CSX MQT GRE TRAIN UPDATE 3-25-2008

EJE Dispatcher · Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:47 pm

N910- by Michigan City about 2155 BNSF GE's
X50023 by Michigan City 2245 CP AC44
N90324 by Michigan City 2300 BNSF ACE + GEVO

Earlier saw N956 out at Elmdale taking its helpers off.

pudgy · Unread post by **pudgy** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:48 am

Not exact times or for sure which train went first:
D700-24 and Q327-23 dept Wyoming parade style between 0040 and 0115.
No engine #'s or car counts.

Didn't hear anything about a Q334, maybe dosed off...

X500-23 Dept Wyoming Yard 0335 with CP 9614 leading.
Z151-24 is still wandering around the yard doing their usual.

mikekmac · Unread post by **mikekmac** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:47 am

Something with a weak radio cleared Okemos Road westbound at 6:30am. Bulk special of some kind, maybe? Early for anything else.

Raildudes dad · Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:48 am

GRE crew on duty. CSX delivered a larger than normal mini unit train for King. 1 hi cube TR box on the east end- Rosewood car?

mikekmac · Unread post by **mikekmac** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:43 am

Not having much luck with the radio this morning.

Something eastbound passed the Dobie Road (Okemos) defect detector at 7:14am. Reported at 4977 feet. Q334, maybe?

I'm guessing that means nothing in daylight for me this morning.

Tlout · Unread post by **Tlout** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:05 am

D900 west clear Holland 8:55 AM.

Unread post by **~Z~** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:14 am

Q32625 - GRAND RAPIDS MI CG 1 03-25-2008 05:40
Q32725 - set to leave Detroit at 2pm
Q33425 - WALBRIDGE TOWER OH CTT 67 03-25-2008 08:59
Q33525 - GRAND RAPIDS MI CG 1 03-25-2008 08:37
CP X50022 - OAK MI CH 12 03-25-2008 09:00
CP X50024 - hasn't left Chicago yet
N90323 - WEST OLIVE MI CGC 33 03-25-2008 01:25
N90324 - WEST OLIVE MI CGC 33 03-25-2008 04:00
N91023 - hasn't left Chicago yet
D80224 - WELLS MI CG 42 03-25-2008 02:28
D80324 - WEST OLIVE MI CGC 33 03-25-2008 02:01
D80125 - not moving yet
Amtrak P37125 - GRAND JCT MI CG 54 03-25-2008 09:04
D70024 - GREY MI CG 83 03-25-2008 09:02
N95624 - hasn't left Chicago yet
E94523 - CLARKE JCT IN DCC 0 03-25-2008 08:32
E94525 - not moving yet
E94924, E94925 - not moving yet

Mikekmac - sounds like that might have been CP X50022.

EJE Dispatcher - you and I were near each other monday night it sounds..i caught N956's pushers coming back at the thornapple bridge, then went to the west end of Elmdale to watch Q327 go by at Pratt Lake Rd.

Tlout · Unread post by **Tlout** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:21 pm

Y121 is at Windquest - thought they hit the elevator in Harlem first - so I guess they'll head to Harlem next.

EDIT 12:50 PM - CSX 2517 and lone caboose heading south at Riley St.

SteveHiuzenga · Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:02 pm

Any thoughts on what coal train that was going through Zeeland just now? It was empty and headed west with a BNSF on the point.....must of had a gazillion cars (ok, that's an exaggeration) but long, none the less!

Unread post by **~Z~** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:02 pm

Q32625 GRAND RAPIDS MI CG 1 03-25-2008 05:40
Q32725 - set to leave Detroit at 2pm
CP X50024 - hasn't left Chicago yet
N91023 - hasn't left Chicago yet
D80125 - not moving yet
D70024 - GRAND JCT MI CG 54 03-25-2008 11:44
D90025 - GRAND JCT MI CG 54 03-25-2008 11:34 (odd move, as it looks like D700 was headed east while D900 was going west, met at Grand Junction)
N95624 - hasn't left Chicago yet
E94925 - WAVERLY MI CG 24 03-25-2008 12:58
E94924 - not moving yet
E94525 - not moving yet

BL2-1843 · Unread post by **BL2-1843** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:23 pm

Answering a couple questions from mikekmac above, 1. The something with a weak radio that went west over Okemos Rd at 630am was a very early Q335-25 with CSX 693 and 8804. It wasnt a weak radio but a conductor with a weak voice as I ALWAYS have to turn the radio up full volumn to hear him when he is on. The same voice has a habit too of calling signals when the engineer is blowing the horn for crossings. But, at least he calls them, something many are not fond of doing for reasons discussed here earlier. 2. The Something east passing the Okemos DD at 714am was X500-22 with CP 9614.

mikekmac · Unread post by **mikekmac** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:10 pm

Thanks, Bob and Zack.

Q32725 cleared the DD at Dobie Road (MP 79.9) westbound at 3:56pm. 3423', 208 axles, 39mph.

I think I missed the discussion about why conductors are reluctant to call signals. I do know that I'm hearing less than I was when I first started using my scanner, and that was only a year ago. CN crews never call signals in the open anymore; all the information I get comes from listening in on dispatcher-conductor or conductor-conductor (at a meet) talk or from hearing the squawk from the EOT (which at least tells me to pick up my camera).

-Mike

GP30M4216 · Unread post by **GP30M4216** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:58 pm

208 Axles on Q327... Unless they have a TON on power on the headend, that's a decent size train of well over 40 cars, good to know. I know I'm not the only one who has witnessed that Q327 between Detroit and GR is a more sizeable train that Q326 over the same trackage. If they abolished 326 but kept 327, well, then X500's crew could head back to GR without deadheading.

J T · Unread post by **J T** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:53 pm

EJE Dispatcher wrote:N910- by Michigan City about 2155 BNSF GE's
X50023 by Michigan City 2245 CP AC44
N90324 by Michigan City 2300 BNSF ACE + GEVO

Earlier saw N956 out at Elmdale taking its helpers off.

I knew I should have gone down to Wingeier Rd. Looks like I would have bumped into you. Instead, I parked at the storage place next to the tracks on Alden Nash and waited for them to head back west.

EJE Dispatcher · Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:26 pm

I was sitting down at the MOW shops at Elmdale I have to say nice power though..

mikekmac · Unread post by **mikekmac** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:27 pm

Q326 (?) past the Dobie Road defect detector (MP 79.9) at 7:21pm, eastbound at 26mph, 2360 feet, 148 axles.

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