CSX Train Location Updates - April 2021

[ns8401]

D73523 North by Romulus at 1007pm
CSX 5322 ES40DC
CSX 292 AC4400CW
122 Mixed

[Tom49801]

D705-23 @ 22:32 westward reported by Pleasant St mp CH151.3 with CSXT engines #3308 + #5225 (?) & 56 cars.

Amtrak P370-23 @ 22:42 eastward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 16 axles & 307 ft. IDTX engine #4622 & 3 SuperLiners.

[MikeB89]

Amtrak P370-23 Passed through Grandville, MI at 11:08pm.

Heading to GR to watch then pull into the station. Horn on the engine sounds kind of broken. Seem more high pitch than normal. IDTX 4622 and 3 superliners.

[Tom49801]

E800-21 @ 23:25 westward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 532 axles & 7,010 feet long. BNSF engines #8439 + #9308 & 130 empty coal cars.

[MikeB89]

Amtrak P370-23. Just backed into GR Station at 11:30pm. Still the same as last post I made. Now to sit and watch them do their maneuver to turn the train around. To bad my camera is at home charging.

[MikeB89]

CSX Q327 through Grandville at 6:30pm. Didn't catch the engine numbers. Was more focused with my camera tripod.

[Tom49801]

Q327-24 @ 06:53 westward reported by DD mp CG19.1 with 280 axles & 3,611 ft long. CSXT engines #5257 + #5407 & 67 cars. He has work at Holland.

Amtrak P371-24 @ 07:12 westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 w/ 16 axles & 303 ft. IDTX engine #4622 & 3 SuperLiners.

Amtrak P371-24 @ 07:26:54 westward Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 (1 passenger on at the station mp CG60.5)

[Saturnalia]

07:08 CT / 08:08 ET: Eastbound by Michigan City, I presume Q326. And probably headed for the hole at New Buffalo for Amtrak.

[Tom49801]

Amtrak P371-24 @ 08:15 westward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 w/ 16 axles & 307 ft. IDTX engine #4622 & 3 SuperLiners.

[Tom49801]

Q327-24 @ 09:23 westward passing by the Holland Depot mp CG25.3 with his Holland work completed. CSXT engines #5257 + #5407 & he had 67 cars prior to the start of his work there.

Q326-24 @ 09:27 eastward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 344 axles & 4,558 ft. CSXT engines #5381 + 1 & 83 cars.

[donnieland]

371 saturday
371
4622 with 3 supers

601a - depart grand rapids -eb
604a - slow app pleasant st - 1 track to the main at godfrey
609a - restricting plaster creek - main to old main
611a - clear lamar - old main to 2 track
615a - clear ivanrest ave
619a - clear grandville - 2 track to the main
624a - clear dewent
625a/628a - clear ee/we hudsonville
631a - clear vriesland,.. 634a - clear zeeland
635a - 19.1 - 16 axles, 307'
4622 with 3 supers

639a - clear east waverly
640a - clear waverly
645a/649a - arr/depart holland
653a - clear 28,...654a - clear 30
657a - clear pair east saugatuck
707a - clear fennville
711a - clear pair wells
713a - 44.2 - 16 axles, 303'
4622 with 3 supers

714a - clear 49,..717a - clear 51
721a - clear pair grand junction
726a - clear 58
728a/732a - arr/depart bangor
734a/735a - clear ee/we gross
738a - clear 66
744a/745a - clear ee/we kirk
748a - clear watervliet,...752a - clear coloma
756a - clear riverside - main to 2 track
757a - clear gray
759a - med app paw paw road
804a - med clear benton harbor - 2 track to the main
806a - clear st joe bridge, arr st joe

[Tom49801]

Q327-24 @ 10:06 westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 400 axles & 5,226 ft. CSXT engines #5257 + #5407 & 97 cars.

[donnieland]

327 saturday
5257 lead, 5407 trail with 67 cars

508a -slow clear lamar - service to 1 track -wb
513a - restricting lamar - 1 track to even lead - eb
543a - clear lamar - 2 lead to 1 track - wb
553a - all stop ivanrest ave
612a - app ivanrest ave
628a - med clear grandville - 1 track to the main
631a - clear dewent
638a/641a - clear ee/we hudsonville
646a - clear vriesland,...649a - app med zeeland
652a - 19.1 - 280 axles, 3611'
658a - clear east waverly
5257 lead, 5407 trail with 67 cars

700a - clear waverly
work we waverly yard via main at holland

716a - clear holland
718a - restricting holland - main to old holland pass
picked up: 2 box, 2 hi-top hops, 2 refridge, 4 ch, 6 sc, 11 ch, and 3 tank - 30 cars

840a - med clear holland - old pass to the main
851a - restricting holland - back on their consist
923a - clear holland
5257 lead, 5407 trail with 97 cars

930a - clear 28,...935a - clear 30
841a - clear pair east saugatuck
959a - clear fennville, and clear pair wells
1006a - 44.2 - 400 axles, 5226'
5257 lead, 5407 trail with 97 cars

1011a - clear 49,...1016a - clear 51
1018a - clear pair grand junction
1024a - clear 58,...1029a - clear bangor depot
1031a - clear pair gross

[Tom49801]

Q327-24 @ 10:28:51 westward Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 with CSXT engines #5257 + #5407 & 97 cars. He’s meeting Q326 at Kirk Siding mp CG70.2

[Tom49801]

Q326-24 @ 11:19:22 eastward Bangor's Division St crossing mp CG60.93 with CSXT engines #5381 + #5402 & 83 cars. He will be setting off 16 cars in Waverly/Holland.

Q327-24 @ 11:37 westward reported by the DD mp 91.9 with 400 axles & 5,293 ft. CSXT engines #5257 + #5407 & 97 cars.

Q326-24 @ 11:48 eastward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 344 axles & 4,620 feet long.

[GP30M4216]

Q326-24 @ 11:48 eastward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 344 axles & 4,620 feet long.

Q326 successfully topping Saugatuck Hill at 12:15 with 5381 leading as noted!

[Tom49801]

Q326-24 @ 11:48 eastward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 344 axles & 4,620 feet long.

Q326 successfully topping Saugatuck Hill at 12:15 with 5381 leading as noted!

Oh cool !! I had heard Q326 talking to Q327 during their Kirk meet & Q326 had commented he wasn't sure if they'd make the hill since they were close to load capacity.

[Talk]

Q326-24 working Waverly Yard 12:48

[Talk]

Q326-24 clear Waverly 13:32

[Tom49801]

Q326-24 @ 13:44 eastward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 280 axles & 3,621 ft. CSXT engines #5381 + #5402 & 67 cars. He had set off 16 cars in Waverly/Holland.