Busy morning on the Flint Subdivision at Okemos/East Lansing, all involving westbounds between 8 and 9 am.
CN train Q149 westbound at milepost 226.5 (Grand River Ave) at 8:02 am. Lead power was calling as 5255. Intermodal.
CN train M357 westbound at milepost 227.51 (Okemos Rd) at 8:11 am. Lead power was CN 2414. Mixed freight.
Amtrak 365 westbound at milepost 227.51 at 8:18 am. Lead power was 126, tail-end was 127. Usual consist, with coaches 54556, 54568, and 54544, and cafe car 48181. Departed East Lansing station at 8:28 am.
CN train E251 westbound at milepost 227.51 at 8:37 Lead power was UP 3827. All autoracks, and she stopped to work Cory Yard.
GTW maintenance-of-way train westbound by 227.51 at 9:04 am. Radio traffic suggested it wasn't headed for the Farm Lane project, but rather was passing through to somewhere else. Consist was:
-09-16-C.A.T. (Plasser Continuous Action Tamper)
-PBR-550 (Plasser Ballast Regulator)
-PDB 600 (Plasser Double Broom)
-PTS 62 (Plasser Dynamic Track Stabilizer)
CN Flint Subdivision 5-20-2008
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CN Flint Subdivision 5-20-2008
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Re: CN Flint Subdivision 5-20-2008
I got faked out by SB intermediate signal #504 in Fenton for this train. It was green (its normal state), so I continued my drive down to Holly (~7 minutes), where I was surprised to see a light approaching down the tracks. I've always seen #504 red when a train is this close to Holly/Fenton, and I don't think they were going any faster than normal. Sometimes I've waited in Fenton for 20 minutes on a red, which is enough time for a train to come all the way up from Waterford. I think I'll have to revise my theory on how these intermediates work...mikekmac wrote:CN train 251 westbound...
The second loco on this train was another visiting NS unit, #7636
Thanks for all the info 251, guys. That's the train I see most often these days and it's nice to know more about it. As for the mty cars coming back, the regular SB trains on the northern Holly seem to run between 17:00-20:00. I have rugrat herding duty at those times, so I don't get to watch them often, but the few trains I've seen do have mty racks.