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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53705471040_5b86a9df0b_z.jpg Blue Island by Jonathon Leese , on Flickr L503 rattles across the IHB diamonds at Blue Island, headed east on the former GTW (now CSX) Elsdon Subdivision. 4/21/2024 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53707709480_c5057f47e6_z.jpg CH 1...

Per a friend in Chicago, Seaboard System unit is supposed to be trailing on M326 today.

Driving over the yard at West Olive last night around 20:30, the CSX pushers were tied onto a set of loads and a set of BNSF power was in the fuel track.

L303-10 @ 16:30 Grand Rapids mark up with the RN Dispatcher with: CSX engines #5375 + #421 leading - no consist info was given. He’s ready to depart & will be re-crewed at "Kraft Road near the airport" (their words, I have no mile post info for this location). C801-09 @ 16:32 eastward reported by t...

L302 west at Thornapple 23:41.

Y106 west at Breton Ave in Grand Rapids 11:58.

Y106 east by CH 146 in Kentwood 09:25.

Most certainly. Conrail wasn't spilt up because it failed, it was so successful that CSX and NS entered a bidding war because they both wanted it badly. In the end, CSX got 48% and NS got 52%. The intent behind Conrail, at least initially, was never to keep it around long term. It was seen as a temp...

L303 taking the siding at Fox with a little over 100 cars at 12:11. Most of the back half is all empty stone.

12:18 edit: L303 is holding the main at Fox for Y106.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53684882340_175a63e2d6_z.jpg The Harbor by Jonathon Leese , on Flickr Even on a relatively quiet Sunday morning, IHB's Blue Island Yard is busy with activity. One of their more recent GP40-2W acquisitions and a Slug are pulling ahead with a large cut of cars whil...

redcrumbox wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:53 am

Graffiti on railcars is an act of vandalism and a crime. It also looks tasteless and boring, and people shouldn't be forced to stare at it because a small minority of insufferable teenagers think it looks cool.

This is such a stupid boomer take lmao

I think ever since they had a new conductor and from what ive heard a new engineer on 301 there schedule has been wacky (maybe because they are showing the conductor what to do and the fact they have 3 guys in the cab of a sd40) but if anyone has info on late run 301's please let me know as I'm try...

L303 East at Madison with 83 cars by my count at 12:31.

X327 on duty in Grand Rapids to head to Chicago with some of the pile o’ cars in Wyoming for Barr.

JAIL derailed just north of Cedar, currently their train is blocking both CN's main and the thoroughfare

JAIL derailed just north of Cedar, currently their train is blocking both CN's main and the thoroughfare.

The Bomb train ran from Midland to Dow's large plant somewhere in Texas.

Y106 east by CH 146 with a GP40-3 LHF and 6 cars 09:55.

MQT #3413 is currently in-transit from the CF&E to MQT. MQT #3389 and #3391 reportedly will be retired and sold in the near future.