CN Updates- October 2018

Daily whereabouts of train locations along with sightings for heads ups to other railfans.
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Re: CN Updates- October 2018

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M384 met L533S at MOUNT, M385 at HAVEN and E271 at TAPPAN. On this late October 22/23, all scheduled trains are nocturnal and the moonlight illuminating them on the Meskill Prairie and in the Belle River Valley is quite impressive. Lots of hoot owls talking between trains tonight in the dark hills along the railroad out here. Before the sun returns, L533N, M383, M382 and x383 will have traversed the MTC sub. Happy night hunting...

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Re: CN Updates- October 2018

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391 is approaching Durand.

505, CN 2872 is coming into Flint. They are working at Flint & Durand.

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451 by West Pontiac at 2:05pm. CN 5457 and 2674.

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L533S by Mount Clemens depot at 17:54. IC 9571/GTW 4929, solid intermodal. GTW blue 4934 - back to MacMillan for servicing?

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Man o' War wrote:L533S by Mount Clemens depot at 17:54. IC 9571/GTW 4929, solid intermodal. GTW blue 4934 - back to MacMillan for servicing?

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The GTW 4934 is going to Flint. It will be setout there in a few minutes.

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501 is departing from Flint. To meet Amtrak 364 at Shaftsburg.

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384 going by cass right now.

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GTW6401 wrote:
Man o' War wrote:L533S by Mount Clemens depot at 17:54. IC 9571/GTW 4929, solid intermodal. GTW blue 4934 - back to MacMillan for servicing?

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The GTW 4934 is going to Flint. It will be setout there in a few minutes.
Thanks for the info, GTW6401 !

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M385 by Mount Clemens depot at 19:58. CN/ex CSX/CN, 138 cars.

M384 by MC depot at 21:01. CN/CN/ex CSX, 140 cars.

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Amtrak 364 departing from Durand. AMTK 29 leading.

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L533N by South Mount at 23:01.

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391 by East Lansing about 00:40. Power seemed to be CSX KCS UP

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CN 2642 & 2719 East through East Lansing at 01:30. Looks like 148.

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Busy night on the Holly at MP 22.5:

The usual 502 I presume went SB around 10:30 pm or so.

Then at 2 am what sounded (geep) like the evening local, 513, went by SB. And within a minute of that train another SB went by, I presume 116. Didn't get out of bed for either of them to check. They must have been on different main tracks they were so close together. I have not seen or heard 513, if that was what it was, return yet.

Then at 5 am today a NB all autorack train went by. Very long and traveling very fast. Must have been one of those BNSF or UP extras out of Flat Rock. Missed the power.

Train 515 with 6221 SB at 10:34 with a fairly long train of loads.

A late 451 NB passing MP 22.5 at 3:15 pm with a 5700 leading a BC Red and White Cowl locomotive.

Train 513 SB past MP 22.5 with 4632 and a few tank cars at 6:38 pm.

Train 391 NB past MP 22.5 at 7:40 pm. Missed the power.
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L533S by Mount Clemens depot at 16:40. IC 9571/GTW 4929, 2 empty centerbeams. Nice and clean matched pair of 38's. Seems like after years of jacking around turning single unit power at Milwaukee Jct., they've finally decided on two back to back engines to simplify and expedite ops.

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384 going by cass. CN CSX and CN. 533N should be coming soon. Flashing yellow light 533N going by cass
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M384 by Mount Clemens depot at 21:02

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L533N by South Mount at 21:21.

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M385 by North Mount at 22:13.

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Then at 5 am today a NB all autorack train went by. Very long and traveling very fast. Must have been one of those BNSF or UP extras out of Flat Rock. Missed the power.
233 - BNSF 7603 & 7975.

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