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On Tuesday I caught the GRE pulling into Ada with 9 loaded cars, then returned light to Fuller to pull 16 more. Didn't realize they sometimes double the hill out of the Grand River valley!? Reassembled the train in Ada and proceeded to Lowell. A couple hours later I caught the locomotive in Lowell s...

_UgqQH7B-XI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UgqQH7B-XI GRE delivering 23 loads to King Friday September 23 2023. I just missed them pulling the empties, which someone earlier stated were 15. Still more loads at Fuller yard, and a track of loads at Segwun. It would be interesting to know why they d...

Monday GRE pulled empties and filled out the King tracks and yet for some reason they were not unloading railcars yesterday or today. And again today (Tuesday) they dropped of a cut of 15+- cars at Segwun. Not sure if there were any empties to pull. Didn't notice any obvious C113s for King on M326 t...

by MQT1223 » Thu Sep 14, 2023 7:53 pm
"On an unrelated note… expect a lot of trackwork in Lowell soon. Sounds like the existing trackwork in town is going to be rebuild and expanded upon to accommodate the increase in traffic by the end of the year"

On what basis do you say this?

Is there any way to get the train consist for Q326? Meaning, the cargo and destination of the cars on the train?

Also, regarding Grand Rapids Eastern, according to their website they interchange with both CSX and Grand Elk, along with Coopersville and Marne. And the line is rated for 286k cars!

https://www.gwrr.com/gr/

If they are expanding capacity at King, that would be interesting to see. They already have room to put 25+ cars north of M21 plus a few more on the siding (in addition to the 25+ capacity south of M-21). That crossing, like the one on Hudson street, is automated and their trackmobile can really zip...

I saw one of those green BN cars at King today. Fun fact: when I cross the tracks there with the bus, I HAVE to stop, open the door, and look both ways! :) This assists me greatly in observing operations... Yard tracks at Segwun empty--evidently they took everything they brought out of GR straight i...

Ni9aUND4KxA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni9aUND4KxA hopefully this plays--it is a youtube "shorts" video and I'm not sure how to upload this type of video. Grand Rapids Eastern pulling out of King Milling across the Flat River in Lowell, with 4 empties. Just a few minutes earlier they had dropp...

Well, at some point this morning they brought in more cars from the yard and I didn't hear the horn, nor did I hear my scanner--the latter due primarily to the fact that the volume was turned down to zero. I'm sure they are back in G.R. by now... and the small yard south of Lowell is currently empty...

GRE 8.30.2023 Lowell.jpg GRE 2104 still sitting on the main at Segwun, shut down and set up to run west to Grand Rapids. 20+ cars on the train. I believe it has been sitting there since Sunday evening. Hopefully there is not a mechanical problem with the engine. Perhaps there simply is not an avail...

GLUKlmtJPGI After dropping the girls off at school, I happened to catch the trackmobile on the west side of Hudson st. They were moving within a minute of my stopping. King Milling is a neat operation! I think they have the north track open now, so room for 10 more cars. They sure do run through a ...

King down to about 16 cars for unloading onsite--I was assuming GRE would run over here today. I have to wonder if the line is temporarily out of service due to the storm last night and perhaps some trees on the tracks--but that is just a guess. Lots of trees down around Kent county last night!

Caught the back half of the Grand Rapids Eastern Lowell turn as it departs King Milling and crosses both rivers on the way to Segwun. Beautiful day! Sure wish I could find video of the MMRR running through trains here in the 1990s!

Are those AEX cars loaded? Should be easy to tell because hoppers will either be fully loaded or fully empty--they do not load or unload them partially. The gap between the bolster and the side frame will tell the story! Does GRE share a crew with Michigan Shore? It seems as if GRE runs only 2 or 3 ...

I'm hoping to get out and video GRE today (Friday) if they are running. Room for maybe 10 cars at King--both tracks at Segwan/Malta are full of hoppers, leaving only the main. Not sure how this will work the next time they come into town? Perhaps they will have to leave the inbound train west of Low...

GRE came in this morning (Monday) and probably pulled 20+ empties. Looks like they placed 25-30 onsite at King too--but I didn't make it past the siding at Segwun to see if they left any loads there. Maybe they will work M-W-F this week--the past two have been Tu-Th...

There is about 2000' of track north of main street in Lowell that seems to be very capable of holding cars. (I'm not sure how often it has been used). So I'm guessing they've got about 30 at Grand Rapids/Fuller, 15 at Segwun/Malta, and about 30 onsite loaded or unloaded at King--so maybe 75 total ca...

Grand Rapids Eastern seems to be running to Lowell on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Tuesday brought 14 empties, plus another 9 here on Thursday, making for 23 on the week. Here are Thursday's returning empties across the Grand River.

GRE heading west towards Ada with 14 empties