Great Lakes Central Updates October 2017
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Great Lakes Central Updates October 2017
399, 397 and 396 left Cadillac for Clare at 0950 with 2 wood chip hoppers and 12 tie loads.
397 and 399 returned at 1730 with 1 tank, 3 tie loads, 3 cement hoppers, 1 covered hopper, 7 tanks, 1 loaded centerbeam and 11 tanks.
397 and 399 returned at 1730 with 1 tank, 3 tie loads, 3 cement hoppers, 1 covered hopper, 7 tanks, 1 loaded centerbeam and 11 tanks.
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Re: Great Lakes Central Updates October 2017
When did 396 come up?AANscaleRunner wrote:399, 397 and 396 left Cadillac for Clare at 0950 with 2 wood chip hoppers and 12 tie loads.
397 and 399 returned at 1730 with 1 tank, 3 tie loads, 3 cement hoppers, 1 covered hopper, 7 tanks, 1 loaded centerbeam and 11 tanks.
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Re: Great Lakes Central Updates October 2017
396 came up Friday afternoon. Looked like they brought in 14 cement hoppers and a string of at least 20 tie loads.MiRailProductions wrote:When did 396 come up?AANscaleRunner wrote:399, 397 and 396 left Cadillac for Clare at 0950 with 2 wood chip hoppers and 12 tie loads.
397 and 399 returned at 1730 with 1 tank, 3 tie loads, 3 cement hoppers, 1 covered hopper, 7 tanks, 1 loaded centerbeam and 11 tanks.
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Re: Great Lakes Central Updates October 2017
A partial answer to csx801 from last month's thread. Wood chips are loaded on the Viking Energy spur, south of the road that runs through the industrial park.
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Re: Great Lakes Central Updates October 2017
399 and 397 leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1100 with 1 empty centerbeam for McBain, 10 tie loads, 5 tanks and 12 cement hoppers.
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates October 2017
Great Lakes Central north through Mount Pleasant at 1300
GLC 395 leading
GLC 396
GLC 398
2 plastics hoppers
3 hoppers
6 tanks
3 feed hoppers
4 coke hoppers
1 LPG tank
1 pole load
20 total
GLC 395 leading
GLC 396
GLC 398
2 plastics hoppers
3 hoppers
6 tanks
3 feed hoppers
4 coke hoppers
1 LPG tank
1 pole load
20 total
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates October 2017
Great Lakes Central south through Mount Pleasant at 1510
GLC 398 leading
GLC 396
GLC 395
2 hoppers
2 plastics hoppers
2 pole empties
8 tie empties
5 LPG tanks
12 cement hoppers
31 total
GLC 398 leading
GLC 396
GLC 395
2 hoppers
2 plastics hoppers
2 pole empties
8 tie empties
5 LPG tanks
12 cement hoppers
31 total
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Re: Great Lakes Central Updates October 2017
Heard them leave Cadillac northbound at 0920. Which direction will they go at Walton Junction?
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Re: Great Lakes Central Updates October 2017
As of 1230 they had not been thru the East side of TC, no sand was pushed out of the flange ways. Must have been up Kalkaska way.
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Re: Great Lakes Central Updates October 2017
Back into Cadillac at 1725. String of cement and tanks cars behind Family Video in the North Yard.
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates October 2017
No idea but I did see a Sierra Northern locomotive with about 30 tank cars and 9 feed hoppers here in Woodland, California! Loco looks weird, and new. Or some strange combination of 2 different locos rebuilt into 1 weird looking creature.AANscaleRunner wrote:Back into Cadillac at 1725. String of cement and tanks cars behind Family Video in the North Yard.
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Re: Great Lakes Central Updates October 2017
Leaving Cadillac for Clare shortly after 1100.
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates October 2017
Great Lakes Central north through Mount Pleasant at 1310 with their usual consist plus the fall colors train
GLC 395 leading
GLC 398
1 hopper
1 Lumber load
3 plastics hoppers
5 pole loads
7 tie loads
2 plastics hoppers
2 lumber loads
SRI fall colors consist:
9 SRI, GLC, etc Pullmans
2 Ann Arbor Cabeese
32 total
GLC 395 leading
GLC 398
1 hopper
1 Lumber load
3 plastics hoppers
5 pole loads
7 tie loads
2 plastics hoppers
2 lumber loads
SRI fall colors consist:
9 SRI, GLC, etc Pullmans
2 Ann Arbor Cabeese
32 total
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Re: Great Lakes Central Updates October 2017
801, at first I thought you mis-spelled the word caboose. But I looked it up and I find Cabeese is plural for more than one caboose. Never saw that one before!csx801 wrote:
2 Ann Arbor Cabeese
32 total
Ah... look at all the Cabeese
Re: Great Lakes Central Updates October 2017
Great Lakes Central headed back south through Mount Pleasant at 1545. Missed the car count on this one
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Re: Great Lakes Central Updates October 2017
Returned to Cadillac shortly after 1700.
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Re: Great Lakes Central Updates October 2017
Nice job AAN, refreshing to see some passenger equipment up here, especially the "Cabeese" !AANscaleRunner wrote:Returned to Cadillac shortly after 1700.
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Re: Great Lakes Central Updates October 2017
Heard them on the north end of Cadillac at 0915. Haven't heard them since, assuming they are currently headed north.
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Re: Great Lakes Central Updates October 2017
With those loaded centerbeams in mind, possibly a TC run?AANscaleRunner wrote:Heard them on the north end of Cadillac at 0915. Haven't heard them since, assuming they are currently headed north.
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MiRailProductions wrote:With those loaded centerbeams in mind, possibly a TC run?AANscaleRunner wrote:Heard them on the north end of Cadillac at 0915. Haven't heard them since, assuming they are currently headed north.
I'm still on the west coast, but I'm told that on Friday, GLC brought 3 loaded center beam loads to Amerhart, pulled 2 empties, and pulled 3 loads from Beacon, leaving town with a 5 car train.
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