Great Lakes Central Updates March 2021

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Reports on FB of a car/train collision in Cadillac at Wright St/Bond St. One person passed away.

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Very strange. As of a few minutes ago this incident hasn't made any of the local Cadillac media.
The location given(Bond/Wright) is a section of track that they would be going very slow over.

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LansingRailFan wrote:
Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:24 pm
Reports on FB of a car/train collision in Cadillac at Wright St/Bond St. One person passed away.
Accident at Wright St crossing. Hearing various reports.

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AANscaleRunner wrote:
Tue Mar 30, 2021 7:27 am
LansingRailFan wrote:
Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:24 pm
Reports on FB of a car/train collision in Cadillac at Wright St/Bond St. One person passed away.
Accident at Wright St crossing. Hearing various reports.
I haven't found much online. Again, the report was from an FB group and to be taken as such. But the person that posted it did live in Cadillac.

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Train was NOT involved.
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TC Man wrote:
Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:04 am
Train was NOT involved.
I guess that's kinda good. still sucks there was an accident and someone passed away.

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398 and 399 leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1045.

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LansingRailFan wrote:
Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:09 am
TC Man wrote:
Tue Mar 30, 2021 10:04 am
Train was NOT involved.
I guess that's kinda good. still sucks there was an accident and someone passed away.
Cadillac News now has the story up. Can't seem to link to it here.

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398 and 399 leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1045.

Update: Was told by a reliable source they returned at 1630.
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Sb from the ithaca bean plant at 1707. 395 & 386 s few black tanks and a bunch of vtg cars from ithaca. 1 high side chip type hopper, 4 empty pole cars, some empty tie cars. 1 almost looked like it has new ties but tough to tell across the field and not sure why it would be going south. Maybe scrap or something.

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