CSX GRE MQT Train Location Update 04-06-08

[amtrak1007]

Q32705 CSXT 7564, 8090 and a good size train through JENISON 0012

[donnieland]

BY EAST WAVERLY
501AM - X500
822AM- P371
833AM- 326 - SIDING TO MAIN AFTER P371 PASSED - HAS 7749LD AND
1 IN TRAIL - 60 TO 80 CARS

edit
910am - e945 wb by east waverly

[~Z~]

Q32606 - GRAND RAPIDS MI CG 1 04-06-2008 09:10
Q32706 - set to leave Detroit at 2pm
Q33406 - TOLEDO STANLEY OH QT 5 04-06-2008 09:10
Q33506 - SUNNYSIDE PLEASNT S MI CGT 0 04-06-2008 09:24
CP X50004 - WELLS MI CG 42 04-06-2008 01:29 (um, but donnie saw them)
CP X50005 - BENTON HARBOR MI CG 86 04-06-2008 09:21
E94501 - EAST SAUGATUCK MI CG 32 04-06-2008 09:30
N90306, N91006 - hasn't left Chicago
D80105 - GRAND RAPIDS MI CG 1 04-06-2008 06:30
D80205 - not moving yet
Amtrak P37106 - KIRK MI CG 71 04-06-2008 09:24

[cnw8835]

CP X50004 - WELLS MI CG 42 04-06-2008 01:29 (um, but donnie saw them)
CP X50005 - BENTON HARBOR MI CG 86 04-06-2008 09:21

One X500 is in the yard with CP 8846 solo on the train.

[amtrak1007]

CP X50004 - WELLS MI CG 42 04-06-2008 01:29 (um, but donnie saw them)
CP X50005 - BENTON HARBOR MI CG 86 04-06-2008 09:21

One X500 is in the yard with CP 8846 solo on the train.

Well i'm sure the great etcha-sketch is just confused due to the fact that today is the day in which it USED to jump a head... Could have jumped a head and forgot a train or two. I wouldn't put it past the genus' at CSX to do that...

[cnw8835]

Now there are two X500's in the yard both with single GEVO's for power, X500-04 with 8846 and X500-05 with 8709.

[Grandville]

X500 with 8846 left Wyoming Yard at 2:20

[Tlout]

N900 west is in Holland - 4:02 PM.

Edit: Caught X500 between Zeeland and Hudsonville around 11:45 AM - CP 8709.
Saw that D801 was sitting just south of West Olive around !:00 PM - asked the engineer what was going on since that's not a typical place to stop - they were waiting there for a crew change. BNSF 9913, 8920.

Maybe I can post some pictures later!

[donnieland]

d802? with y121's at the head of 16 cars ( looks to be strictly csx holland
cars met n900 at east end waverly
d802? went siding to main at 406pm at east waverly

as a side note
if anyone visits pensacola you will want to stay at the grand hotel
downtown, the grand was built as part of the old l&n passenger
station in pensacola, with csx mainline from mobile to jacksonville
along the north side of the hotel, this is dark terr. with ctc islands
along the mainline, wed thru sunday fairly busy mon and tues less
traffic, stayed sat night, had 6 trains ( 1 stack, 2 stone, 3 general
manifest ) in 5 hours, 2 during the night, and 3 more from 6 till 9am
checkout. different perspective looking down at them from the 10th floor.

[Tlout]

Caught up with N900 up by West Olive - really nice CSXT ES44AH #759 on the head end with CSXT 93.