Great Lakes Central Updates: May 2019

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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1020.


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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1020. Looks like they ran to TC yesterday.


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Heard them return to Cadillac around 1600. Caught 329 and 399 switching the feed facility. Nice to see some different locos, 397 and 395 were up here a month.

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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 0940.


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Returned to Cadillac at 1655.


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399 leaving Cadillac for Clare at 0845 with 3 covered hoppers.

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399 and 395 through Temple at 1326 towards Cadillac. 5 empty centerbeams, 1 gon, 1 loaded centerbeam, 3 hoppers (plastics or grain type), 1 tank car.

Will sand be hauled out of Yuma again this year?

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Steve B wrote:399 and 395 through Temple at 1326 towards Cadillac. 5 empty centerbeams, 1 gon, 1 loaded centerbeam, 3 hoppers (plastics or grain type), 1 tank car.
Rolled into Cadillac at 1420.

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Leaving Cadillac for Traverse City at 0850.


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[quote="AANscaleRunner"]Leaving Cadillac for Traverse City at 0850.

AAN, as always thanks for the videos you put up.
I finaly got out of the assisted living home I'm in and went for a nice car ride. I saw many many bundles of new RR ties spotted trackside near the soccer fields on Keystone Rd., Traverse city. Must be a rehab of the tracks to come in that area. Anyone know more?

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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 0945.


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Left Cadillac for Clare at 1020. Ran to Petoskey Friday.



Returned to Cadillac at 1620.


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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 0945. Don't believe they ran yesterday.

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Part 2, this time in the right thread!
With welded rail being put in between Rosebush and Clare, there is a curfew out between Mt. Pleasant and Clare pushing ONTN to a night turn. ONTN was northbound through Alma after making a setout for the MMRR in N. End Wright Siding last night at 23:04.

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HESR3868 wrote:Part 2, this time in the right thread!
With welded rail being put in between Rosebush and Clare, there is a curfew out between Mt. Pleasant and Clare pushing ONTN to a night turn. ONTN was northbound through Alma after making a setout for the MMRR in N. End Wright Siding last night at 23:04.
Thanks for the heads up! That will definitely impact part of my summer GLC shooting plans. Might be a good time to get in some MQT.
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HESR3868 wrote:Part 2, this time in the right thread!
With welded rail being put in between Rosebush and Clare, there is a curfew out between Mt. Pleasant and Clare pushing ONTN to a night turn. ONTN was northbound through Alma after making a setout for the MMRR in N. End Wright Siding last night at 23:04.
That would explain no running yesterday and should bring them into Cadillac sooner in the afternoons...which is good for me.

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Returned to Cadillac at 1515. Here they are crossing Fifth St after switching Selma Yard.


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HESR3868 wrote:Part 2, this time in the right thread!
With welded rail being put in between Rosebush and Clare, there is a curfew out between Mt. Pleasant and Clare pushing ONTN to a night turn. ONTN was northbound through Alma after making a setout for the MMRR in N. End Wright Siding last night at 23:04.
Sorry about the bump. I didn’t look at this post until later. Also, thanks for the heads up on the welded rail.

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Haven't seen wood chip cars in a while. When the new plywood plant in Grayling opens the wood chips were supposed to go there (by truck). So I'm presuming that's what happened.
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AARR wrote:Haven't seen wood chip cars in a while. When the new plywood plant in Grayling opens the wood chips were supposed to go there (by truck). So I'm presuming that's what happened.
Last time I was through McBain there was a huge pile of chips.

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