Huron & Eastern History
- AAR Reporting Marks - HESR, SGVY & former Central Michigan CMGN
- Owned by Genessee & Wyoming, formerly Rail America
- Interchanges rail traffic with Canadian National and Great Lakes Central in Durand, Lake State Railway in Bay City and Saginaw, and Mid Michigan in Paines.
Huron & Eastern Trains
|
Symbol
|
Origin/Base
|
Destination/Turn Location
|
Frequency
|
Notes
|
701
|
Durand
|
Bay City
|
Mon-Fri
|
|
702
|
Bay City
|
Durand
|
Mon-Fri
|
|
703
|
Bay City
|
Midland
|
Mon-Fri Nights
|
|
704
|
Midland
|
Bay City
|
Mon-Fri Nights
|
|
740
|
Bay City
|
Saginaw
|
Mon-Fri
|
Local
|
767
|
Durand
|
Durand
|
Mon-Fri
|
Durand Yard job and Owosso local
|
770
|
Bay City
|
Durand
|
Varies
|
Coal & Grain extras as needed
|
771
|
LSRC/SBS Saginaw Yard
|
Auburn
|
Varies
|
Grain extra
|
800
|
Vassar
|
Saginaw
|
Mon-Sat
|
805
|
Varies
|
Saginaw
|
Varies
|
Grain extra
|
810
|
820
|
|
Huron & Eastern Locomotives
|
Number
|
Model
|
Year Built
|
Paint Scheme
|
Heritage
|
Notes
|
HESR 2026
|
GP38-3
|
1969
|
G&W w/ HESR Logos
|
Ex CMGN 8004, B&O 3720
|
Built as a GP40, rebuilt by Helm Pacific into GP38AC for CMGN in 1988
|
HESR 2028
|
GP38-2
|
1982
|
CMGN Gray & Red Scheme
|
Ex-CMGN 2014, Devco Mining 227
|
HESR 2107
|
GP38-2
|
1972
|
G&W w/ HESR Logos
|
Ex-NS 5029, Chopped Nose
|
HESR 2144
|
GP38-2
|
1974
|
G&W w/ HESR Logos
|
Ex-NS 5112, SOU 5112.
|
HESR 2145
|
GP38-2
|
|
G&W w/ HESR Logos
|
Ex-NS Chopped Nose
|
HESR 3036
|
GP40-2LW
|
1976
|
CMGN Black
|
Ex-HESR 9712, CMGN 9712, CN 9654
|
HESR 3037
|
GP40-2LW
|
1974
|
HESR Black
|
Ex-WGCR 9519, CN 9519
|
Arrived in 2012
|
HESR 3038
|
GP40-2LW
|
1975
|
G&W w/ HESR Logos
|
Ex-KXHR 9580, YVRR 9580, CN 9580
|
Repainted from RA Black Scheme Late 2013
|
HESR 3045
|
GP40
|
|
G&W w/ ISRR Logos
|
|
Reaassigned 2015 to HESR. Still in use 8/2019.
|
HESR 3390
|
SD40-2
|
1972
|
G&W w/MQT Logos
|
ex-GLLX 3002, CP 5638
|
Reassigned to HESR from MQT Apr-2016; to HESR Reporting Marks Q2-2016
|
HESR 3391
|
SD40-2
|
1974
|
G&W w/MQT Logos
|
ex-GLLX 3003, CP 5803
|
Reassigned from MQT to HESR Feb-2015; To HESR Reporting Marks Q1-2016
|
HESR 3414
|
SD40-2
|
1979
|
G&W w/HESR Logos
|
ex-LTEX 3280, nee UP 3280. Built as MKT 616
|
Arrived on HESR 9/2018
|
HESR 3484
|
SD40M-2
|
1966
|
G&W w/HESR Logos
|
Ex-HESR 2661 nee UP 2661, built as SP SD45 9130, rebuilt by MKM
|
Repainted June 2017
|
HESR 3485
|
SD40M-2
|
1966
|
G&W w/HESR Logos
|
Ex-HESR 2668 nee UP 2668, built as ACL SD45 1025, rebuilt by MKM
|
Repainted June 2017
|
HESR 3865
|
GP38-2
|
1976
|
Rail America Red, White & Blue
|
Ex-Rock Island 4352, P&LE 2058
|
HESR 3866
|
GP38-2
|
1976
|
Rail America Red, White & Blue
|
Ex-Rock Island 4353, P&LE 2059
|
HESR 3867
|
GP38-2
|
1976
|
Rail America Red, White & Blue
|
Ex-Rock Island 4354, P&LE 2060
|
HESR 3868
|
GP38-2
|
1976
|
Rail America Red, White & Blue
|
Ex-Rock Island 4355, P&LE 2057
|
|
Former Huron & Eastern Locomotives
|
Number
|
Model
|
Year Built
|
Heritage
|
Disposition
|
Notes
|
SGVY 998
|
SW1200
|
1965
|
ex-WOHO 234
|
Reportedly sold to The Andersons
|
SGVY 999
|
SW12
|
1953
|
Ex-SCTR 5323/ BFC 5323
|
Sold to Adrian and Blissfield, now ADBF 1223.
