Great Lakes Central Updates July 2021

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Not 100% certain, but pretty sure I heard then head north out of Cadillac around 1020. Will be Petoskey run if so.

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Arrived in Petoskey at 4:20pm, still switching.

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Owosso crew in the Ithaca bean plant working 1835

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Middleton Run today. Had three units.

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SB train just cleared SRI in Owosso. GLC 392 + 382 + 383 + 25 covered hoppers, many with TSBY reporting marks.
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Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1330.
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NB mixed freight just cleared SRI in Owosso. GLC 383 + 382 + 392.
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AANscaleRunner wrote:
Fri Jul 02, 2021 1:36 pm
Leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1330.
By Temple at 1626.

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Towards Cadillac by Temple at 1930.

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Looked like 393 was putting a train together today in Cadillac to go north. About a dozen short hoppers and one tank so far.

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One of the trains working the poly plaza 1245

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KC8RBK wrote:
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One of the trains working the poly plaza 1245
Most likely 396 and 398 from Cadillac.

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Crew working the Ithaca bean plant. 2 units on the main north of the switch, one of the sd40-2 shoving all that stuff off L500 into the bean yard. There is an empty biewer beam and a pole load on the train. 1345

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Northbound OSTN through Howell. 383, 386 and 390 are your motors. Nice P5 on the 383.
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396 and 398 leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1135.

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If this thing found online actually happens, that'd be nice for TC GLC updates. Wondering if GLC is involved, or if it's a sales pitch by a realtor.

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TC Man wrote:
Wed Jul 07, 2021 2:09 pm
If this thing found online actually happens, that'd be nice for TC GLC updates. Wondering if GLC is involved, or if it's a sales pitch by a realtor.

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Yeah I was wondering what was going on with this spur. The other day I was driving near parsons rd and these yellow things (idk what their called) they were plowing all the trees and branches away from the spur.

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On the subject of Traverse City, does anyone know what business the large building at the corner of Parsons Rd and Airport Access Rd? There was a spur that went north from the PM main across Parsons, the TART is even still marked for where the spur crossed. There was also a spur that went into what is now the Career Tech Center. What was that?
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Building at Airport Access and Parson's used to receive plastic pellets. Burr Clocks or something like that IIRC. I'll look up my notes when I get home.

IDK about the former use of the Career Tech Center. I'll check my notes for that too.
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On the subject of Traverse City, does anyone know what business the large building at the corner of Parsons Rd and Airport Access Rd? There was a spur that went north from the PM main across Parsons, the TART is even still marked for where the spur crossed. There was also a spur that went into what is now the Career Tech Center. What was that?
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AARR wrote:
Wed Jul 07, 2021 4:50 pm
Building at Airport Access and Parson's used to receive plastic pellets. Burr Clocks or something like that IIRC. I'll look up my notes when I get home.

IDK about the former use of the Career Tech Center. I'll check my notes for that too.
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Wed Jul 07, 2021 4:27 pm
On the subject of Traverse City, does anyone know what business the large building at the corner of Parsons Rd and Airport Access Rd? There was a spur that went north from the PM main across Parsons, the TART is even still marked for where the spur crossed. There was also a spur that went into what is now the Career Tech Center. What was that?
It was Burwood Industries. They made clocks. LOTS of clocks. Received 2-4 hoppers of plastic pellets per month into the TSBY days.
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