sub. TIME:1840 HEADS UP PONTIAC!!!!!
Correction: M396 w/ CN8023 east ahead of E260 will follow.
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by Scooterb » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:52 pm
UP 1988 follow an eastbound then swap crews between Perry and Shaftsburg
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by RailCanon » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:06 pm
EJE Dispatcher wrote: Signals lined up for E260 UP 1988 EAST from the Flint sub. to Holly sub. TIME:1840 HEADS UP PONTIAC!!!!!
Correction: M396 w/ CN8023 east ahead of E260 will follow.
Caught 396 at Trowbridge a while ago. For a brief second, while the train was approaching, I thought that 8023 was 1988.
Guess I should have hung around longer.
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by gridejq » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:22 pm
UP 1988 on the E260 terminated at Lansing while the power has now departed Lansing on L45661 06.
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by EMDACESteve » Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:40 pm
L456 ehh. Geez, it is definetely hard to figure out the train schedules on the CN in Michigan!
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by GLC 392 » Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:38 am
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by EJE Dispatcher » Fri Mar 07, 2008 2:35 am
L45661 is heading to Pontiac w/52x8 they recrewed at Fenton. They will be yarding the train at Pontiac Yd. and the power returns to Flint for servicing and will probably head out on E271 in the early morning or mid-morning so heads up...
UP 001988 DEP. DURAND 3-7 0130. L45661-06
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by GLC 392 » Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:19 am
1988 its waiting t owye the power make a pick up i nthe yard and then head back to flint.
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by odave » Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:34 am
Nice shots, GLC392. None of mine were worth posting
I went by Pontiac at ~7:45am and didn't see it from my usual vantage points. The service area was pretty busy, though.
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by ~Z~ » Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:08 am
UP 1988 says it's in Flint as of 9:02am this morning.
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by gridejq » Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:26 pm
UP 1988 is on A45561 07 and was working Lansing as of 1249.
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by RailCanon » Fri Mar 07, 2008 4:45 pm
Should be at or close to Battle Creek by now. Caught him at Cory yard about an hour ago.