CN Train Location Updates - September 2022

[Dan Cluley]

Westbound with BNSF 1032 & CN 2226 through East Lansing at 22:11

Westbound with CN 3181 3937 5666 through at 22:29

[LansingRailFan]

15:15 - WB E275 (Toronto to Battle Creek) with CN 5620/CN dash 9 by MP 225

They were following a WB Q12311 02 or a WB Z149

[GTWChris]

M302 south at Angora, MN at 14:20 CDT. CN 5743 CN 5758 CN 5661.

[Steve B]

Eastbound by Trowbridge at 1556

[penn central]

Im in Port Huron for a little while a eastbound just went into the tunnel with 75 cars with a SD70M-2 and a SD75 for power.

[penn central]

Heads up west of Port Huron railfans a westbound auto rack train just cleared 16th Street with about 75 empty racks with a single Gevo for power.

[LansingRailFan]

Heads up west of Port Huron railfans a westbound auto rack train just cleared 16th Street with about 75 empty racks with a single Gevo for power.

SB E271 w CN 3805 destined for Flat Rock

[AARR]

Northbound through Macomb on Mt Clemens Sub

[MtClemensRailFan]

M382 through Common Rd. @ 12:40. CN 5773, 5629, & 8899 with 147 cars. Key train today so 35 mph limit between Nolan & Haven.

[Steve B]

Westbound intermodal by Trowbridge at 1601

[Manistique]

Train 507 passed Bloomfield Hills at 4:45 pm with mostly containers and two CN's. First freight train on the Holly today this Labor Day.

[KC8RBK]

1757 desk 10 is heard giving lights to one out of battle creek. Potentially 450. They were instructed to stop wherever they meet 251 and get the pilot off it to go back south. 251 at that time going through Milwaukee junction. Anyone have insight into what they would mean?

[KC8RBK]

Cn 2906+1 and a cn dpu in the middle eb by 205 at 1833. Video should be up shortly. Another movement getting lights east out of the creek too per the radio

[Manistique]

Train 251 passing MP 22.5 on the Holly at 7:13 pm.

[KC8RBK]

450 by 205 at 1915. 2 cn ff. Mostly empty racks today and no steel

[Manistique]

1757 desk 10 is heard giving lights to one out of battle creek. Potentially 450. They were instructed to stop wherever they meet 251 and get the pilot off it to go back south. 251 at that time going through Milwaukee junction. Anyone have insight into what they would mean?

LRF reported a few days ago that CN is short of crews qualified on the Holly Subdivision so this pilot stuff may be part of this. The pilot must be for the running on the Holly and is on 251 right now? And as it seems that the trains won't be on the Holly when they meet tonight and that 450's crew also needs the pilot to run on the Holly too as they are not qualified for it? Just guessing and putting two and two together, which never equals four on the railroad.

[LansingRailFan]

CN L551 (U745) WB by K.I Sawyer @19:30 with CN 2630 and CN 5453

[LansingRailFan]

1757 desk 10 is heard giving lights to one out of battle creek. Potentially 450. They were instructed to stop wherever they meet 251 and get the pilot off it to go back south. 251 at that time going through Milwaukee junction. Anyone have insight into what they would mean?

LRF reported a few days ago that CN is short of crews qualified on the Holly Subdivision so this pilot stuff may be part of this. The pilot must be for the running on the Holly and is on 251 right now? And as it seems that the trains won't be on the Holly when they meet tonight and that 450's crew also needs the pilot to run on the Holly too as they are not qualified for it? Just guessing and putting two and two together, which never equals four on the railroad.

That’s my guess as well. They are qualifying crews out of BC to have more crews qualified between Durand and Flat Rock. Most likely, all crews qualified currently have the day off.

[LansingRailFan]

09:21 - WB P365 arrived at ELA

[AARR]

Normally on the first day of the work after the weekend the south end of Pontiac Yard is full of loaded center beams and various boxcars, covered hoppers and tank cars. Also, recently steel coil cars and LPG tank cars. But today it is empty and the engines do not appear to be at work yet.