Shortline Updates February, 2021

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CPMY 7014 eastbound at Fruitridge Ave, heading to the GRE interchange caboose light.
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Per my wifey about GDLK northbound in Byron Center: 4225 pulling 4124 5:53pm

Back south at 10:52pm with about 20 cars.
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GDLK north at Byron Center with WAMX 4124 long hood forward running solo, no cars in tow. That's a first... 3:20pm.

Back south at 5:54pm with WAMX 4124 and close to 30 cars.
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Z, what's track speed on the Elk by your house?

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Z62709 os GH southbound 21:53 MMRR 2019 leading 2170? A mixed bag of cars


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GRE 2104 switching Ann St. Yard putting its train together to go east later.

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dave989 wrote:
Wed Feb 10, 2021 9:58 am
GRE 2104 switching Ann St. Yard putting its train together to go east later.
Unless they magically didn't bust through the snow banks on Kulross Ave in Ada, then this is the first time they ran this week.

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kd_1014 wrote:
Wed Feb 10, 2021 11:21 am
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Wed Feb 10, 2021 9:58 am
GRE 2104 switching Ann St. Yard putting its train together to go east later.
Unless they magically didn't bust through the snow banks on Kulross Ave in Ada, then this is the first time they ran this week.
Yup. Plenty of snow busting photo opportunities today on the GRE. Wish I could have been out there to catch them heading to Lowell.
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Nothing in Lowell yet

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GRE is south of Lowell with 2 long lines of hoppers. Some may be empties. I will see what they leave in town later.

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More wintertime fun. A commercial van struck a train near Millington on Monday.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news ... 466110001/

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Grand elk north at Byron center at 9:12pm, WAMX 4009 and a second loco WITH 46 cars.
Went back south around 11:30pm.
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Standard Railfan wrote:
Wed Feb 10, 2021 4:49 pm
More wintertime fun. A commercial van struck a train near Millington on Monday.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news ... 466110001/
The edited over the number boards in their picture... interesting.
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GRE left about 15 hoppers in Lowell yesterday, mostly CP and DJTX cars. Took the remainder back to GR.

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Muskegon Switcher? os Roosevelt Park 2170 leading 2019. Preparing to work Nugent Sand Westbound 17:01

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Grand elk north at Byron center at 5:35. HLCX 3834 solo with 11 cars. First sighting of that red loco.

Back south at 9:37pm.. 17 cars maybe. Same 3834 leading.
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ns8401 wrote:
Thu Feb 11, 2021 11:30 am
Standard Railfan wrote:
Wed Feb 10, 2021 4:49 pm
More wintertime fun. A commercial van struck a train near Millington on Monday.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news ... 466110001/
The edited over the number boards in their picture... interesting.
I noticed that the CBRE logo on the van was blocked out as well.

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Talk wrote:
Thu Feb 11, 2021 5:05 pm
Muskegon Switcher? os Roosevelt Park 2170 leading 2019. Preparing to work Nugent Sand Westbound 17:01
umm...the spur doesn't go into Nugent Sand anymore. Maybe they were just switching cars around the few tracks that are behind House of Hobbies in Roosevelt Park?
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~Z~ wrote:
Thu Feb 11, 2021 7:54 pm
Talk wrote:
Thu Feb 11, 2021 5:05 pm
Muskegon Switcher? os Roosevelt Park 2170 leading 2019. Preparing to work Nugent Sand Westbound 17:01
umm...the spur doesn't go into Nugent Sand anymore. Maybe they were just switching cars around the few tracks that are behind House of Hobbies in Roosevelt Park?
They were tanks. I remember the spur. 2 and 2 together : :oops:

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Talk wrote:
Thu Feb 11, 2021 5:05 pm
Muskegon Switcher? os Roosevelt Park 2170 leading 2019. Preparing to switch Tanks at Nugent Sand Westbound 17:01

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