an update and some out of town stuff

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an update and some out of town stuff

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On 3-5-05 at 6 pm I arrived in durand only to find out about the bancroft derailment. I was able to catch a power movement consisting of a Cn SD40, a BNSF SDP40-2 6359? and SD9 6189 heading to bancroft to assist in derailment cleanup I guess. Power for the derailed train consisted of CN 2558 and CN 5286. At &:48 in Bridgeport I caught CSXT 432 AND CSXT 4756 heading north with a coal train. I later oh say around 5 am caught the 432 and 4756 teamed with the BNSF 8242 and BNSF 5614 and 93 emptys heading south from bay city. The next day I saw the RLK 4096 in the genesee yard. Its labled Lakeland and Waterways railway. Not sure where it is now though as it never came to bay city. MMRR maybe? The first car on the derailed Cn train in bancroft was DME 101552. In flint I caught the CN 5433 and CN2676 waiting to head west. also seen were the gtw 4618,4626. Saw the BNSF 8242 and 5614 in bay city again this night. A day or so later I saw in the csxt saginaw yard the following power.
BNSF 5662
BNSF 8873
CSXT 7055
BNSF 8277
BNSF 9474
CSXT 34
The presence of the csxt 7055 is a big deal because it is one of only 9 remaining C30-7's left on the active csxt roster. I later saw the bnsf units heading south from bay city. again around 5 am. the night before last i caught a northbound coal train into essexville with BNSF 9601 BNSF 4056 AND BNSF 5308. Unusual to see dash 9's on coal trains. also uncommon to catch 3 units in essexville. now that i'm back online i'll be having an update hopefully once a day, depending on what i see....later all.......oh hey.....the HESR left around 3:30 for durand with both 6 axles.

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