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I'm not sure why it was called S327. I've seen/heard S326's and S334's too, rather than Q326 and Q334. Maybe someone could explain this better?

So let's see now they have 179, 180, 3836, 3839 and 73? And that SGVY switcher's coming over too, correct? Any idea what's up with the 73? With all these unit's, you can imagine my thoughts on 3839 being over in Muskegon......

Caught Q326 on Friday just before it left the yard. Had HCLX 8172, CSX 8118, and 6 cars. http://conrail-jon.rrpicturearchives.net/pictures/11684/100_1934.jpg Then Y104 (I think) switched a bunch of cars and spotted a reefer at Michigan Cold Storage, right in front of us! Was cool to see, never seen ...

I hear ya, the heat is unbearable. I feel bad for the switch crews working in Wyoming yard today! I was standing by the GRE tracks down in Ada this morning. As the sun got higher and the temperature rose, you could just hear the track going "creak..........crack........thunk..." Heat expansion does ...

Does anyone know where it's headed? Rumor was that the Coopersville & Marne was seeking to aquire it.

Y106 headed east with long hood forward CSX 2662 and an NS boxcar at about 10:30 this morning. I left at noon, so I never saw anything else.

Heard Y106 at around 12:30 today. Said they had an approach signal at Breton Rd. Otherwise the scanner was pretty quiet.

Is this the unit you're talking about. It's SCXY, not SGVY. http://conrail-jon.rrpicturearchives.net/pictures/11691/100_0191.jpg The SCXY unit is a GP7u, currently sitting in Greenville without trucks as a parts unit for the MMRR 24. My advise for MMRR, rebuild the GP7u, transfer it and MMRR 24 to M...

In regards to the signal upgrade, the Plymouth sub has been getting them for sometime. I've heard that eventually the line will be ATC.

Saw a westbound loaded coal train heading into the yard around 5:30 pm, otherwise that was all I saw today.

And everyone was saying that you had dropped off the face of the earth. Welcome back Bob! :D Question, do you know what time the train to Freemont leaves North Yard. Me and my friend were hoping to catch it sometime and get some shots of the 3836 leading North and and the good 'ole 3839 leading south.

Saw a very slow moving westbound local head past 29th St. this morning with 2669 long hood forward and a single SOU boxcar. Maybe that maintainer was the reason he was going so slow?

Been seeing those stone trains a lot lately. Saw the K909 three times last week, once light, once loaded and the other time empty. Always had the same string of Conrad Yelvington cars.

GP30M, why do you call Conrail paint scheme 7?

Well I didn't see much at work today as I was only there in the morning. Saw X500 go east at roughly 8:50 a.m. Heard the local blowing for Breton but only caught the tail end of the last boxcar.

Went to the yard tonight and saw K909 come in. 3 yard jobs were all busy, I forget the symbol's but one had an MP15 and switched the BIDS while we were there.

Hey Zack, have fun on your trip! If you're going near Proviso yard, definantly railfan at the Metra station in Elmhurst. On my Chicago trip I saw tons of trains coming in and out of Proviso all day. Well, haven't seen to much here at work today. Saw a CGFX SD40-2 and a CSX 70MAC (I swear the same tw...

Saw X500 go east at roughly 9:45 am with 2 CP AC4400s. About an hour later the local headed east with CSX 2567 and 2 boxcars. Then about a half hour after that a lime? train with Conrad Yelvington cars and a CGFX SD40-2 and a YN3 SD70MAC. Never saw anything else.

I saw a B32-8HW in Mendota,IL. a few weeks ago; unit #519, black smoke pouring out of the stack, really sick! A photo can be found here: http://railzfan.rrpicturearchives.net/pictures/13200/AMTK%20519.JPG . 519 was on the California Zephyr train #6. And yes, I too like the “Pepsi Can” scheme a lot ...

Yup, that's a GE ES44AC. The new EMD's are SD70ACe's and SD70M-2s, which have the noses you are talking about.

Yeah, I like my job but hate it when I miss trains . Anyways, I wonder what we'll see tomorrow?

Strange...I wonder why Q327 brought it through Lansing, to GR, and now Q326 is bringing it back towards Lansing again... Nice routing.... good that you caught some of these, any pics? I don't bring my camera to work, and if I did it wouldn't be worth it. The trains are somewhat blocked by trees and...