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A little excitement in Saint Joe a little after 5 pm… the Manitowac was coming in with a load of stone and one of its bow thrusters malfunctioned. The boat wound up pinned diagonally, with the bow against the seawall and the stern rubbing against the fenders of the Saint Joe Bridge. After about 20 m...

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Tue Dec 19, 2023 5:55 am

Amtrak P371-19 @ 06:50 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG19.1 in Zeeland, Mi with 24 axles. IDTX engine #4615 & 5 cars.

It will be interesting to see if it has passengers aboard. It’s not showing on the status map, and the Amtrak website shows it in Service Disruption.

As of 22:30 ET, Amtrak P370 looks to be parked in Porter siding on the NS @ CD482.5, near the Mineral Springs Rd Crossing. User “Working_Ad_2769” posted the following on Reddit (r/Amtrak): Well, of all 4 trains I've taken (including the one I'm currently on), it wasn't the Texas Eagle that was the ...

The database was down so nobody knew what to do. Such a shame. For reasons exactly like this, the police dispatcher shouldn’t be using a database. The standard practice should be for the officer or caller on the scene to read the info on the blue sign. Eliminates errors like this.

P371 by EE Sawyer CG104.6 at 8:31, not sure if anyone noticed but the cafe car is actually a Northeast Regional Cafe Car! They must be out of serviceable cafe/business class cars. For one round trip, starting with P370-27, they substituted a baggage car (CSX now has a 16 axle minimum for passenger)...

I think he is going on about the fact there was a drastic change to the Hamilton Northwestern Last fall and no one has stated the facts about it, what it’s present state is, or what it’s future is on this website. Several members here are knowledgeable and could share. But for some reason they have...

SD80MAC wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 28, 2023 7:33 am

As of August 2023, CSX now restricts all passenger trains (excluding CSX’s own OCS and track geometry trains) with 16 axles or less to 30 mph. You may now start seeing extra cars on 370 and 371.

Thanks for the info. I appreciate it.

Amtrak P370-27 @ 21:06 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi. with 16 axles. IDTX engine #4610 & 3 cars. Why the baggage car? The NS and CSX don’t have any axle count requirements, do they? The Pere Marquette did one round trip with just two cars in February, so why do th...

Amtrak P370-27 @ 21:06 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi. with 16 axles. IDTX engine #4610 & 3 cars. Why the baggage car? The NS and CSX don’t have any axle count requirements, do they? The Pere Marquette did one round trip with just two cars in February, so why do th...

Is there any way to get the train consist for Q326? Meaning, the cargo and destination of the cars on the train? Only interested parties get access to the where and what is on a particular train, such as shippers and customers and the railroad themselves. Make me feel old, why don’t you. When I was...

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 06, 2023 9:26 am

M326-06 @ 09:52 eastward with CSX engine #3371 leading received permission by the Stop signal at the east end New Buffalo mp CG113.9

CSXT 3371 and a four axle unit on the head end, DP unit on the rear.

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 30, 2023 9:20 am

Per the St Joseph Bridge Tender, M326-30 was taking Sawyer siding mp CG106.4 to clear up for M327.

M326 passing 91.9 now. Has locomotives at front and rear, with 10 double stacks at the head end (10 wells=2 cars?). Puny train, but I’m at work and can’t listen to scanner. Tom can report axles.

ns wasn't the only place with issues. may have been a full-on cyber attack yesterday. Yet they are claiming it wasn’t. I don’t want to accuse them of lying, but I still can’t fathom how it could be anything but a cyber attack. How can you design a mission critical system (systems!) so poorly that a...

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Mon Aug 28, 2023 9:25 am

M326-28 @ 09:24 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 372 axles. CSX engine #5481 + 1 & 90 cars.

Might need to adjust your axle math. There’s a set of intermodal well cars in there. Loaded, with one double stacked and the rest single.

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Fri Aug 25, 2023 11:49 am

M326-25 @ 11:48 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph, Mi with 228 axles. CSX engine #309 + 1 & 54 cars.

Both engines up front on this puny train. Five reefers and a coal straggler at the head end.

That BNSF hopper with the Frisco logo is one of their “heritage hoppers”. The optimist in me enjoys seeing these heritage cars. The pessimist in me counters with the notion that they don’t really care about heritage; it’s all about using the predecessor names and logos in commerce so they don’t los...

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Fri Jul 14, 2023 9:51 am

M326-14 @ 9:48 eastward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG91.9 St Joseph,Mi with 386 axles. CSX #466 + 2 and 92 cars

Both locomotives on the head end (only two). Big cut of BNSF covered hoppers up front, and an auto rack further back in the train.

Andy24 wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 14, 2023 7:12 am

Amtrak P371-14 @ 7:14 westward reported by the Defect Detector mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 16 axles. IDTX engine #4619 & 3 cars (Horizon Cafe + 2 Venture Coaches)

For the historical record, it was an Amfleet cafe today, not a Horizon.

St Joe Bridge Tender @ 9:17 reported M326-13 cleared the St Joseph Bridge, no other info was given. M327-13 is held up on the double tracks of Benton Harbor to clear for M326-13 M326 has one locomotive up front and one mid train DPU. There are a few coal stragglers in the train—two loads up front a...

Not sure if this was noted recently but CSX is now delivering cars to the elevator in Harlem again, just south of West Olive. No doubt this has to do with the ongoing service disruption on the Hamilton Northwestern. Neat to see Y121 going this far north again. What is the service disruption on the ...