|
CMGN 2001
|
B30-7AB
|
1983
|
Ex-BN 4054
|
Retired and sold
|
|
CMGN 2002
|
B30-7AB
|
1983
|
Ex-BN 4058
|
Retired and sold
|
HESR 1721
|
GP9
|
1959
|
Ex-NKP 801, NW 2801, DME 1471, MNN 1471
|
Scrapped May 2016 in Bay City
|
HESR 2027
|
GP38
|
1969
|
Ex - Gulf Mobile and Ohio 815, NECR 3852
|
HESR 2029
|
GP38AC
|
1971
|
Ex-C&O 4824, GSWR 3837, GSWR 5124, CORP 3838
|
To Metro East Industries, East St. Louis, IL
|
HESR 3034
|
GP40-2LW
|
1974
|
G&W w/ OTVR Logos
|
Ex-TPW 5054, CN 9475
|
Arrived Oct-2014 from OTVR. Returned to OTVR in 2018.
|
HESR 3044
|
GP40
|
1971
|
G&W w/ ISRR Logos
|
|
Reassigned from ISRR to HESR Feb-2015 Given HESR cab marks in late 2015
|
HESR 4065
|
B30-7AB
|
1983
|
Ex-BN 4065
|
Retired and sold
|
HESR 5086
|
C30-7
|
1980
|
Ex-BN 5086
|
Retired, Scrapped at Bay City, MI September 2013
|
HESR 5175
|
C30-7
|
1981
|
Ex-ATSF 8132, BNSF 5175, CMGN 5175
|
Retired, Scrapped at Bay City, MI September 2013
|
HESR 5492
|
B30-7
|
1977
|
Ex-BN 5492, SLSF 870
|
Retired, Scrapped at Bay City, MI September 2013
|
HESR 8802
|
GP38AC
|
1969
|
Ex-B&O 3718, CMGN 8802
|
sent off to another G&W road.
|
CMGN 8903
|
U23B
|
1973
|
Ex-MP
|
Retired and sold
|
CMGN 8905
|
U23B
|
1973
|
Ex-MP
|
Retired, Scrapped at Bay City, MI September 2013
|
|
Huron and Eastern Customers (2019)
|
Customer
|
Location
|
Receives/Ships
|
Notes
|
Mill St. Elevator/Warehouse
|
Akron
|
Boxcars
|
Inactive shipper?
|
Cooperative Elevator Co.
|
Akron
|
Covered Hoppers
|
|
Labudde Group
|
Akron
|
Covered Hoppers
|
Inactive shipper?
|
Auburn Bean & Grain/The Andersons
|
Auburn
|
Covered Hoppers
|
|
Ittner Bean & Grain
|
Auburn
|
Covered Hoppers
|
|
ADM Edible Bean Elevator
|
Arthur
|
Covered Hoppers/Boxcars
|
|
Advanced Micronutrient Products
|
Arthur
|
Covered Hoppers/Tank Cars
|
|
Cooperative Elevator Co. (Fertilizer?)
|
Bad Axe
|
Tank Cars
|
|
Michigan Sugar Company
|
Bay City
|
Covered Hoppers/Tank Cars
|
|
Sequin Lumber
|
Bay City
|
Centerbeam Flatcars
|
Inactive shipper?
|
Wallace Stone Plant
|
Bay Port
|
Hoppers
|
|
Nutrien Ag Solutions
|
Brown City
|
Covered Hoppers
|
|
Tri State Forest Products
|
Buena Vista
|
Centerbeam Flatcars
|
|
Timber Roots Lumber
|
Buena Vista
|
Centerbeam Flatcars
|
Inactive shipper?
|
Flint Recycling/Georgetown Logistics
|
Buena Vista
|
Gondolas
|
|
RA Specification
|
Buena Vista
|
Boxcars
|
Inactive shipper?
|
POET Biorefining (Ethanol)
|
Caro
|
Covered Hoppers/Tank Cars
|
|
Michigan Sugar Company
|
Caro
|
Tank Cars
|
Inactive shipper?
