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R598-06 @ 22:00 copied their EC1 to depart the power plant in West Olive, Mi mp CGP 1.0 & diverge onto the Fremont sub-div & head south to the Grand Rapids sub-div in Holland, Mi with BNSF engine #9217 & 130(?) empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #8494 & CSX engines #858 + #7381. Unknown if they...

22:00: In Clarksville waiting on WB L302-27. Signal block at West end of town is dark. 22:17: I think I hear L302-27 in the far distance.; Yup, his horn for sure! 22:25: crossing gates activated downtown. 22:27: At the downtown crossing, 840 on the lead. L302-27 @ 22:27 westward reported by the Def...

L301-08 @ 18:31 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 Zeeland, Mi with 32 axles. CSX engines #2428 + #8199 & 5 cars. He’s headed into the Grand Rapids Terminal. W085-02 (ballast train) @ 18:33:33 eastward Bangor, Mi Division St crossing mp CG60.93 cam with CSX engines #3266 + #598 & 88...

Amtrak P370-27 @ 22:13 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 24 axles. IDTX engine #4625 & 5 cars (Venture Coach + Venture Business + AmCafe + Horizon Coach + Venture Coach). Note: I haven’t seen any loaded coals pass Galesburg cam today. They deadheaded last e800 crew h...

amessmann wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 27, 2023 9:46 pm

Per a friend, they are still unloading B235 at Webberville. "They were using a track mobile."

. It is a potash train so will take little longer.

Anybody by chance happen to catch L303-08 departing Grand Rapids to Lansing today? Asking cause roughly around 23:35 +/-, overheard CSX dispatch talk to L304 and mentioned them with engine #8315 which I know came into GR from M326 today. Very confused as it wasn't mentioned in Andy's L303-08 report...

M326-08 @ 11:48:57 eastbound Division St crossing mp 60.93 Bangor, Mi with CSX Engines #487 + #5257 + #6137 + #8315 and 83 cars (55 loads and 28 empties) @ 8,398 tons and 4,977 ft long. What happened to M326? Passed through Bangor three hours ago and hasn’t been heard from since In grand Rapids and...

West Olive empties south at Riley St. Holland 5:58 PM. BNSF 8758 head end. BNSF 9020 rear DPU. R597-18 @ 18:13 westward Holland Depot mp CG25.3 with BNSF engine #8758 & 130 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #9020. He’ll take Wells Siding mp CG41.4 & tie down. I was expecting the rear dpu to be...

CSXT9040 wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 19, 2023 2:21 pm

Eastbound lined onto the Grand Rapids subdivision at Porter as of 1:21 CT

That should be c80018. Inbound loaded coal

KenB wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 07, 2023 4:19 pm

How is that CSXT track inspevtion train voming? Anybody hot aa location?

They tied down at Hines park cp

17:04 - L302 west thru Brighton with 792 and 5297 leading 63 cars. L302-06 @ 20:26 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CH104.3 Mulliken, Mi with 236 axles. CSX engines #792 + #5297 & 56 cars. Amtrak P370-06 @ 20:29 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG131.3 Doran, IN with IDTX engi...

R597-14 @ 18:47:34 westward N. Center St crossing Bangor, Mi mp CG60.35 cam with BNSF engine #9322 & 90 empty coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #6138 & CSX engines #3039 + #3380. No idea what his destination is. L301-14 @ 19:00 eastward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 110 axles. CSX engi...

What’s up with the coal traffic, usually it’s a daily train. It looks like one train was brought to the Consumer’s plant in West Olive on Saturday night and there’s only been one since? No crews plus no inbound in Chicago. A crew is d/h down to chicago tonight. Loads are in inbound also from chicago.

L301-02 @ 11:09 am had their Job Briefing with RN Dispatcher in Grand Rapids, MI: CSX #4070 with 26 cars (16 loads and 10 empties), @ 2,424 tons, and 1,506 ft long. He is headed to Buzzi Cement mp CG5.3 & then into Waverly mp CG22.8. Then continue onto Hartford mp CG68.7 and Sawyer mp CG105.2. M326...

Andy24 wrote: ↑

Sat May 20, 2023 10:47 pm

R597-20 @ 22:47 working at Wyoming Yard with CSX #6544, possibly getting loaded coal cars

Derailment in Grand Rapids/Wyoming yard this evening. They are helping to rerail.

Grain train alert! G78923 arrived in Plymouth early this morning and is currently in the siding at Beck road facing West with CSXT #83 (CW44AC) and #7776(C40-8W) f/r. He is bound for Grand Ledge. Not sure what to make of this post. First of all, a G78923 crew arrived at Webberville at 00:20 this mo...

Tlout wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 24, 2023 6:54 pm

2 CSX units (probably) towing a switcher engine of some sort, CP?? 7209 south at Riley St. Holland 7:16 PM approx.

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