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OSTN-15 southbound 383,382,385,329 19:06 at Zukey lake/Lakeland Good size train, XTRA,TSBY,old northwestern hoppers Maybe the train from Middleton????

GLC was in TC overnight. Two "weekend" trains in TC two weeks in a row. I mean technically it was a weekend being they arrived Friday night and didn't leave until well after midnight!

Wasn't the Middleton train,I'll look Monday to see if that got pulled Friday night or Saturday.

Flew over Amerhart in Williamsburg on a Sun Country flight from TC today, and there are 4 loaded center beams in their siding. Those were delivered overnight Friday night/Saturday morning. The captain wouldn't fly over Beacon....

As of 5am this morning the grain train in Middleton is still there.

TC Man wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 17, 2023 6:01 pm

Flew over Amerhart in Williamsburg on a Sun Country flight from TC today, and there are 4 loaded center beams in their siding. Those were delivered overnight Friday night/Saturday morning. The captain wouldn't fly over Beacon....

Railroading aside, since when did Sun Country fly into TVC?? lol

David Collins wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 18, 2023 9:46 am

TC Man wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 17, 2023 6:01 pm

Flew over Amerhart in Williamsburg on a Sun Country flight from TC today, and there are 4 loaded center beams in their siding. Those were delivered overnight Friday night/Saturday morning. The captain wouldn't fly over Beacon....

Railroading aside, since when did Sun Country fly into TVC?? lol

Started this past spring. 5 airlines in TC, and building a 2nd concourse in 2024/25.

TC Man wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 18, 2023 12:14 pm

David Collins wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 18, 2023 9:46 am

TC Man wrote: ↑

Sun Sep 17, 2023 6:01 pm

Flew over Amerhart in Williamsburg on a Sun Country flight from TC today, and there are 4 loaded center beams in their siding. Those were delivered overnight Friday night/Saturday morning. The captain wouldn't fly over Beacon....

Railroading aside, since when did Sun Country fly into TVC?? lol

Started this past spring. 5 airlines in TC, and building a 2nd concourse in 2024/25.

When does the passenger train service start?

13:35 - OSTN SB into Durand with 383/382 - they had to use the Port Huron Wye for headroom because a WB E271 was lined thru Durand

13:52 - ONTN NB out of Owosso with...GET THIS...385/391/329/396 - f/r/f/r - 69 cars, looked like all from NS via AARR - of note is the NS scrap tie gondolas - new traffic for McBain - 20 more tie gondola loads for McBain - 11 CSX, 9 NS (not the NSSX ones but actual real life NS for real) and also one empty gondola for beacon

14:20 - OSTN SB thru Durand with 383/382 - 42 empty csx tie gondolas, one plastics hopper, 6 LPG tank cars, one empty coke hopper, 14 loaded tanks from ZFS and 8 loaded covered hoppers from ZFS - 72 for csx

399 and 395 leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1420 with a modest train.

Newer Chevy hi-rail just went north past zukey lake/Lakeland 17:08

I've noticed those NS scrap ties also,plus lot's of concrete ties from CSX lately.

Concrete ties??? Where would concrete ties be going?

Thank you for the detailed information. There are a few of us who appreciate it.

The orange NS railroad tie gondolas have been showing up for the last month or so. AANR videos show them in the consists.

LansingRailFan wrote: ↑

Mon Sep 18, 2023 2:04 pm

13:35 - OSTN SB

13:52 - ONTN NB

14:20 - OSTN SB

391 was seen on a train out of Owosso yesterday. It was not leading the consist but this is the first time it's left the yard in quite some time.

My guess on the concrete ties would be the power plant in McBain. I know they sort out ties and sell good one's back out by rail&truck,perhaps there doing that with these also? Or just grinding them up for other use? The owners of the power plant are a salvage operation also I believe.

railroader and son wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 19, 2023 10:07 am

My guess on the concrete ties would be the power plant in McBain. I know they sort out ties and sell good one's back out by rail&truck,perhaps there doing that with these also? Or just grinding them up for other use? The owners of the power plant are a salvage operation also I believe.

There were rows of concrete ties at viking when I came by there a few minutes ago. 5 loaded beams at biewer. No poles. 1049

395 399 return to Cadillac from Clare at 1420.

Maintenance replaced the E-Bell at the Garfield Road crossing in Traverse City sometime recently, there is now a new WCH bell there. They left the dead mechanical bell up for some reason.

06:03 - NB GLC OSTN with 382/382 thru Durand

05:00 - 385/391/396 at Perrinton on the GLC Middleton Branch. They were working overnight on spotting about 20 inbounds and pulling a unit grain train from MAC plus a few extra outbound empties. 3 trips to get the job done due to limitations on how many loads they can pull at once.