CSX GRE MQT Train Location Update 5-20-08

[Raildudes dad]

Not sure what happened yesterday at the GRE. The 3 hoppers disappeared, another one showed up on the interchange track and there's a few more in the yard. There were 2 boxes on the NS inbound, but NS came back and got them (mis routed Van's ?). A MMRR repair truck is next to the 24 this morning so not sure what's happening today. The usual Amtrak.

[~Z~]

Q32620 - GRAND RAPIDS MI CG 1 05-20-2008 06:10
Q33420 - WALBRIDGE TOWER OH CTT 67 05-20-2008 07:59
Q33519 - annulled - that'll teach you to try to catch Q335 for a single car Jon.
S33520 - hasn't left Toledo yet...bah, that's probably where your car will be...if you want to give me that car number, I'll shake the magic 8ball and see what i can get it to read.
CP X50019 - GRAND JCT MI CG 54 05-20-2008 08:19
D70019 - WAVERLY EAST MI CG 23 05-20-2008 08:19
Amtrak P37120 - WAVERLY EAST MI CG 23 05-20-2008 08:19
N90318 - HARVEY BARR JCT IL DC 013 05-20-2008 07:30
N91018 - hasn't left Chicago yet
E94919 W MICHIGAN CITY CP MI CG 127 05-20-2008 07:23
E95020 - not moving yet
D80119 - LAMAR MI CG 4 05-20-2008 06:42
D80120 - not moving yet

[cnw8835]

D700 arriving Wyoming Yard. CSX 2517 leading, 18 cars, heading into 28 track.

[mikekmac]

Mumbles the Conductor, indeed. I have the W(hatever) train westbound at CH 81.2 (Okemos Rd) at 8:56 am. 2031 feet, 160 axles according to DD 79.9.

[~Z~]

Ah ha! a whole lotta shaking of the magic 8 ball, and it sees:
W02319 - LAKE ODESSA MI CH 120 05-20-2008 11:13
There's also a W02320 for GR to Holland to GR to Defiance but not moving yet of course.
U96516 - WALBRIDGE OH CDA118 05-19-2008 21:25
Q32620 - GRAND RAPIDS MI CG 1 05-20-2008 06:10
S33520 - not moving yet out of Toledo
CP X50019 - GRAND RAPIDS MI CG 1 05-20-2008 10:20
D70019 - GRAND RAPIDS MI CG 1 05-20-2008 09:06
Amtrak P37120 - W MICHIGAN CITY CP MI CG 127 05-20-2008 10:28
N90318 - E MICHIGAN CITY CP MI CG 126 05-20-2008 11:21
N91018 - hasn't left Chicago yet
E95020 - not moving yet
D80120 - not moving yet

[cnw8835]

W023 pulled up to the tower, new crew hopped on and they took off right away as D007-20 only to stop at Grandville and wait on maintainers for awhile.
Q326 power is CSX 7785 and a Conrail painted C40-8W.
Also heard D801 on duty. They had to back through the cinder pit lead to wye their power as the wye downtown is out of service for a rail pull apart. Power should be BNSF 9714 and 9496.
X500 is powered by CP 8835 today.

[SteveHiuzenga]

anyone know what coal train headed east out of Zeeland about 8 o'clock-ish? I only saw it from a distance so I couldn't tell if it was empties going back south or loaded going to the other side of the state.

[J T]

anyone know what coal train headed east out of Zeeland about 8 o'clock-ish? I only saw it from a distance so I couldn't tell if it was empties going back south or loaded going to the other side of the state.

That was the rail train.

[SteveHiuzenga]

really?? The rail train? Hmmmm....gotta get new glasses. Well, it was block by bushes and all I could tell was the cars all looked the same so I ASSumed......

[J T]

Yeah, Zack was chasing them down Chicago Dr, so he can certainly confirm.

[greeningep]

Around 11:30 am I saw the guys at GRE doing some repairs on 24