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18:10 - M394 east past MP 225 on M2, they called a Stop indication at Okemos. 3074 + 3014 leading 152 cars of manifest traffic. Meeting E251.
18:45 - E251 west on M1 thru Trowbridge with 2961 + 2824 leading. DD @ 219.5 reports 572 axles working out to 140 cars. I did not see any articulated sets.

10:01 - Hi-Rail thru Trowbridge on the main. Heard them talking at Ensel eastbound.

09:49 - M399 west thru Trowbridge with 3292 + 3211. They took M1 at Okemos, the M2 signal at 225 reverting from Stop to Approach, wondering if Z149 had just passed. 10:06 - Eastbound signal for M2 MP 225 showing a Clear aspect. Eastbound past MP 205 at 09:57, two NS engines leading. 10:41 - EB thru ...

08:35 - Amtrak P365 west thru MP 225 on M2. IDTX 4630 + 4612.

23:06 - Westbound by MP 225 on M2 with ex-Citirail 2/2. Manifest traffic with unknown power (too dark). Thru MP 205 at 23:49. 23:33 - Eastbound by MP 205 camera, short train with two engines and racks trailing... they are lined onto M1 at Potterville and will continue to the Thoroughfare. Reportedly...

Eastbound by Trowbridge at 1856 This was M394 with 3240 + 3833 on the head end and 3017 mid-train. Thru Trowbridge at 18:58 with manifest traffic. Eastbound by MP 205 at 23:40 with intermodal and racks, sounded like an M-2 on the head end. Z148? Thru East Lansing at 00:19. No traffic thru East Lans...

18:35 - L302 west thru Trowbridge, calling an Approach Medium for the west end. I counted 23 cars behind 5399, 404, and 6900.

19:05 - EB manifest thru MP 225 M2 with 3073 and 2850 leading. Crossings at Hagadorn activated and deactivated well around the train.
20:12 - M302 thru Trowbridge Diamond M2 with 3182 on the head end and 2819 mid-train. M302 split the meet between L303 and L302 on CSX.

18:38 - E251 stopped at Okemos Rd. with "brake lines hanging from the train." Have been sitting for an hour. 8850 and 5752 for power. Maintenance crew showed up around 18:25.
18:53 - E251 proceeding west from Okemos Rd.

Little visible damage was seen between East Lansing and Brighton on my trip home and back yesterday. Hard to identify any issues when most signals on the line default to a stop indication. Of note are portable generators at just about every signal bungalow I could see from the roads. The depot at Wi...

20:07 - L302 west thru CH 49. Westbound signal not lit up, the signal at CH 51 is. Great timing with me on my way home from East Lansing.

03:23 - What looks like a rear DPU is stopped just east of MP 225 on M1. Driving out to Okemos Rd. yields a blocked crossing. It looks like the same train with M2 under the Grand River overpass being completely clear. If the head end is east of Okemos Rd. it is not visible. 03:53 - The locomotives j...

17:10 - I am stopped at Latson Rd. waiting for L302 to clear up. L303 had 112 cars leaving Lansing.

12:09 - Hi-Rail at CH 49. Caused crossing activation at Crooked Lake and Dorr Rds.

17:56 - L302 thru EE Brighton, 499 and 3433 on the head end.
L305 running around at South Lyon, almost done at 18:00. Straight to Lansing afterwards.
18:26 - L305 returning west thru EE Brighton with 43 cars.

16:22 - Sounds like L305 will take the siding at WE Brighton to let L303 pass. L305 headed to South Lyon.
16:51 - L303 thru EE Brighton. No count from me today.
17:03 - L305 out of the siding at EE Brighton.

12:32 - NS led grain train southbound over Grand River in Howell.
Thru Chilson at 12:54 and passing Zukey Lake at 13:14. What is their symbol?

12:10 - Signal maintainers at Ann Pere. EAS Ann Pere (main signal, not siding signal) not lit up at all, siding signal in working order with L305-16's cut still there. They're working in the bungalow at the diamond.

20:03 - Horns heard from the Chilson area, presumably OSTN returning back north. 20:39 - OSTN-17 north thru Catrell Dr. with 329, 383, and 399 leading 77 cars. They stopped before Ann Pere diamond however did not work the interchange. In the siding sits the same cut of 70 cars that L305-16 dropped a...

16:46 - L303 thru WE Brighton, 70 cars behind 7799 and 5403. ZVBX gondolas after position 50, 625769, 625765, 77012, and 625779.