Shortline Train Location Updates April 2023
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Michigan Shore south at Riley St. Holland 10:55 AM. MMRR 2170 power.
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Z439-24 @ 12:30 ready to depart from CSX Wyoming Yard with WAMX #3531 and WAMX #3534 and unknown number of cars.Andy24 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 9:50 amMarquette Rail Z151-24 @ 9:46am copied an EC1 to proceed southbound from CGE 3.6 Turner St towards Wyoming Yard. MQT #3406 leading
Grand Elk Hughart Runner Z439-24 @ 10:05am waiting for a signal at Pleasant St to proceed westbound into CSX Wyoming Yard. WAMX #3534 + WAMX #3531 and 14 cars
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GRE WB over the Grand River with 20 empties from King @ 12:35p.
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Marquette Rail Z151-24 @ 12:45pm is going to double up from Track 23 and Track 41. It will take them a while to double up. Possibly another train is in their way. They are still in CSX Wyoming Yard
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Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 1:58pm. WAMX 4125 and WAMX 4206 leading 11 cars.
I wonder if the sloworder or whatever reason they have been going so slowly by in the MP92 area for the past year has finally been lifted. Maybe they've changed it to just MP91 where there's been a pretty decent gap between the rails and they've bolted the rails together.
I wonder if the sloworder or whatever reason they have been going so slowly by in the MP92 area for the past year has finally been lifted. Maybe they've changed it to just MP91 where there's been a pretty decent gap between the rails and they've bolted the rails together.
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Sounds like MQT is heading north. No visual.
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Grand elk south through Byron Center at 5:27pm. Wamx 4206, wamx 4125 and 54 cars. It does appear the slow order got moved down to MP 91 as the train slowed a good amount before reaching 92nd st.
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8:24pm HESR westbound from Bad Axe with three scrap gons for Tower/Autokiniton in Elkton. There were three loaded scrap gons waiting for them. My son and I captured the video at Grassmere Road.
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Thank you for posting. It's nice to see Thumb activity. It seems that all other Tower locations have stopped any rail service. I wonder why this plant continues to ship by rail.
pbmaxno15 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 11:51 pm8:24pm HESR westbound from Bad Axe with three scrap gons for Tower/Autokiniton in Elkton. There were three loaded scrap gons waiting for them. My son and I captured the video at Grassmere Road.
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Grand Elk went by the Elkhart cam at 11:03am heading back to Kalamazoo with WAMX 4209 and WAMX 4189 leading 14 cars. A mix of box cars, covered hoppers, tank cars and a loaded center beam.
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Marquette Rail Z151-25 @ 11:20 reported highballing Kent City and heading southbound with MQT #3406 leading
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Marquette Rail Z151-25 @ 3:10pm southbound W. Fulton St with MQT #3406 leading with other SD40-2s and maybe 80? cars
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Marquette Rail Z151-25 @ 4:29pm northbound Richmond St mp CGE 2.55 with MQT #3391, MQT #2042, MQT #3406 and 41 cars
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Grand Elk northbound terminates at Hughart Yard with WAMX #4206(?) + WAMX #4125(?) and 15-20 cars at 7:55pm
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I can hear their horn from my house here in Kalamazoo. Perfectly clear and quiet night here on top of the hill so the sound is carrying well. It sounds like they are getting closer to Plainwell going by the time between horns.
Edit: it’s definitely a quiet night as I can hear the engines chugging along the tracks. It sounds like they are going across D Ave right now at 9:51pm.
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Grand Elk? @ 9:48 pm rolling southbound thru Wyoming 36th Area, WAMX #4125? + WAMX #4206 + ?? cars.Dowagiac Train Dude wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 9:46 pmI can hear their horn from my house here in Kalamazoo. Perfectly clear and quiet night here on top of the hill so the sound is carrying well. It sounds like they are getting closer to Plainwell going by the time between horns.
Approaching 44th? St @ 9:51pm, lost the horns? after that
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I must be hearing a different Grand Elk because I can hear them around the D Ave crossing here in Kalamazoo at 9:51pm.Andy24 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 9:49 pmGrand Elk @ 9:48 pm rolling southbound thru Wyoming 36th Area, WAMX #4125? + WAMX #4206 + ?? cars. Horns are definitely growing louder by the minute! For those who are trying to get/see this nighttime train.Dowagiac Train Dude wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 9:46 pmI can hear their horn from my house here in Kalamazoo. Perfectly clear and quiet night here on top of the hill so the sound is carrying well. It sounds like they are getting closer to Plainwell going by the time between horns.
Approaching 44th St @ 9:51pm
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Likely the Elkhart runner, Kazoo to Elkhart, then the vice versa.Dowagiac Train Dude wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 9:52 pmI must be hearing a different Grand Elk because I can hear them around the D Ave crossing here in Kalamazoo at 9:51pm.Andy24 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 9:49 pmGrand Elk @ 9:48 pm rolling southbound thru Wyoming 36th Area, WAMX #4125? + WAMX #4206 + ?? cars. Horns are definitely growing louder by the minute! For those who are trying to get/see this nighttime train.Dowagiac Train Dude wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2023 9:46 pm
I can hear their horn from my house here in Kalamazoo. Perfectly clear and quiet night here on top of the hill so the sound is carrying well. It sounds like they are getting closer to Plainwell going by the time between horns.
Approaching 44th St @ 9:51pm
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Update on Grand Elk southbound @ 10:26 pm, not sure what happened to the train as I horn faint but distinctive horns were heard in the Wyoming Area
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