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13:00 - EB Q116 w CN 8885 solo, racks then stacks, clear Trowbridge.

A492 at Bellevue

LansingRailFan wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 05, 2023 12:50 pm

12:30 - WB M399 thru Charlotte with CN 2278/CN 8021/IC 2466 - our nation’s last CN Blue Devil

Yup, our "Last" IC "Blue" C40-8W running! Supposedly (besides the 'scrapped' ones) there are more in storage!!!! I have seen IC 2466 a few times over the years! Below show three pictiures of this engine leading, Kankakee, IL, 2004!!!!

SEQUENCE SHOT #1. Look at this great picture (Canon 35mm S.L.R.) that my late Dad (RCJ I) took at Kankakee, Illinois! Two genuine “Blue” Illinois Central C40-8W locomotives, October 2004:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... vXcUb957sY

SEQUENCE SHOT #2. Look at this great picture (Canon 35mm S.L.R.) that my late Dad (RCJ I) took at Kankakee, Illinois! Two genuine “Blue” IC C40-8W locomotives, October 2004:

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=5486111

SEQUENCE SHOT #3. Look at this great picture (Canon 35mm S.L.R.) that my late Dad (RCJ I) took at Kankakee, Illinois! Two genuine “Blue” IC C40-8W locomotives, October 2004 (there’s me (RLJ II) videotaping..age 21):

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... W70quxbPxI

Train 116 passed MP 22.5 at 4:10 pm.

SB sitting at Vinewood.

CN x2 through Trenton at 15:25 another at 16:05

SB A447 w BNSF 4161/Ferromex FXE 4093 thru Neenah, WI at 09:30 AM

17:32 - eastbound mixed freight by Trowbridge MP 223, CN 3056 and 3255 leading, UP 5515 mid train F/R//F. They are meeting a WB at Shaftsburg.

Delray wrote: ↑

Sun Feb 05, 2023 4:45 pm

CN x2 through Trenton at 15:25 another at 16:05

Probably one of these, it looked like a 251 with mixed up front racks on the rear, passed MP 22.5 (Opdyke Road) on the Holly at 5:35 pm on Main 2 with Amtrak 355 passing it on Main 1 at the crossing.

18:28 - westbound stacks and racks by MP 225 with 8904 solo.
19:04 - westbound manifest thru East Lansing, 2979 solo.

148 eastbound with CN 8849 & 2318 through East Lansing at 22:15

251 through Trenton at 13:20 CN x2

M385 through Common Rd. @ 13:53. CN 3230 & 3933 with 154 cars. Moving down the line at 50 per.

SB freight M385 CN 3230 3933 by Aubin 14:15

Westbound manifest thru MSU now.

justin_gram wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 06, 2023 2:26 pm

Westbound manifest thru MSU now.

What is that location?

Redwing9 wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 06, 2023 2:32 pm

justin_gram wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 06, 2023 2:26 pm

Westbound manifest thru MSU now.

What is that location?

CN Flint Sub goes through MSU (Michigan State University) in East Lansing from Hagadorn Rd. milepost 225 thru Trowbridge (ish) milepost 223.

934, CN 5430 leaving Biewer of Lansing with 1 empty Centerbeam, next stop Cory Yard.

E251 NB out of Flat Rock at 13:20 w CN 5666/CN 8885 and a block of 10 GTW blue 86’ boxcars on the head end. Must’ve come from Dearborn?

E251 MilJct 14:35

M382 through Common Rd. @ 15:21. CN 3091 & 2810 with 170 cars.