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by GTWTD3
Thu Jan 18, 2024 8:20 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: CN Train Location Updates - January 2024
Replies: 439
Views: 272938

Re: CN Train Location Updates - January 2024

LansingRailFan wrote:
Thu Jan 18, 2024 2:11 pm
13:06 - WB G8## with CN 2976/CN 3319 ff and 100 loaded covered hoppers from ZFS head west thru Durand on M1 after shoving out of the yard on the Port Huron Wye

13:52 - WB G8## with CN 2976/CN 3319 clear Haslett Rd
G80461
by GTWTD3
Fri Dec 29, 2023 7:53 am
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: CN Location Updates December - 2023
Replies: 475
Views: 845134

Re: CN Location Updates December - 2023

There’s a baretable stopped over Fort Street in Trenton, with a CN GEVO long hood foward leading. Any idea what this is? Crazy! CN 2698 LHF started crossing at about 16:09. It made a few moves pulling further north, starting and stopping again along the way, but hasn't moved since 17:02, and it's s...
by GTWTD3
Thu Dec 28, 2023 9:00 am
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: CN Location Updates December - 2023
Replies: 475
Views: 845134

Re: CN Location Updates December - 2023

Early morning foaming at Durand, with rain.

08:11 WB P36561 IDTX something something something, 6 cars, IDTX 4622
08:21 WB E27121 CN 2324, CN 5600 3 Autoracks
08:24 EB M30241 CN 2293, CN 2679, CN 2709, 114 cars, mid dpu CN 8888, 37 cars for a grand total of 151 cars
by GTWTD3
Wed Dec 27, 2023 9:09 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: CN Location Updates December - 2023
Replies: 475
Views: 845134

Re: CN Location Updates December - 2023

Another day of trains in crappy weather. 12-27 07:57 WB P36561 IDTX 4631, 6 cars, IDTX 4622 07:58 EB Q12291 CN 2227, CN 2234 75 cars (4x0 platforms, 71 auto racks) 11:50 WB M39931 CN 3288, CN 2908 145 cars 13:40 EB M30241 CN 3017, CN 3067, 102 cars, mid dpu CN 3056, 32 cars for 134 cars 13:47 SB GLC...
by GTWTD3
Wed Dec 27, 2023 9:31 am
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Great Lakes Central Updates December 2023
Replies: 90
Views: 62148

Re: Great Lakes Central Updates December 2023

Poles have gone to Hydrolake wood treatment plant in McBain. They are a very old and steady customer going back to the TSBY days. Poles = bulkheads with poles, they used to go to clare but unknown anymore where they go Ugh, that's right. I forgot the poles in bulkheads go there. I was thinking of t...
by GTWTD3
Wed Dec 27, 2023 8:54 am
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Great Lakes Central Updates December 2023
Replies: 90
Views: 62148

Re: Great Lakes Central Updates December 2023

GLC Northbound through Durand 12-26 at 23:58 with 82 cars GLC 393, GLC 382 5 T, 9 CH (all plastic, methinks), 3 ties, 1 ZFS, 1 T, 8 ties, 2 T, 1 ZFS,7 T, 5 ties, 1 CH, 1 poles, 3 ZFS, 1 poles, 1 CH, 3 ties, 4 ZFS, 2 T, 4 ties, 1 T, 2 ties, 14 T, 3 CH Legend T = Tank car, CH = covered hopper (ZFS sep...
by GTWTD3
Tue Dec 26, 2023 10:25 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Shortline Train Location Heads Up-December 2023
Replies: 134
Views: 67939

Re: Shortline Train Location Heads Up-December 2023

HESR action today around Durand Durand today 14:15 SB HESR 702 HESR 3390, HESR 3484 42 cars -- 3 CH, 2 B, 14T, 15 CH, 1B, 1CH, 1 T, 1 CH, 10 T, 1 B 16:10 NB HESR 701 HESR 3484, HESR 3390 84 cars -- 8 T, 3 CH, 4 T, 3 B, 1 CH, 1 B, 2 CH, 4 T, 5 CH, 3 T, 1 CH, 29 T, 3 CH, 8 T, 3 CH, 7 T 21:22 WB HESR 7...
by GTWTD3
Tue Dec 26, 2023 10:21 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: CN Location Updates December - 2023
Replies: 475
Views: 845134

Re: CN Location Updates December - 2023

Durand today 07:20 WB L50161 CN 8952, 8859 66 cars -- made healthy s/o, durand yard was the fullest I've seen in a bit. 4 days of holiday traffic makes that happen. Reminds me of the old days when CMGN was still there, the yard would be packed with 2 northbounds being called to take the dow traffic,...
by GTWTD3
Mon Dec 25, 2023 5:39 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: NS and CP Train Location Updates 2023
Replies: 292
Views: 197786

Re: NS and CP Train Location Updates 2023

12E of some sorts enroute to Sterling Heights out of West Lake, Florida per the NS symbol updates page. No word on power. 10E-19E are empty autorack extras. Origination and destination do not apply to the first three digits of the train symbol in this case. Exclude 18E from that list, that's always...
by GTWTD3
Mon Dec 25, 2023 5:37 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: CN Location Updates December - 2023
Replies: 475
Views: 845134

