Amtrak Train Locations/Heads Up - 2022

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NS3322 wrote:
Tue May 24, 2022 12:03 pm
#350 has the Ventures today.
Five out of the six cars are the new coaches on 350 today. Just passed MP 22.5 on the Holly at 2:35 pm.

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It's a movement on the CSX Grand Rapids subdivision. I do not see why we are overcomplicating things. The system we have is used for a reason, we aren't just being cpmy-ish and refusing to innovate.
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Amtrak Update in the Amtrak Threads...makes perfect sense. If a visitor comes here looking for Amtrak updates, they will never think to look in the CSX threads for it.
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Amtrak Update in the Amtrak Threads...makes perfect sense. If a visitor comes here looking for Amtrak updates, they will never think to look in the CSX threads for it.
This is wrong.
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AARR wrote:
Tue May 24, 2022 3:31 pm
Amtrak Update in the Amtrak Threads...makes perfect sense. If a visitor comes here looking for Amtrak updates, they will never think to look in the CSX threads for it.
But as a long time user I may not think to check here to find it since I know it should be in the CSX section

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AARR wrote:
Tue May 24, 2022 3:31 pm
Amtrak Update in the Amtrak Threads...makes perfect sense. If a visitor comes here looking for Amtrak updates, they will never think to look in the CSX threads for it.
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AARR wrote:
Tue May 24, 2022 3:31 pm
Amtrak Update in the Amtrak Threads...makes perfect sense. If a visitor comes here looking for Amtrak updates, they will never think to look in the CSX threads for it.
Says an individual who has not ever really demonstrated that they use the TLUs, like many of us do. And we'd like to find all the trains for a single line in a single thread!
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Amtrak 355 with all the new coaches was delayed departing Pontiac by 45 minutes for some reason. They held a NB freight for him (because of the crazy crossover requirement to get from the depot to Main 1) then let the freight go.

It passed MP 22.5 SB on the Holly at 10 mph with a Charger on each end, which it did not have coming into Pontiac.

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Manistique wrote:
Tue May 24, 2022 6:42 pm
Amtrak 355 with all the new coaches was delayed departing Pontiac by 45 minutes for some reason. They held a NB freight for him (because of the crazy crossover requirement to get from the depot to Main 1) then let the freight go.

I passed MP 22.5 SB on the Holly at 10 mph with a Charger on each end, which it did not have coming into Pontiac.
Believe it or not, that was a reverse move, conductor was on the lead unit and the engineer was on the tail, the engineer made me laugh a bit when they saw the drone and turned the headlights on full brightness :lol:, got it at Charing Cross.
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Manistique wrote:
Tue May 24, 2022 6:42 pm
Amtrak 355 with all the new coaches was delayed departing Pontiac by 45 minutes for some reason. They held a NB freight for him (because of the crazy crossover requirement to get from the depot to Main 1) then let the freight go.

It passed MP 22.5 SB on the Holly at 10 mph with a Charger on each end, which it did not have coming into Pontiac.
Now I am wondering if this wasn't another 20 mile shove move to Milwaukee Junction? That maybe the spare locomotive at Pontiac didn't work when coupled onto the train there for the SB run and so they put the NB locomotive back on the rear and just shoved it out of town? There was someone in the trailing unit that gave me a toot as it passed by, maybe the engineer? Buster Manning?

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355 arriving at Detroit Woodward.

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Amtrak #370 @ 21:24 eastward reported by the Defect Detector site mp CG91.9 in St. Joseph, Mi with 20 axles & 393 feet long. IDTX engine #4606 & 4 cars.

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Amtrak #370 @ 22:07:30 eastward Division St, Bangor, Mi crossing cam mp CG60.93 with IDTX engine #4606 & 4 cars (3 Horizons + 1 AmCafe) & 3 passengers Off at the station mp CG60.5

Amtrak #370 @ 22:31 eastward reported by the Defect Detector site mp CG44.2 in Pearl, Mi with 20 axles & 406 feet long.

Amtrak #370 @ 22:45 eastward called an Emergency at mp CG35.0 & is stopped after striking a tree on the track. Brake pressure is slowly restoring & there is a crack in the engine's windshield. Conductor is inspecting the rest of the train for any other damage. He got back on the move & had reported from mp CG32 @ 23:08

His next stop will be the Amtrak Station in Holland Michigan mp CG25.3

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Amtrak #370-24 Holland depot mp GG25.3 @ 23:17
Arrived 46 minutes late

mp GG25.3 Zeeland @ 23:32

Engine IDTX #4606 + 4 cars (3 Horizons + 1 AmCafe)
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At this point we might as well give 370/371 its own thread! Goodness gracious!
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Amtrak 351 hasn't left Pontiac yet this morning. The Train Status shows it leaving an hour and a half late for some reason.

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Amtrak #371-25 mp CG20.67 Zeeland @ 06:38

Holland depot mp CG25.3 @ 06:45

Engine IDTX #4606 + 4 cars (3 Horizons + 1 AmCafe)
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Amtrak #371 @ 07:28 westward reported by the Defect Detector site mp CG44.2 Pearl, Mi with 20 axles & 383 feet long. IDTX engine #4606 & 4 cars. He was delayed at mp CG35 for the same tree debris that last nights #370 had struck. The Conductor had cleared away more debris this morning & then their train passed by at walking speed.

Amtrak #371 @ 07:45:38 westward Center St, Bangor, MI cam crossing mp CG60.35 with 3 passengers On at the station mp CG60.5

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Amtrak 351 eventually did leave Pontiac around 7:15 am, about an hour and a half late.

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Amtrak #371 @ 08:35 westward reported by the Defect Detector site mp CG91.9 in St. Joseph, Mi with 20 axles & 393 feet long. IDTX engine #4606 & 4 cars.

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