Q335 At Lako

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Q335 At Lako

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Q335-17 climbs out of the dip at Lake Odessa in the spring of 2015.

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Thanks for posting TW. I didn't count the cars but that was a long train. Lots of 2-bay covered hoppers.
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AARR wrote:Thanks for posting TW. I didn't count the cars but that was a long train. Lots of 2-bay covered hoppers.
This was back in the day of the massive 335's or as Alex calls them..."land barges". I'll have to check my notes but this train had over 120 cars I believe.
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trnwatcher wrote:
AARR wrote:Thanks for posting TW. I didn't count the cars but that was a long train. Lots of 2-bay covered hoppers.
This was back in the day of the massive 335's or as Alex calls them..."land barges". I'll have to check my notes but this train had over 120 cars I believe.
Here's my data on it:
653: May 17: CSX Q335
Consist:
- CSX 4536 [SD70MAC]
- CSX 737 [ES44AH]
- CSX 8343 [SD40-2]
- HLCX 7175 [SD40-2]
- CSX 4035 [SD40-3]
- 195 cars [Mixed]
Location/Time:
- CSX Plymouth Sub, Lake Odessa, MI, 4th Ave xing, on 5-17-15 at 16:20 EDT

And from two days prior...206 cars:
650: May 15: CSX Q335 WB
Episode 441: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brkzDPkerAw
Consist:
- CSX 7889 [C40-8W]
- CSX 7537 [C40-8]
- CSX 8129 [SD40-2]
- CSX 8790 [SD60]
- CN 8915 [SD70M-2]
- CSX 8449 [SD40-2]
- CSX 1511 [GP15T]
- 206 cars [Mixed]
Location/Time:
- CSX Plymouth Sub, Whitneyville Rd xing, on 5-15-15 at 16:19 EDT
- Grand Rapids, Alger St bridge, on 5-15-15 at 16:54 EDT
- CSX GR Terminal Sub, GR, Graham St xing/Pleasant St interlocking, from 17:16 to 18:04 EDT
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