Great Lakes Central Updates April 2017

Daily whereabouts of train locations along with sightings for heads ups to other railfans.
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Leaving Cadillac towards Clare shortly before 1000.


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^^Good stuff! Thank you for sharing.
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Great Lakes Central with a decent sized train South through Mt. Pleasant 2:25pm

GLC 396 leading
GLC 397

1 tank
1 box car
1 plastics hopper
1 feed hopper
4 loaded chip hoppers
2 plastics hoppers
2 loaded chip hoppers
1 empty pole flat
8 empty tie gons
4 LPG tanks
7 cement hoppers
1 plastics hopper
7 empty tie gons
2 tanks
7 coke hoppers

49 total

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Someone had their turn signal or hazards on. Or was that the train :lol:
AANscaleRunner wrote:Leaving Cadillac towards Clare shortly before 1000.
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AARR wrote:Someone had their turn signal or hazards on. Or was that the train :lol:
AANscaleRunner wrote:Leaving Cadillac towards Clare shortly before 1000.
Hazards were on and taken through the windshield also. :lol: They kind of snuck up on me....

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395 and 392 return to Cadillac at 1535 with 2 covered hoppers, 5 tie loads, 6 tanks, 3 covered hoppers, 1 loaded centerbeam and looked like 11 cement hoppers. Had a little bit of an obstructed view.

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Not 100 percent, but sounded like northbound out of Cadillac at 0850. Sound isn't carrying well this morning.

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Returned from the north at 1425.

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Moving from North Yard to Selma Yard at 0845.

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Nice catch AAN.

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Leaving for Clare at 1010 in the wind and rain.


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Pixl wrote:Nice catch AAN.
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Great Lakes Central Northbound through Mount Pleasant with a decent sized train at 12:55pm

GLC 397 Leading
GLC 396

1 hopper (IORY marks)
8 plastics hoppers
4 coke hoppers
4 loaded pole flats
1 empty centerbeam
7 woodchip hoppers
11 tie gons
1 loaded centerbeam
8 LPG tanks
5 feed hoppers
1 plastics hopper

51 total

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Great Lakes Central South through Mt. Pleasant 2:50pm

GLC 396 leading
GLC 397

2 hoppers
1 empty centerbeam
5 woodchip hoppers
1 empty centerbeam
8 tie gons
6 LPG tanks
5 cement hoppers
3 LPG tanks

31 total

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Here is a shot of GLC mainline near TC on Keystone road. Does anyone know if these rails staged for re-hab or are they already pulled and waiting to be hauled off? The siding you see serves a huge power sub-station just off to the left of the camera.

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Returns to Cadillac at 1600.


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Very impressive train into Cadillac, THANKS AANscaleRunner for posting.
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42 cars and only one plastic car and no cement cars. The empty center beam might go to Biewer in McBain for loading.

When EJIW new mill opens in Elmira there might not be any more coke deliveries or it could be reduced.
KC wrote:Very impressive train into Cadillac, THANKS AANscaleRunner for posting.
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Pixl wrote:Here is a shot of GLC mainline near TC on Keystone road. Does anyone know if these rails staged for re-hab or are they already pulled and waiting to be hauled off? The siding you see serves a huge power sub-station just off to the left of the camera.

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Those have been there for years....since at least 2006 per Google Earth...
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392 and 395 leaving Cadillac for Clare at 0930 with 3 covered hoppers, 11 tie loads, 7 wood chip hoppers and 4 pole loads.

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