CN Updates October 2021

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Dan Cluley wrote:
Wed Oct 20, 2021 11:15 pm
Westbound with CN 8019 & 2221 through Lansing at 23:15

Maybe 501
L501 by the 205 cam at 1:10

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1:49 - EB 2-unit Q116 with a few racks in front and a whole lotta stacks for Moterm by the 205 cam

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3:06 - EB 2-unit CN/CN A450 by the 205 cam as light rain and a lightning show illuminate the train.

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3:22 - huge flash of lightning illuminates an EB stack train with some passenger cars at the head end.

This is a 3-unit EB Z148 with four CN business cars on the head end after the third unit.

EB Durand on M1 at 4:37
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4:49 - slow moving WB 3-unit M399 running with the bell on as well as blowing for the crossing. Maybe they were under slow orders due to severe storms that rolled through?

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P365 at Durand at 7:57 on time

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CN #3032 soloed all autos EB through mp205 at 12:15
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A491 west by mp205 at 12:35. CN #2338, #2643, #3092
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bluewonderrails wrote:
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CN #3032 soloed all autos EB through mp205 at 12:15
Most likely E280
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NB by Birmingham.

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CN #3114, #3168, mid-DPU #3016 leading M302 east by 205 at 13:34
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David Collins wrote:
Thu Oct 21, 2021 1:19 pm
bluewonderrails wrote:
Thu Oct 21, 2021 12:21 pm
CN #3032 soloed all autos EB through mp205 at 12:15
Most likely E280
Correction, it's E274 , By durand EB at 1:36 PM
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A492 by mp205 at 13:49. CN #8927, #2264
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Local arriving at Pontiac Yard with plastic pellet car, box car and 5-6 empty center beams
PatC created a monster, 'cause nobody wants to see Don Simon no more they want AARR I'm chopped liver, well if you want AARR this is what I'll give ya, bad humor mixed with irrelevant info that'll make you roll your eyes quicker than a ~Z~ banhammer...

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4 engines, 2 are BNSF, cut off from northbound mixed freight and heading to Pontiac engine service area
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AARR wrote:
Thu Oct 21, 2021 2:10 pm
Local arriving at Pontiac Yard with plastic pellet car, box car and 5-6 empty center beams
L515 if leader is CN 5441, L513 if leader is EJ&E 659
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M394 by mp205 at 15:58. CN #8904, #2690, #2562
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E251 rounded Chicago wye WB in Durand at 17:12 with 2 CN, 2 BNSF and another CN. Another WB which'd come from PH behind by roughly 5 miles.
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G875 grain with CN #3241 + another CN west by Durand Union Station at 17:28
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Thank you David. It was 5441.
David Collins wrote:
Thu Oct 21, 2021 2:19 pm
AARR wrote:
Thu Oct 21, 2021 2:10 pm
Local arriving at Pontiac Yard with plastic pellet car, box car and 5-6 empty center beams
L515 if leader is CN 5441, L513 if leader is EJ&E 659
PatC created a monster, 'cause nobody wants to see Don Simon no more they want AARR I'm chopped liver, well if you want AARR this is what I'll give ya, bad humor mixed with irrelevant info that'll make you roll your eyes quicker than a ~Z~ banhammer...

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