I'm thinking they run it as needed with an extra crew. I don't think there's enough work yet to run a scheduled job.Buster Manning wrote:It was posted earlier that there was a night job in Cadillac now taking care of Cadillac proper and Viking down in McBain....yet I see loads for Viking in the tuesday southbound which makes me think the road job is switching them again....has the night job been abolished??
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GLC just went thru Manton going NORTH, with 9 tanker cars. Anyone know where it's going?
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Kalkaska- there is the transload in town and the MichCon (whatever they are called now) just south of town.KingsleyRailFan wrote:GLC just went thru Manton going NORTH, with 9 tanker cars. Anyone know where it's going?
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As TC Man said there are two tank car customers in Kalkaska. The transload is methanol in regular tank cars for Magnum Solvents which receives a few car loads every other week or so. Then the gas plant south of town ships butane in large tank cars. The gas plant ships 40-60 cars a month (maybe more?)
TC Man wrote:Kalkaska- there is the transload in town and the MichCon (whatever they are called now) just south of town.KingsleyRailFan wrote:GLC just went thru Manton going NORTH, with 9 tanker cars. Anyone know where it's going?
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Fine with me as we hardly have any trains here let alone them running at night that I never see.TC Man wrote:I was wondering as well, after a few weeks ago GLC came to TC late at night a few times, and then now seem to be back to their usual arriving around 11am on the days they come up here.
Also, thinking the trackwork here should resume soon...
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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 0900.
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GLC NB 393 leading 329/395 headed NB with a very long train - @ Ann Pere headed NB - 3:16 pm
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398 and 382 returned to Cadillac approximately 1500 with 30 cars, mostly tie gons. Nothing for TC.
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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 0900.
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Looks like they came into TC again at night (Tuesday night) based on the rearranged gons at Beacon. And fresh flange marks on the Williamsburg branch.Pixl wrote:Fine with me as we hardly have any trains here let alone them running at night that I never see.TC Man wrote:I was wondering as well, after a few weeks ago GLC came to TC late at night a few times, and then now seem to be back to their usual arriving around 11am on the days they come up here.
Also, thinking the trackwork here should resume soon...
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I didn't see the news anyplace on RRfan but the Viking Energy plant in McBain is now owned by National Salvage and Service Co. https://www.nssccorp.com/
Their website says they handle NS tie disposal so that should mean more traffic. The ties no longer are taken for free. There's now a charge of $1 / tie.
Their website says they handle NS tie disposal so that should mean more traffic. The ties no longer are taken for free. There's now a charge of $1 / tie.
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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 0925.
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Today about 09:30 I seen the northbound leaving Owosso he has a bulkhead flat on the rear with a load of steel sheets. Two units up front couldn't tell what the trailing unit was leader was the 329.
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Sb working the Ithaca bean plant. I couldn't see the unit numbers 1610
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OSTN working Ann Pere same time as D708 from CSX
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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 0900.
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329 and 392 working the soybean plant at 1101.
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Returned to Cadillac at 1520.
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OSTN South at Durand, 16:10. 392 leading 329
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