CSX Train Location Updates - January 2021

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327
630a - med clear grandville - 1 tk to main
636a - clear dewent
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371 and 327 sunday
371
632a - clear vriesland
634a - clear zeeland
635a - 19.1 - 16 axles,305'
639a - clear 112th
640a - clear waverly
644a/648a - arr/depart holland
656a - clear pair east saugatuck
709a - clear pair wells
712a - 44.2 - 16 axles, 303'
721a - clear pair grand junction

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643a - clear pair hudsonville
655a - 19.1 - 364 axles, 4995'
704a - clear 112th ave
3411 ld- 88 cars - 7219 rear dpu
note: looks like 327 will have a set off at waverly today
had what looked to be 4 covered gon, approx 10 to 15 other cars and another
10 to 15 covered gons ( dirty soil cars for muskegon )
710a - clear waverly
713a - clear pair legs
804a - med clear holland - old siding to main
808a - restricting holland - back on train - main to main - eb
824a - clear holland - wb
830a - clear 28
837a - clear pair east saugatuck
855a - clear pair wells
858a - 44.2 - 160 axles, 2175'
3411 ld - 37 cars - 7219 rear dpu - set off 51 cars at waverly
911a - clear pair grand junction

hi tom
snow has stopped here, up to 25 now
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Amtrak P371-31 @ 07:27:07am westward Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 (0 passengers on/off at the station mp CG60.5) IDTX engine #4614 & 3 SuperLiners.
Amtrak P371-31 @ 08:17am westward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 16 axles & 309 feet long.
Q327-31 @ 08:26am westward on the move reporting clear of the Holland Depot CG25.3

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Q327-31 @ 09:01am westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 160 axles & 2,175 feet long. CSX engine #3411 & 37 cars & rear CSX engine #7219 (he has 51 cars less after departing Holland this morning).
Q327-31 @ 09:21:20am westward Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35

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Tom49801 wrote:
Sun Jan 31, 2021 9:03 am
Q327-31 @ 09:01am westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 160 axles & 2,175 feet long. CSX engine #3411 & 37 cars & rear CSX engine #7219 (he has 51 cars less after departing Holland this morning).
Q327-31 @ 09:21:20am westward Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35
Wow, these 51 set off today plus the 64 D702 brought from GR friday that were left in the Holland siding, D700 will have some work to do sorting things out before heading down the pike for Bangor cam, Hartford, and points (south)west!

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V764 is called for this morning. Has not left Plymouth yet. Might make for some good snow shots at crossings.

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LansingRailFan wrote:
Sun Jan 31, 2021 9:57 am
V764 is called for this morning. Has not left Plymouth yet. Might make for some good snow shots at crossings.
Thanks for the update. Hopefully someone can report him when he departs.

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Q327-31 @ 10:23am westward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 160 axles & 2,199 feet long. CSX engine #3411 & 37 cars & rear CSX engine #7219.

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Don't be fooled by the axel count when they got that far, Tom. D705 went west by Howell at 05:17 with 179 cars. The usual power with DPU after the 87th car, but they also had two additional units on the head end. With the snow and fog, I could not even tell if they were four axel or six axel but they were there. Perhaps they stole the two units off the empty grain train at Beck Road Plymouth so when the crew gets there to take it west, there wont be any power on it. 705 also, as expected, had those eight ash cars and a ton of loaded scrap ties for GLC that D706 yesterday took for a ride to Detroit. Those cars either should not have not been picked up, or if they were, sat off in Brighton.

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Sun Jan 31, 2021 10:27 am
Don't be fooled by the axel count when they got that far, Tom. D705 went west by Howell at 05:17 with 179 cars. The usual power with DPU after the 87th car, but they also had two additional units on the head end. With the snow and fog, I could not even tell if they were four axel or six axel but they were there. Perhaps they stole the two units off the empty grain train at Beck Road Plymouth so when the crew gets there to take it west, there wont be any power on it. 705 also, as expected, had those eight ash cars and a ton of loaded scrap ties for GLC that D706 yesterday took for a ride to Detroit. Those cars either should not have not been picked up, or if they were, sat off in Brighton.
Maybe they couldn’t set off in Brighton because the switches were frozen? Thus the fires on Friday to heat em up.

