CSX Train Location Updates - Aug 2023

[Tom49801]

Amtrak P371-18 @ 07:13 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 in Pearl, Mi with 16 axles. IDTX engine #4619 & 3 cars (2 Venture Coaches + AmCafe).

Amtrak P371-18 @ 07:28:51 westward N. Center St crossing Bangor, Mi mp CG60.35 live cam with 2 passengers On & 1 Off at the station mp CG60.5

[GRRailFan08]

Eastbound lined onto the GR subdivision, train is at CP 490. Presumably M32618

[Tom49801]

M327-18 @ 07:47 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 468 axles. CSX engines #237 + #821 & 114 cars (59 loads + 55 empties) @ 9,627 tons & 6,570 feet long.

M327-18 @ 08:08 westward N. Center St crossing Bangor, Mi mp CG60.35 live cam.

Amtrak P371-18 @ 08:19 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 16 axles. IDTX engine #4619 & 3 cars (2 Venture Coaches + AmCafe).

[Tlout]

Y121 CSX 2724 pushing caboose and 3 boxcars north at Riley St. Holland 8:58 AM.

Heading back south from Stow with 4 boxcars 9:42 AM.

[Tom49801]

M326-18 @ 09:23 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 320 axles. CSX engine #346 + 1 & 77 cars.

L301-18 @ 09:58 Grand Rapids, Mi job briefing with the RN Dispatcher: CSX engines #4070 + #6412 & 16 cars (12 loads + 4 empties) @ 1,584 tons & 1,056 feet long. He has work for Buzzi Cement mp CG5.2 then will head westward into Waverly mp CG22.8 & later to Hartford mp CG68.7 & Coloma mp CG76.7 & Sawyer mp CG105.2

M327-18 @ 10:02 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 468 axles. CSX engines #237 + #821 & 114 cars (59 loads + 55 empties) @ 9,627 tons & 6,570 feet long.

[Tlout]

Michigan Shore south at Riley St. Holland 10:26 AM. MMRR 2019, 2170 power.

[Tom49801]

M326-18 @ 10:26:16 eastward Bangor, Mi Division St crossing mp CG60.93 with CSX engines #346 + #40 & 77 cars (video not available - was buffering).

M326-18 @ 10:51 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 320 axles.

L301-18 @ 10:56 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 86 axles. CSX engines #4070 + #6412 & 19 cars. He’s headed into Waverly mp CG22.8 & later to Hartford mp CG68.7 & Coloma mp CG76.7 & Sawyer mp CG105.2

[Tom49801]

L301-18 @ 11:31 westward, Pass Track to Main Track, Holland, Mi Depot mp CG25.3 with CSX engines #4070 + #6412 & 15 cars. He has work for Hartford mp CG68.7 & Coloma mp CG76.7 & Sawyer mp CG105.2

M326-18 @ 11:39 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 320 axles. CSX engines #346 + #40 & 77 cars.

[Tlout]

Michigan Shore north at Riley St. Holland 11:56 AM. Something doesn't sound right - they're going very slowly and sounds like a brake issue???
Just heard the horns for Greenly St. so they're still moving...

[Tom49801]

L303-18 @ 11:56 Grand Rapids, Mi job briefing with the RN Dispatcher: CSX engines #5432 + #146 & 39 cars (27 loads + 12 empties) @ 3,731 tons & 2,533 feet long. He’s ready to depart & has work in Lansing.

L301-18 @ 12:01 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 70 axles. CSX engines #4070 + #6412 & 15 cars. He has work for Hartford mp CG68.7 & Coloma mp CG76.7 & Sawyer mp CG105.2

[amessmann]

12:10 - Signal maintainers at Ann Pere. EAS Ann Pere (main signal, not siding signal) not lit up at all, siding signal in working order with L305-16's cut still there. They're working in the bungalow at the diamond.

[Tom49801]

L301-18 @ 12:21:24 westward N. Center St crossing Bangor, Mi mp CG60.35 live cam with CSX engines #4070 + #6412 & 15 cars.

L303-18 @ 12:21 eastward reported from Seymour mp CH141.8 with CSX engines #5432 + #146 & 39 cars. He'll be waiting at Lake Odessa mp CH120.4 for workers to clear up.

L303-18 @ 13:02 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CH126.3 Clarksville, Mi with 168 axles. CSX engines #5432 + #146 & 39 cars (27 loads + 12 empties) @ 3,731 tons & 2,533 feet long. He has work in Lansing.

[Tom49801]

R599-17 @ 13:21 westward reported from Lamar mp CG4.7 with CSX engines #759 + #3243 lite power headed to Grand Jct siding mp CG54 to pick up C801-16 loaded coal train that had tied down there this morning.

R599-17 @ 13:50 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 12 axles.

L303-18 @ 13:53 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CH104.3 Mulliken, Mi with 168 axles. CSX engines #5432 + #146 & 39 cars (27 loads + 12 empties) @ 3,731 tons & 2,533 feet long. He has work in Lansing.

[Tom49801]

R599-17 @ 14:33 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 12 axles. CSX engines #759 + #3243 lite power headed to Grand Jct siding mp CG54 to pick up C801-16 loaded coal train that had tied down there this morning.

L301-18 @ 14:44 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 138 axles. CSX engines #4070 + #6412 & 32 cars. He has work for Arlington Metals in Sawyer mp CG105.2

[LansingRailFan]

CSX 911 is solo on M212, Wayne, Mi to Williard, Ohio. Currently working NewBoston tdsi at 14:55

[Tom49801]

R599-17 @ 15:15 eastward, siding to main, west end Grand Jct mp CG54 with BNSF engine #8585 & CSX engines #3243 + #759 &129 loaded coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #9020. This was C801-16 that had tied down there this morning. He'll take his train into Wells siding mp CG43.3 & wait until E801-17 passes by him & then continue on to the power plant in West Olive, Mi.

E801-17 @ 15:16 copied their EC1 to depart the power plant in West Olive, Mi mp CGP 1.0 & head southward to the Grand Rapids sub-div in Holland, Mi & onward to Chicago with BNSF engine #8547 & 130(?) empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #5673.

L303-18 @ 15:27 released his EC1 for Ensel /Lake Odessa & ready to depart eastward from Lansing to Detroit with CSX engines #5432 + #146 leading.

[Tlout]

E801-17 West Olive empties south at Riley St. Holland 3:41 PM.

[C&OGP75745]

CSX 911 is solo on M212, Wayne, Mi to Williard, Ohio. Currently working NewBoston tdsi at 14:55

Had rear dpu CSX996 when it left Wayne!

[Tom49801]

R599-17 @ 15:49 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 with 540 axles. BNSF engine #8585 & CSX engines #3243 + #759 & 129 loaded coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #9020. This was C801-16 that had tied down in Grand Jct mp CG54 this morning. He is headed into the w/e Wells siding mp CG43.3 After E801-17 passes by he’ll continue to the power plant in West Olive, Mi.

[LansingRailFan]

15:53 - WB L305 with CSX 8066/CSX 8016 and 3 cars o/s Kalamazoo Ave in Lansing