CN Train Location Updates - December 2020

Daily whereabouts of train locations along with sightings for heads ups to other railfans.
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David Lang wrote:
Sun Dec 27, 2020 2:06 pm
Southbound 280 by Linden at 2:07pm. Didn't catch the locomotives, but he had 396 axles by the 56.2 detector - probably around 96 cars.
CN 5733, 2610 and GTW 5831 were the engines. Was likely 450. Thru Royal Oak approximately 1800.

514 also arrived at Moterm around 1700 with CN 5448 and 5469.

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Eb manifest by 205 at 1840 with 3 cn

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Sun Dec 27, 2020 1:14 pm
251 northbound at Beaubien Avenue with UP 2750 & 8858. This was on yesterday's 280.
By 205 at 2041. Picked up a bnsf and a cn along the way

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Wb manifest by 205 at 2120 with cn leading up

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515 south at Birmingham at 10:00 with CN 5246
251 north at Rodney at 10:20 with CN 5733 and CN 2610

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Southbound 514 by Linden at 3:46pm with 17 cars.

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EB thorough Okemos @1646 4 CN 1 cowl & GTW 4923

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I’ve got green signal for a SB on Holly Sub at Opdyke Rd. David I think this is by you?

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CN 3065 solo E251 w almost all racks is NB at Opdyke Rd. Clear 5:10 PM.

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Sorry LansingRailFan, didn't see your post until just now. Was busy today, but since 514 at 3:46pm, there have been 5 more trains, last one around 9pm. Its too dark for me to see past around 5pm and didn't have my scanner on.

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David Lang wrote:
Mon Dec 28, 2020 9:26 pm
Sorry LansingRailFan, didn't see your post until just now. Was busy today, but since 514 at 3:46pm, there have been 5 more trains, last one around 9pm. Its too dark for me to see past around 5pm and didn't have my scanner on.
Looks like 251, 2x 280s, X251(?), and 514 NB. In the past week, there have been at least three days that extra NBs have originated at Flat Rock. Nice to see this uptick in traffic the past week, lots and lots of racks moving on the Holly.

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Ford is having production issues with the F150s. They have thousands of trucks in parking lots awaiting shipment. Those were from the original batches of 2021s that are still awaiting final inspections before being released.

The extra trains before have been leaving Flat Rock as direct connections to the BNSF or UP in Illinois, thus skipping the mixing center at Gibson Yard.

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Hey, we will take the additional trains anytime!!

Too bad the GM Orion plant isn't shipping anymore and no more coal trains. Those would be nice additions, but don't see it happening. They still run coal trains, but not on CN, it's NS out of Chicago to Toledo, then up to Monroe, or where ever they go.

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Wb stack train with 2CN mm 205 at 0806

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GTW6401 wrote:
Mon Dec 28, 2020 11:34 pm
Ford is having production issues with the F150s. They have thousands of trucks in parking lots awaiting shipment. Those were from the original batches of 2021s that are still awaiting final inspections before being released.

The extra trains before have been leaving Flat Rock as direct connections to the BNSF or UP in Illinois, thus skipping the mixing center at Gibson Yard.
I’ve noticed the uptick in BNSF and UP and even an NS rack trains in the last 1.5 weeks. There’s been tons of em.

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Southbound through Royal Oak. Short train so I think it’s a local but I thought I saw a auto rack in its consist. Difficult to tell because I was watching between buildings.
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E251 clear Mill St in Ecorse, MI @ 12:20 PM

UP 5416
BNSF 8482
BNSF 7796

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251 at Milwaukee Junction.

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L514 on the High Wye at Durand. Two SD60’s

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515, CN 5246 working at East Yard in Hamtramck.

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