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West Olive empties south at Riley St. Holland 6:15 PM. R599-20 @ 18:25 south entering North End Wye off the Fremont Sub with BNSF engine #6041 + 130? coal empties + rear BNSF engine #9125 + CSX? “Pusher Engines” #7581 + #7586 DPU(s)? M326-22 @ 18:35 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19....

M326-22 @ 17:10 ish eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG66.2 Hartford, Mi with 476 axles. CSX engines #4752 + #5291 (elephant style) & 116 cars @ 8,600 tons

M326-22 @ 17:45 ish eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CH44.2 Pearl, Mi with 476 axles.

Grand Elk 303 NB Wyoming 54th St at 16:41 with WAMX engines #4206 + #4209 & 37 cars. Visual confirmation with a video and thanks for the horn taps.

Both L303? and Y106 blowing horns in Grand Rapids at 12:53pm Pretty sure the 2nd set of horns was L303’s spinning power around when Y106 was on the double tracks at the Wye No industry jobs on duty again today. You would have heard 303 and possibly Z151 or the Elk. Thanks. Definitely L303, if Y106 ...

Both L303? and Y106 blowing horns in Grand Rapids at 12:53pm

Strong K5LA horn from Y106

Pretty sure the 2nd set of horns was L303’s spinning power around when Y106 was on the double tracks at the Wye

Both Marquette Rail Z151-22 and Grand Elk Z439-22 are heading to Wyoming Yard GDLK Z439-22 has WAMX 3534 + WAMX 3531 elephants style for power & 33 cars @ 9:57 am Maquette Rail has SB MQT 3408 leading. Expecting they are taking the empty grain train north today with the 90 csx marked cars with their...

Another G077 grain empty, clear on a pair in Williamston at 22:30 with 85 cars and three units per the DD at Fowlerville, 3458 leading. Did not see the trailing two units. Perhaps one is for the one unit grain empty now loading at Webberville. This one must be going to Grand Ledge. G766-XX (Grain E...

Reuben Kincaid wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2025 6:22 pm

With the new changes in Washington the JH Campbell coal fired power plant will not be shutting down like they planed. There is a new energy bill that put a freeze on shutting down any power plant in the country. So it looks like the pushers will be around for a while!!!

Source?

R599-20 @ 16:52 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 544 axles. BNSF engine #6328 & 130 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #5817 & CSX “Pusher Engines” #7581 + #7586. He’ll take Grand Jct siding mp CG54 & tie down. M327-21 @ 17:06 westward reported by the Defect Det...

SD80MAC wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2025 11:12 am

Empty grain train for the MQT getting ready to head west at Plymouth. Symbol unknown.

Per Larry’s post on Facebook in another train group. G090 is the empty grain train symbol. 2 engines and 90 cars.

Mikeyt2004 wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2025 12:24 pm

Mikeyt2004 wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 21, 2025 11:56 am

As of 11:55
L303 have started building their Detroit

Did not mean to say Detroit lol

You were right tho, getting the cars for Detroit. No Lansing work today.

L303-21 @ 11:59 had Job Briefing with RN Dispatcher in Grand Rapids, MI: CSX #3201 and CSX #5218 (elephant style) with 47 cars (25 loads and 22 empties) at 4,780 tons and 2,763 ft long. He will start building their train as soon as the switches at Plaster Creek is operable again. He has NO work at ...

M327-21 Mid DPU CSX~4741 has been deemed unusable and is being set off in the yard. M327-21 @ 10:37 advised Dispatcher they took CSX #157 to be the new leader and need signal to move west and attach to head end of CSX #4561. CSX #157 was last night’s M326-20 leader. On the other hand, Marquette Rai...

M327-21 is at Ivanrest after having trouble with the DPU, everything is resolved. They are getting the crew all on board and should depart shortly. ….. and sounds like the DP has issue again? Awww man!!! I wanted to hear some EMD roar. Maybe next time when the weather isn’t bone chilling and frostb...

G766-XX (Grain Empties for Wixom, MI) NB passed Glendale, OH cam at 18:07 today with CSX engines #3458 + #72 + #7303 and probably 90 ish grain empties M510-20 NB (Rougemere Bound) passed Glendale, Oh cam at 21:04 today with CSX engines #351 YN2 + #5500 Spirit of Cincinnati M508-18 had CSX engines #3...

kd_1014 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 20, 2025 2:57 pm

GDLK south at 28th st getting track forms to continue from there. Same consist as NB

GDLK SB blowing horns between 54th and 68th at 15:46

Hearing engine rumbles as well from 2-3 miles away. Must have been a heavy train to feel the vibrations

Doing some research this morning, because I wanted to know, when the current West Olive pusher units, 7581 & 7586 first came into Michigan. Had to look through 20 some pages of current location updates in December to find that it was on M326 on December 19th. This was only three days after the new ...

Here’s the Amtrak adjustments

NS 880 (Coal Loads for Monroe, Mi) has BNSF 9192 and MRL 4306 with 130 coal loads

Amtrak P370-18 @ 21:23 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 24 axles. AMTK P42 engine #55 & 4 cars (AmCafe & 3 Horizon Coaches) & rear AMTK P42 engine #77

First DUO P42s of 2025