Shortline Train Location Updates - April 2021
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Grand Elk in Moline, MI about 6:15 PM. Been giving chase since they left GR just shortly after 5pm. Still the same WAMX engines as the previous poster states.
Currently in Moline they're working some customers off the main line. Looks like a grain elevator and something else not sure what the second is.
Currently in Moline they're working some customers off the main line. Looks like a grain elevator and something else not sure what the second is.
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Last update on Grand Elk since I'm ending my chase. Getting bit chilly and spotty rain.
Grand Elk passed Gun Lake Casino at 7:21pm. This time had more cars added, counted 18. 12 more added from the 6 cars they had after working the customer in Moline.
Would love to continue chasing them to Kalamazoo but sadly ending here. Was a fun chase. Now trip back to GR.
Grand Elk passed Gun Lake Casino at 7:21pm. This time had more cars added, counted 18. 12 more added from the 6 cars they had after working the customer in Moline.
Would love to continue chasing them to Kalamazoo but sadly ending here. Was a fun chase. Now trip back to GR.
Re: Shortline Train Location Updates - April 2021
Moline has a fertilizer customer. The spur starts by the elevator and extends north to the fertilizer customer and beyond quite a distance but I don't think the elevator ships anything by rail.
G-Root Liska wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 6:26 pmGrand Elk in Moline, MI about 6:15 PM. Been giving chase since they left GR just shortly after 5pm. Still the same WAMX engines as the previous poster states.
Currently in Moline they're working some customers off the main line. Looks like a grain elevator and something else not sure what the second is.
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Re: Shortline Train Location Updates - April 2021
GRE was in Lowell around noon Friday. About 10 for King. Also brought the Amway cars into Lowell-2 hoppers, 1 tank. Usually don’t bring them into town.
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The industry in Moline is Nutrien Ag Solutions. They get tanks and potash hoppers, among other things.
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Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 5:04pm. WAMX 4209, WAMX 4225, and 11 cars. Mostly tank cars, with an NS scale test car on the rear.
Back south at 7:22pm with 4225, 4209 and about 14 cars, almost all boxcars. Went very slow around Clyde Park and 84th, then sped up to normal.
Back south at 7:22pm with 4225, 4209 and about 14 cars, almost all boxcars. Went very slow around Clyde Park and 84th, then sped up to normal.
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Scale test car is for the GRE, for Amway.~Z~ wrote: ↑Mon Apr 12, 2021 5:05 pmGrand Elk north through Byron Center at 5:04pm. WAMX 4209, WAMX 4225, and 11 cars. Mostly tank cars, with an NS scale test car on the rear.
Back south at 7:22pm with 4225, 4209 and about 14 cars, almost all boxcars. Went very slow around Clyde Park and 84th, then sped up to normal.
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JAIL spotted 30 NS coil cars at RSDC this morning from Gerdau Steel in Jackson.
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JAIL returning from CN interchange NBD at 1:30 PM. They dropped off three boxcars and a full scrap gon from Padnos.
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ADBF 1758/1751 south bound on home tracks just north of CN diamond at 2:15 PM.
2:29 PM: just called CN dispatch. They will get signal to go south after A492 clears.
2:29 PM: just called CN dispatch. They will get signal to go south after A492 clears.
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If I'm reading this correctly the steel coils are from Gerdau in Jackson, MI?
LansingRailFan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 1:10 pmJAIL spotted 30 NS coil cars at RSDC this morning from Gerdau Steel in Jackson.
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Yes. The NS coil cars are a static set of coils that go back and forth between Gerdau in Jackson and RSDC in Holt. There’s obv more than 30 but they just had a large train this morning.AARR wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 2:52 pmIf I'm reading this correctly the steel coils are from Gerdau in Jackson, MI?LansingRailFan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 1:10 pmJAIL spotted 30 NS coil cars at RSDC this morning from Gerdau Steel in Jackson.
Usually once a week they will get 1-2 from CSX but it must be speciality steel product and it comes from Indiana somewhere.
I always wondered why I never would see long cuts of coils come in on any NS trains and now I know.
The NS Jackson local (currently hiring a conductor, btw) works Gerdau.
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Thank you for the information LRF. I understand why JAIL likes this but am surprised that NS was interested in such a short haul.
LansingRailFan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 6:13 pmYes. The NS coil cars are a static set of coils that go back and forth between Gerdau in Jackson and RSDC in Holt. There’s obv more than 30 but they just had a large train this morning.AARR wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 2:52 pmIf I'm reading this correctly the steel coils are from Gerdau in Jackson, MI?LansingRailFan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 1:10 pmJAIL spotted 30 NS coil cars at RSDC this morning from Gerdau Steel in Jackson.
Usually once a week they will get 1-2 from CSX but it must be speciality steel product and it comes from Indiana somewhere.
I always wondered why I never would see long cuts of coils come in on any NS trains and now I know.
The NS Jackson local (currently hiring a conductor, btw) works Gerdau.
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I am willing wager that they do this frequently enough to make money with minimal effort.AARR wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 7:27 pmThank you for the information LRF. I understand why JAIL likes this but am surprised that NS was interested in such a short haul.LansingRailFan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 6:13 pmYes. The NS coil cars are a static set of coils that go back and forth between Gerdau in Jackson and RSDC in Holt. There’s obv more than 30 but they just had a large train this morning.
Usually once a week they will get 1-2 from CSX but it must be speciality steel product and it comes from Indiana somewhere.
I always wondered why I never would see long cuts of coils come in on any NS trains and now I know.
The NS Jackson local (currently hiring a conductor, btw) works Gerdau.
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Maybe when the lease expires they’ll take it back and run it out of Jackson?AARR wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 7:27 pmThank you for the information LRF. I understand why JAIL likes this but am surprised that NS was interested in such a short haul.LansingRailFan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 13, 2021 6:13 pmYes. The NS coil cars are a static set of coils that go back and forth between Gerdau in Jackson and RSDC in Holt. There’s obv more than 30 but they just had a large train this morning.
Usually once a week they will get 1-2 from CSX but it must be speciality steel product and it comes from Indiana somewhere.
I always wondered why I never would see long cuts of coils come in on any NS trains and now I know.
The NS Jackson local (currently hiring a conductor, btw) works Gerdau.
It’s about 60 cars a week with very minimal effort from what I understand.
The effort lies with the 2 ADBF GP-9s hauling 30 loaded coil cars up from Jackson to Holt!
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INER 5903 And the passenger coach are EB from Coldwater.
They had a second train with freight as well. Unknown correct engine numbers lol.
They had a second train with freight as well. Unknown correct engine numbers lol.
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Since when is there an IN 5902 and 5901?
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