CN - July 2017

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451 north at Rodney (FN)
765 north at Holly
950 at Moterm

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GTWChris wrote:451 north at Rodney (FN)
765 north at Holly
950 at Moterm
Any word what's on A451?

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SD70ACe Fan wrote:
GTWChris wrote:451 north at Rodney (FN)
765 north at Holly
950 at Moterm
Any word what's on A451?
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I caught a northbound at Williams Lake Rd at 3:58 PM. I believe this was 451.

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Northbound on MC Sub approaching Haven
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Northbound on MC Sub approaching Haven
Saw this long train about 30 minutes earlier at Frazho Rd. 3 engines and maybe 160-170 cars? Had seen this train earlier stopped at Forest Lawn and had to race north to find it after chasing an autorack train down the Terminal East as far as Shoemaker St.

Saw the new (not operational) signals at Frazho but couldn't find the new signals north of 15 Mile Rd.
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Two NB's past MP 22.5 on the Holly tonight. Either one could have been 391 from what I saw of the train. One around 8:30 pm and one around 9:30 pm. First one had a dozen or so empty frame flat cars on the headend which is pretty rare now on the Holly what with Pontiac decommissioned of truck plants.

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Manistique wrote:Two NB's past MP 22.5 on the Holly tonight. Either one could have been 391 from what I saw of the train. One around 8:30 pm and one around 9:30 pm. First one had a dozen or so empty frame flat cars on the headend which is pretty rare now on the Holly what with Pontiac decommissioned of truck plants.
384 (CN 8950 and 2146) took the scenic route to Port Huron via Durand, and the second northbound was 391 (CN 5604 and 2405).

502 had CN 2173 and 2129.

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An all autorack (Train 280?) just slipped SB past MP 22.5 at 6:55 am on the Holly with 8876 and 5452.

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A451 just passed through Moterm with CN #2447 as lead unit @ 12:02, would look nice in Durand or points west-

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I photographed southbound train 533 in Fraser, 3:20 p.m. It had "Class" SD70M-2 #8900 and four loaded "Well Car" sets!!!!
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148 through East Lansing at 03:06

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Manistique wrote:An all autorack (Train 280?) just slipped SB past MP 22.5 at 6:55 am on the Holly with 8876 and 5452.
CN 271

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Train 451 with 8836 and 2608 NB past MP 22.5 on the Holly at noon.

What looked like a late Train 515 (a half dozen lumber cars in the consist) just went SB past MP 22.5 with 4619, which has been 950's power since arriving in Pontiac a month or so ago.

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blackjack1518 wrote:
Manistique wrote:An all autorack (Train 280?) just slipped SB past MP 22.5 at 6:55 am on the Holly with 8876 and 5452.
CN 271
Is 271 just a new symbol for a Flat Rock bound autorack train in addition to the usual 280 symbol, or is this related to new business on CN? I don't think I've heard of 271 before.

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Train 391 (I presume) NB past MP 22.5 at 7:33 pm with 8813 and 2578 and a short holiday train.

Train 502 (I presume) SB past MP 22.5 at 8:35 pm with 8827 and 5744.

Then another NB (384? or 391 with the earlier one 391?) past MP 22.5 at 8:47 pm with 2040, XXXX and 2246. Just like last night.

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atrainguy60 wrote:
blackjack1518 wrote:
Manistique wrote:An all autorack (Train 280?) just slipped SB past MP 22.5 at 6:55 am on the Holly with 8876 and 5452.
CN 271
Is 271 just a new symbol for a Flat Rock bound autorack train in addition to the usual 280 symbol, or is this related to new business on CN? I don't think I've heard of 271 before.

I've seen an E271 come through the tunnel occasionally, but can't recall which way it went west of Port Huron. I figured (probably wrongly) that the symbol only indicated it was an autorack train, not necessarily where it came from or where it was headed, as it was running in the same timeframe as a 371 (unit autorack train) had run in the week before (mid-afternoon on a Sunday). It's definitely not a brand new symbol.
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WJR radio just reported a "disabled" train on the Mt Clemens sub blocking M-59.
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GreatLakesRailfan wrote:I've seen an E271 come through the tunnel occasionally, but can't recall which way it went west of Port Huron. I figured (probably wrongly) that the symbol only indicated it was an autorack train, not necessarily where it came from or where it was headed, as it was running in the same timeframe as a 371 (unit autorack train) had run in the week before (mid-afternoon on a Sunday). It's definitely not a brand new symbol.
Ahh ok. I wonder what it's doing on the Holly.

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:?: Does anybody know where "Gray" GTW SD40-3 #5947 is working now? is it still working out of Battle Creek? :?:
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