CSX MQT GRE Train Location Update 4-21-08

[Raildudes dad]

Looks like a crew on duty at the GRE. Only 4 inbound King CH's. The inspection pit is poured. The forms need to be stripped and the pit backfilled. An Amtrak mini van dropped the crew off and then headed east - pick up last night's crew at the Radisson?

[~Z~]

Q32621 - WAVERLY EAST MI CG 23 04-21-2008 08:50 (CSXT 5395 headend)
Q32720 - CLARKE JCT IN DCC 0 04-21-2008 08:45
Q32721 - set to leave Detroit at 2pm
Q33421 - WALBRIDGE TOWER OH CTT 67 04-21-2008 07:48
Q33521 - ENSEL MI CH 89 04-21-2008 08:14
CP X50019 - hasn't left Chicago yet
Amtrak P37121 - HOLLAND MI CG 25 04-21-2008 08:50
D70020 - LAMAR MI CG 4 04-21-2008 03:04
K35720 - hasn't left Detroit yet (coke towards GR and CHicago)
N90321 - hasn't left Chicago yet
E94917 - 22ND STREET NO 2 IL DC 117 04-21-2008 03:42
E94918, E94920 - not moving yet
D80120, D80220 - up at West Olive early this morning

[amtrak1007]

P37020 was 2+ hours late getting in which would put them (P37121) past HOS by the time they hit the state line. So my guess is that someone at CNOC got on the ball and got the recrew up here.

[~Z~]

Q32621 - DETROIT MI CH 1 04-21-2008 16:32
Q32721 - SEYMOUR MI CH 148 04-21-2008 18:54
Q33421 - TOLEDO STANLEY OH QT 5 04-21-2008 09:10
Q33521 - GRAND RAPIDS MI CG 1 04-21-2008 10:05
CP X50019, CP X50021 - hasn't left Chicago
N90321 - JOY HOLDOUT CP MI CG 125 04-21-2008 18:55
E94918 - WELLS MI CG 42 04-21-2008 18:48
E94920 - not moving yet
D80121 - not moving yet
K35720 - annulled
Amtrak P37021 - not to Porter yet

[Racer]

E441 cleared Plymouth Diamond at 2:30pm and G331 cleared the diamond at 4:45pm. Shortly after; D717 came into North Yard at 5:15pm. D717 kept stopping while going into North Yard. The train apparently was too large to get it all in the yard in one shot, so they had to break-it-up and yet blocked-up the Saginaw Wye, Main, and Yard lead. That sucker was well over 50 cars! Also at the exact same moment; D738 and Q272 met on the South side of Plymouth Diamond.

Hey Zack, is this K357 a W&LE Coke Train?

[J T]

P37020 was 2+ hours late getting in which would put them (P37121) past HOS by the time they hit the state line.

You know, I THOUGHT I heard that distinct Amtrak horn going through Grandville well after the normal time last night.

[RailCanon]

K357 is/was a loaded Coke Train that ran from Detroit to Chicago via Grand Rapids. Up until 2007, it ran nearly every day. Then some changes took place and it vanished, along with three other Detroit-Chicago coke trains (K351, 352 and 356, all of which ran only occasionally).

[amtrak1007]

An Amtrak mini van dropped the crew off and then headed east - pick up last night's crew at the Radisson?

I guess there is a story behind that...

P37020 was 2+ hours late getting in which would put them (P37121) past HOS by the time they hit the state line. So my guess is that someone at CNOC got on the ball and got the recrew up here.

- NOPE!!! Well part of it is right.

You know, I THOUGHT I heard that distinct Amtrak horn going through Grandville well after the normal time last night.

Well according to the LSA on 370, the crew ran a red signal, (we believe Grandville) and that would be why there was a fresh crew for 37121. This would also account for the 75 min delay incurred between Holland and Grand Rapids.