|
Michigan Sugar Company
|
Carrollton
|
Tank Cars
|
|
Gavilon Grain
|
Carrollton
|
Covered Hoppers
|
|
Michigan Sugar Company
|
Croswell
|
Tank Cars/Covered Hoppers
|
|
Helena Chemical
|
Croswell
|
Covered Hoppers/Tank Cars
|
|
Tower Automotive
|
Elkton
|
Boxcars/Gondolas
|
Inactive shipper?
|
Cooperative Elevator Company (Downtown)
|
Elkton
|
Covered Hoppers
|
|
Farmers Cooperative Grain Company
|
Elkton
|
Covered Hoppers
|
|
Cooperative Elevator Company (Eastside)
|
Elkton
|
Covered Hoppers/Boxcars/Tank Cars
|
|
Consumers Energy
|
Essexville
|
Coal Hoppers
|
|
Saginaw Bay Fertilizer
|
Essexville
|
Covered Hoppers
|
Jointly served with LSRC.
|
ADM Edible Bean
|
Fairgrove
|
Covered Hoppers
|
Inactive shipper?
|
Cooperative Elevator Company (Fertilizer)
|
Fairgrove
|
Covered Hoppers
|
Inactive shipper?
|
Star of the West Milling
|
Gera
|
Covered Hoppers
|
|
Star of the West Milling
|
Gilford
|
Covered Hoppers
|
Inactive shipper?
|
Midwestern BioAg
|
Kinde
|
Tank Cars/Covered Hoppers
|
Inactive shipper?
|
ADM Edible Bean Elevator
|
Kinde
|
Covered Hoppers
|
|
Farmers Co-Op Grain Elevator
|
Kinde
|
Covered Hoppers
|
|
Michigan Agricultural Commodities (MAC)
|
Marlette
|
Covered Hoppers
|
|
Dow Chemical
|
Midland
|
Tank Cars/Covered Hoppers
|
|
Dow Corning
|
Midland
|
Tank Cars/Covered Hoppers
|
|
Cabot Corporation
|
Midland
|
Covered Hoppers/Tank Cars
|
|
Wilkinson Chemical Brine Well
|
Millington
|
Tank Cars
|
|
Advanced Drainage Systems
|
Owosso
|
Covered Hoppers
|
|
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
|
Owosso
|
Boxcars
|
|
Woodard Furniture
|
Owosso
|
Boxcars
|
Occasional shipper
|
Active Feed Company
|
Pigeon
|
Covered Hoppers
|
|
Cooperative Elevator Downtown Elevator
|
Pigeon
|
Covered Hoppers
|
|
Cooperative Elevator Bean Plant
|
Pigeon
|
Boxcars
|
|
Star of the West Milling (Center St. Elevator)
|
Reese
|
Boxcars/Covered Hoppers
|
|
Star of the West Milling (Meridian St. Elevator)
|
Reese
|
Covered Hoppers
|
|
Star of the West Milling (Saginaw St. Elevator)
|
Reese
|
Covered Hoppers/Boxcars
|
Inactive shipper?
|
Quality Roasting Soybean Elevator (TBA)
|
Reese
|
Covered Hoppers
|
|
Star Of The West Milling
|
Richville
|
Covered Hoppers/Tank Cars
|
|
Labudde Group
|
Richville
|
Covered Hoppers
|
|
Cooperative Elevator Company
|
Ruth
|
Covered Hoppers
|
|
Central Warehouse
|
Saginaw
|
Boxcars
|
Inactive shipper?
|
Bayside Best Beans
|
Sebewaing
|
Boxcars
|
|
Michigan Sugar Company
|
Sebewaing
|
Tank Cars/Covered Hoppers
|
|
Cooperative Elevator Company
|
Sebewaing
|
Covered Hoppers
|
|
Gemini Plastics
|
Ubly
|
Covered Hoppers
|
|
ADM Edible Bean Elevator
|
Ubly
|
Covered Hoppers
|
|
M.A.C. Sand Sales
|
Vassar
|
Covered Hoppers
|
Inactive shipper?
|
Lafarge North America
|
Zilwaukee
|
Covered Hoppers
|
|
Gavilon Grain
|
Zilwaukee
|
Covered Hoppers
|
|
Sargent Docks & Terminal/Michigan Materials
|
Zilwaukee
|
Covered Hoppers/Open Hoppers
|
|
|
Huron & Eastern (HESR) Frequencies
|
Frequency
|
AAR Channel
|
Notes
|
161.355
|
83
|
Dispatcher
|
160.440
|
22
|
Road and Yard
|
161.280
|
78
|
Road
|
161.310
|
80
|
Yard
|
160.380
|
18
|
FCC Base & Mobile
|
161.400
|
86
|
FCC Base & Mobile
|
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