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BL2-1843 wrote:
Sun Jan 31, 2021 10:27 am
Don't be fooled by the axel count when they got that far, Tom. D705 went west by Howell at 05:17 with 179 cars. The usual power with DPU after the 87th car, but they also had two additional units on the head end. With the snow and fog, I could not even tell if they were four axel or six axel but they were there. Perhaps they stole the two units off the empty grain train at Beck Road Plymouth so when the crew gets there to take it west, there wont be any power on it. 705 also, as expected, had those eight ash cars and a ton of loaded scrap ties for GLC that D706 yesterday took for a ride to Detroit. Those cars either should not have not been picked up, or if they were, sat off in Brighton.
Thank you for the info :)
D705-30 @ 10:43am reported by the DD mp CH104.3 with 678 axles(?) & 9,740(?) feet long. Part of the DD's call had static & was stepped on. Will re-check it when it becomes available in the scanner archives. Assuming the engines were spun around & CSXT #738 is leading with the CSXT #3211 as the DPU.
[Can't make a clear call for axle count from the archives either. As of 11:52am nothing further heard from D705 which could be due to the weather station broadcasts stepping on everything]
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Something's on it's way thru Brighton now, the horn sounds different so I'm guessing it's the SD70MACe on V764 from Plymouth.

Update: "Clear westbound 49...713" at 11:01

Update: they are calling as V713, but it's definitely the MACe leading, I recognized the road number.
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BL2-1843 wrote:
Sun Jan 31, 2021 10:27 am
Don't be fooled by the axel count when they got that far, Tom. D705 went west by Howell at 05:17 with 179 cars. The usual power with DPU after the 87th car, but they also had two additional units on the head end. With the snow and fog, I could not even tell if they were four axel or six axel but they were there. Perhaps they stole the two units off the empty grain train at Beck Road Plymouth so when the crew gets there to take it west, there wont be any power on it. 705 also, as expected, had those eight ash cars and a ton of loaded scrap ties for GLC that D706 yesterday took for a ride to Detroit. Those cars either should not have not been picked up, or if they were, sat off in Brighton.
Extra units were 8064 and 8350 - 2 six axle units.

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amessmann wrote:
Sun Jan 31, 2021 10:54 am
Something's on it's way thru Brighton now, the horn sounds different so I'm guessing it's the SD70MACe on V764 from Plymouth.

Update: "Clear westbound 49...713" at 11:01
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Q326-31 @ 11:21am eastward reported by DD mp CG91.9 with 388 axles & 5,406 feet long. CSX engine #5389 + #749 & 94 cars.
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V713 clear East End Fowlerville at 11:24, no idea why I'm hearing this far, but no complaints :lol:

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LansingRailFan wrote:
Sun Jan 31, 2021 11:03 am
BL2-1843 wrote:
Sun Jan 31, 2021 10:27 am
Don't be fooled by the axel count when they got that far, Tom. D705 went west by Howell at 05:17 with 179 cars. The usual power with DPU after the 87th car, but they also had two additional units on the head end. With the snow and fog, I could not even tell if they were four axel or six axel but they were there. Perhaps they stole the two units off the empty grain train at Beck Road Plymouth so when the crew gets there to take it west, there wont be any power on it. 705 also, as expected, had those eight ash cars and a ton of loaded scrap ties for GLC that D706 yesterday took for a ride to Detroit. Those cars either should not have not been picked up, or if they were, sat off in Brighton.
Extra units were 8064 and 8350 - 2 six axle units.
This would have made the axle count from the DD at mp CH104.3 to be either 672 axles (4 engines & 162 cars) or 676 axles (4 engines & 163 cars). The replay for the DD call in archives still couldn't pin the axle count. The 1st 2 digits were heard clearly (67_). As of 12:07pm, I haven't heard anything further from D705 since the DD104.3 call out. Getting a lot of weather radio calls interfering with the scanner today & maybe D705's calls were being stepped on since then.

Crew's on duty time may have ran out, too. As of 2:07pm, still nothing heard, and no yarding instructions from Rougemere heard either during all of this time.
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Q326-31 @ 12:21:04pm eastward Bangor's Division St crossing mp CG60.93 with CSX engines #5389 + #749 & 94 cars.

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Q326-31 @ 1:49pm eastward reported by DD mp CG19.1 with 388 axles & 5,368 feet long. CSX engine #5389 + #749 & 94 cars.

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NB Q150 just turned east at Plymouth. CSX 4570 leading + 53 double stacks + 15 singles.
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