CN Train Location Updates - February 2024

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251 went past MP 22.5 at 12:38 pm.

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M394 east clear mp216 at 15:28. CN duo #3075 + #2820 + BLE #866 + MNRY (Maine Northern Railway) #6412

Freight-wise, four in a row then a fifth a couple cars later are bright yellow shiny new UP boxcars
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bluewonderrails wrote:
Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:34 pm
M394 east clear mp216 at 15:28. CN duo #3075 + #2820 + BLE #866 + MNRY (Maine Northern Railway) #6412

Freight-wise, four in a row then a fifth a couple cars later are bright yellow shiny new UP boxcars
😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 COOL!!!! 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 Well, what time would train 394 likely arrive in Port Huron? :?: :?: My friend (Roger...with the lent 35mm Canon film camera) may be able to catch it after he grills dinner!!!!!! :roll: COOL "BESSEMER" and MAINE NORTHERN!!!! :shock: 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 :shock:

BLE 866 on "Heritage Units" spotted (by Logan the Railfanner) at Bancroft east at 4:27 p.m.: https://heritageunits.com/locomotive/detail/BLE866
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EB G805 with CN ex-CitiRail 2776/CN 8921 thru Mishawaka, IN at 16:50

https://youtube.com/watch?v=TxiiYVzzv20 ... DmaJRtKUuT

100 empty cars for GLC (ZFS-Ithaca) in Durand from Mound City, IL
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Robertrains wrote:
Fri Feb 09, 2024 4:04 pm
bluewonderrails wrote:
Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:34 pm
M394 east clear mp216 at 15:28. CN duo #3075 + #2820 + BLE #866 + MNRY (Maine Northern Railway) #6412

Freight-wise, four in a row then a fifth a couple cars later are bright yellow shiny new UP boxcars
😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 COOL!!!! 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 Well, what time would train 394 likely arrive in Port Huron? :?: :?: My friend (Roger...with the lent 35mm Canon film camera) may be able to catch it after he grills dinner!!!!!! :roll: COOL "BESSEMER" and MAINE NORTHERN!!!! :shock: 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 😲 :shock:

BLE 866 on "Heritage Units" spotted (by Logan the Railfanner) at Bancroft east at 4:27 p.m.: https://heritageunits.com/locomotive/detail/BLE866
Under Bristol Road at 16:50 - what’s for dinner?

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LansingRailFan wrote:
Fri Feb 09, 2024 4:55 pm
EB G805 with CN ex-CitiRail 2776/CN 8921 thru Mishawaka, IN at 16:50

https://youtube.com/watch?v=TxiiYVzzv20 ... DmaJRtKUuT

100 empty cars for GLC (ZFS-Ithaca) in Durand from Mound City, IL
20:38 - EB G805 by the Charlotte cam

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WB E294 with CN 2312 solo thru Mishawaka, IN. CN getting more empty autoracks off the system to UP etc

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21:50

EB P364 at E Flint on the main lined onto M2

EB R944 from Durand is clear dd at MP 259 lined into Bristol Yard

EB G805 at Shaftsburg lined onto M1 at Bancroft. They will use the Port Huron Wye to shove into Durand Yard and leave the train on the North track.

NB>EB L507 at Gaines lined onto the High Wye to head to Bristol Yard

NB>WB S756 at Holly lined to follow L507 to Durand. S756 is 98 empty sand cars from the WLE headed back to Wisconsin with power from yesterday’s X383 to Lang Yard. They will use the Chicago Wye in Durand and head west to BC.

WB X271 is around Okemos. All loads they dropped some racks in Flint that’ll head south to Lang to go to CSX.

EB L500 is at Maple and is lined into Cory Yard to work.

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22:11 - M301 clear MP 259 dd

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SB 515 went past MP 22.5 at 7:43 am with 5447 and a short train.

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251 by the Fort St cam at 9:19. Decent size today

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WB M385 with IC 2721/BCOL 4641/CN 5696 and a mid DPU CN 8853 thru Woodstock, ON at 09:00

EB Q116 with CN 8832/CN 2541 thru Charlotte at 09:36

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E251 just turned north at Milwaukee junction. L515 is waiting and will be right behind it.

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251 passing MP 22.5 at 11:21 am.

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116 through Holly

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And NB 515 with two boxcars is passing by, throttling down, at 11:31 pm. Must be on 251's block and on the same track.

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116 rolling past MP 22.5 at 12 noon. A fun and busy late morning on the South Holly. That should be it until Amtrak 350 around 2 pm.

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251 through Holly

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507 past MP 22.5 at 6:30 pm.

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508 arriving at Moterm. A pair of SD70m-2s.

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