CN Train Location Updates - July 2023

[Manistique]

507 past MP 22.5 at 7:30 pm.

[Manistique]

A NB mixed freight with a single BNSF unit passed MP 22.5 on the Holly at 8:09 pm. Maybe an Extra 251? Not too long.

[LansingRailFan]

14:39 - EB M356 41 with CN ES44 up front and a CN ET44ac on the rear of a long autorack train thru Griffith, IN

Flat Rock bound?

No. All loads, direct to Toronto.

[LansingRailFan]

A NB mixed freight with a single BNSF unit passed MP 22.5 on the Holly at 8:09 pm. Maybe an Extra 251? Not too long.

That was NB X491 with BNSF 6576

[LansingRailFan]

05:22 - EB L500 with CN /CN by 204.42 - lots of racks off of that E280 with BNSF 6081 solo that was terminated in BC.

05:46 - WB M397 with CN 5712/CN 2648/IC 2708 - train still in BC

06:30 - WB M301with CN 3257 solo by the MP 204.42 cam - train still in BC

08:10 - WB E271 working Snow Yard

08:15 - WB M399 clear East Lansing Amtrak

08:20 - Q116, M302 in BC. M396 at Bellevue. Q116 has no intermodal today.

08:25 - EB M396 lined east from Walton on the single track

08:30 - EB L500 with CN 2242/CN 2678 thru East Lansing after a long work time at Cory/Snow Yards. They met L501 at Walton, M397 at Potterville and M301 passed them at Cory Yard.

08:31 - WB P365 departs Durand on M2, 24 minutes late

08:37 - EB M396 with CN 3211/CN 3221 by MP 204.42 cam

09:04 - WB M399 with CN 3154/CN 2984 lined thru CP Hope. Most likely will meet M396 around Mill. E271 still working Snow Yard

10:13 - WB P365 by the 204.42 cam, just under an hour late.

11:05 - EB M302 with CN 3112/CN 2809/CN 2553 by MP 204.42 cam

11:21 - EB Q116 with CN 8809/CN 8868 elephant style - all racks today by MP 204.42 cam

11:52 - WB M399 with CN 3154/CN 2984 by MP 204.42 cam

13:40 - WB Z149 with CN 8940/CN 8908/CN 8920

17:32 - WB E251 with CN 3841/CN 8???

18:14 - EB A492 with CN 3853/CN 3264

[LansingRailFan]

X396, M356, X394 are all in Battle Creek.

21:45 - NB X491 with BNSF 6756 solo takes the Chicago Wye in Durand and heads west to Battle Creek. They will hold at Bancroft on M2 for a WB on M1 that is at E Durand

21:51 - WB M301 with CN 2967/CN 2844 thru Durand on M1

21:45 - WB X27161 with CN 3199 leading thru Mishawaka, IN

For radio listeners...
EB X396 has CN 8863 leading
EB X394 has CN 5605 leading
EB M356 has one up front and one rear dpu - 100 loaded racks for Toronto.

[LansingRailFan]

507 with five locomotives is flying past MP 22.5 at 7:52 pm.

WB L501 with CN 2242/CN 2678/CN 2969/CN 2932/CN 2980 by MP 205 cam this morning at 06:14 am.

They flipped the power set off of L507 onto L501 in Flint and sent them west.

L500 today was CN 2242/CN 2678

CN 2969/CN 2932 were WB M393 out of Battle Creek

CN 2980 was added to M301 in Battle Creek as it was a solo engine train. They had a big pickup to make in BC.

Always interesting to see how the power moves around.

[LansingRailFan]

R935 with CN 5469 back into Battle Creek Yard after working post

[LansingRailFan]

22:30 - EB X396 with CN 8863 leading by the MP 204.42 cam

22:30 - WB X491 with BNSF 6756 solo holding at CP Cedar.

22:30 - WB M301 with CN 2967/CN 2844 will take M1 at Mill and the proceed to Potterville and hold for EB X396

It looks like CN could probably squeak out at least one more EB out of Battle Creek ahead of Amtrak P364

[LansingRailFan]

WB M301 and WB X491 will be holding for a while as the next EB is lined. Since P364 is in Battle Creek, it is most likely next to head east.

[LansingRailFan]

10:54 - NB L507 took the Chicago Wye in Durand and heads EB on M2 to Flint

[LansingRailFan]

23:15 -

WB M301 rolling thru Cory Yard and lined to Potterville

EB P364 lined out of BC, not yet to MP 204.42 cam tho.

P364 will follow EB X396 which is lined onto M2 at CP Cedar and then will take the siding in Shaftsburg and hold for P364

WB X491 is on M1 between Okemos and Cedar and most likely on the campus of MSU.

[LansingRailFan]

11:37 - EB P364 clear Walton; WB M397 in *dark territory* for atcs somewhere between w flint and Imlay City and is lined thru Durand on M1 as far as Bancroft right now.

WB X491, WB M301 are still in the same places as before.

X396 will hold at Shaftsburg

[LansingRailFan]

23:50 - EB P364 by MP 204.42 cam. They were advised that if they lost viability during the storm that they should stop.

[LansingRailFan]

00:12 - WB M301 lined out of Potterville to BC. Once P364 is clear, X491 will be lined as well. They’ll most likely meet M356 or X394 at Potterville or Walton

00:20 - WB M301 by MP 204.42 cam

01:00 - EB X394 with CN 5605 leading two other CN's by MP 204.42 cam

01:28 - EB Z148 with CN/CN up front by MP 204.42 cam - intermodal/autorack

02:52 - WB X491 finally proceeds by MP 204.42 after sitting in Lansing for four hours

04:08 - EB M302 with CN/CN up front and CN mid-DPU by MP 204.42

04:30 - WB M397 with CN/CN up front by MP 204.42

05:04 - EB Q122 with CN 2923/CN 2958 up front - intermodal/autorack

05:20 - EB L500 with CN/CN pair and cars for Lansing

05:41 - WB L501 with CN/CN pair, their Lansing pickup on the head end of the train. Mostly loaded racks today.

06:45 - EB M396 with CN/CN pair and the Flint set off on the head end.

[Manistique]

SB 515 passed MP 22.5 at 7:14 with 5430 again and eight boxcars for Chrysler (the last being an old "Golden West Service" one, which I think was a Southern Pacific slogan) and a few covered hoppers.

[LansingRailFan]

09:22 - WB P365 by MP 203 Charlotte

09:43 - WB E271 with CN 2307/CN 3920 by MP 203 Charlotte

10:14 - EB Q116 with CN 8926/CN 8959 thru Charlotte - all racks today as we enter the 12th day of the western Canada port strike.

WB Z149, WB A491 are in Flint

EB A492 is in BC

[LansingRailFan]

12:38 - WB Z149 with CN 3031/CN 2866 thru Charlotte

WB A491 is behind Z149 by about 45 min.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6SIQYAAz0 ... e=youtu.be

[Manistique]

116 just rolled by MP 22.5 at 1:10 pm. I was wondering why the number of containers out back seems small lately.

NB 515 went by a few minutes before 116 did.

[Delray]

251 by the Fort St cam at 11:34 CN x3