Re: CN Location Updates December - 2023

From my home away home, Durand 12-25 15:21 WB M39731 CN 3046, CN 2997 mid dpu CN 2874 183 cars 15:27 EB M39491 CN 2944, CN 2776 mid dpu CN 3903 167 cars --- 394 and 397 met at Durand 16:41 WB Z14921 CN 2227, CN 5665, CN 2234 86x2 platforms, 32 auto racks 17:04 EB A49291 CN 8933, CN 8881, CN 8935 127...
by GTWTD3
Wed Dec 20, 2023 4:41 pm
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Best Holly Subdivision Outing, EVER. - Royal Oak, Michigan 12/19/23
Replies: 5
Views: 1712

Re: Best Holly Subdivision Outing, EVER. - Royal Oak, Michigan 12/19/23

Great video. I guess I'm getting old. Those chargers with the LED ditch litghts flashing will never get me as excited as an F40PH with strobe lights
by GTWTD3
Wed Dec 20, 2023 4:32 pm
Forum: Ohio Talk
Topic: NS Fostoria District Traffic
Replies: 7
Views: 8174

Re: NS Fostoria District Traffic

The last time I did 24 hours at Fostoria was in May of 2022 I can't believe its been a year and 7 months already but I got 8 trains on NS that is the lowest amount I ever got in a 24 period at Fostoria since I started going there in February of 1992. Back in the 1990s it was consistently between 20...
by GTWTD3
Mon Dec 18, 2023 5:54 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Great Lakes Central Updates December 2023
Replies: 90
Views: 62148

Re: Great Lakes Central Updates December 2023

ONTN-18 383,395,391,393 15:01 Northbound out of Owosso with 77 cars. 15 hoppers, 10 tank cars, 5 hoppers, 2 tank cars,9 hoppers,3 unloaded centerbeams, 7 NS gondolas, 1 unloaded centerbeam, 1 CSX gondola, 1 tank car, 8 NS gondolas, 1 loaded pole car, and 14 tank cars 399,385 in TC There was a time ...
by GTWTD3
Sun Dec 17, 2023 10:51 am
Forum: Ohio Talk
Topic: NS Fostoria District Traffic
Replies: 7
Views: 8174

Re: NS Fostoria District Traffic

11 scheduled trains per day, 8 locals. Average day last week showed 12 trains (other than locals) through there, with high mark of last Monday having 17 trains and low mark of last Sunday having 9 trains
by GTWTD3
Sun Nov 05, 2023 6:16 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: CN South Bend/Flint Sub
Replies: 53
Views: 22730

Re: CN South Bend/Flint Sub

Even in the hey day of the Flint Sub in the late 90s early 2000's, the best you can do in Durand is 40ish, if I remember correctly the highest I ever got in my numerous 24 hour counts was in the mid 40's. 50 is unusual, anything above that is ridiculous. TSBY, HESR. Battle Creek would be maybe 5 or ...
by GTWTD3
Wed Sep 13, 2023 10:26 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: Great Lakes Central Updates September 2023
Replies: 91
Views: 27801

Re: Great Lakes Central Updates September 2023

383 and 382 made a Owosso - Durand turn today. Came into Durand at 3pm with 7 cars for CN. Spent better part of 5 hours switching the North Yard at Durand, getting the cars in the right order. Departed at 820pm with 80 cars, mix of ZFS, Tank cars, and a few empty center beams
by GTWTD3
Sat Apr 01, 2023 4:49 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: CN Train Location Updates - April 2023
Replies: 498
Views: 60848

Re: CN April Train Location Updates

LansingRailFan wrote:
Sat Apr 01, 2023 4:19 pm
bnsfben wrote:
Sat Apr 01, 2023 2:36 pm
X491 west Durand at 1433. 75I, Gevo. Entirely loaded autos 10,000 ft. Auto business is rocking at CN!
This train originated out of Port Huron. Is it all Canadian racks or did they pick up in Flint?
It did not work Flint
by GTWTD3
Tue Mar 07, 2023 6:32 pm
Forum: National / Other States Talk
Topic: Los Angeles to Las Vegas - Brightline
Replies: 14
Views: 3262

Re: Los Angeles to Las Vegas - Brightline

Garry, they are planning to run on new tracks that are capable of much higher speeds than the old Amtrak route. The current Amtrak Fullerton to Kingman is 7 hours. Add in the bus from Kingman to Vegas, if you can even order that. New route is a 2 hour expected run. Went to Amtrak's site to try to b...
by GTWTD3
Fri Nov 25, 2022 9:46 am
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: CN Updates: November 2022
Replies: 393
Views: 57764

Re: CN Updates: November 2022

0910 M39731 CN 8893, 5675, 2278 by DUrand with 180 cars
by GTWTD3
Thu Nov 17, 2022 8:01 pm
Forum: Train Location Updates / Heads Ups
Topic: CN Updates: November 2022
Replies: 393
Views: 57764

Re: CN Updates: November 2022

LORAM through Trenton at 9:02 Just passed MP 22.5 on the Holly at 4:06 pm grinding away. One time after a grinding train passed bye out back I notice smoke. I went out and a tie had caught fire. What to do? I went and got a watering can and filled it with water and went back to put it out. While I ...