Shortline Train Location Updates - May 2022

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Detroit Connecting RR is working today.

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MMRR received a 104-car empty grain train from CN/GLC for MAC in Breckenridge on Monday.

MMRR has another empty grain train sitting in Durand that was dropped by CN’s A450 last night. 104 cars for The Andersons in Hemlock.

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Hemlock looks like a difficult facility to drop a unit train at.

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ConrailDetr​oit wrote:
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Detroit Connecting RR is working today.
Train 515 yesterday had about seven or eight empty gondolas for DCON, about two or three times the usual number.

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Re: Shortline Train Location Updates - May 2022

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CSX G702-04, empty grain train for LSRC/Wixom is at 7 Mile Rd at 11:30. CN 8020/CN 3964 Ex-citi rail for the power.

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Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 1:30pm. WAMX 4125, WAMX 4124 and 45 cars. More than half were box cars.
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Hesr headed into durand about to cross 69 at 1428

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KC8RBK wrote:
Tue May 10, 2022 2:28 pm
Hesr headed into durand about to cross 69 at 1428
HESR 702 job w 3509/3390/3414/3484

HESR 701 job is NB thru Flushing at 18:35 with just 3414/3484.

3509/3390 will be pulling a 104 car P&H empty grainer from CN that is in Durand. I had erroneously reported that it was going to GLC. Sorry.
This train went to The Anderson’s in Auburn
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LansingRailFan wrote:
Tue May 10, 2022 9:31 am
MMRR received a 104-car empty grain train from CN/GLC for MAC in Breckenridge on Monday.

MMRR has another empty grain train sitting in Durand that was dropped by CN’s A450 last night. 104 cars for The Andersons in Hemlock.

The Andersons, Inc. - Hemlock
(989) 642-5291
https://goo.gl/maps/CPGKegk74jVoVhHw7

Hemlock looks like a difficult facility to drop a unit train at.
Leaving up original post:

The Monday empty grainer to MMRR via GLC is being split between Breckenridge and Hemlock.

HESR is taking this second grain train NB tonight.

Grain prices are skyrocketing with the mess in Ukraine right now.

Edit: HESR 805 job took the empty P&H grainer to The Andersons in Auburn.
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LansingRailFan wrote:
Tue May 10, 2022 9:31 am
The Andersons, Inc. - Hemlock
(989) 642-5291
https://goo.gl/maps/CPGKegk74jVoVhHw7

Hemlock looks like a difficult facility to drop a unit train at.
I have wondered how they load unit trains. It doesn't look like they can load more than 10-15 cars at a time.
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AARR wrote:
Tue May 10, 2022 7:15 pm
LansingRailFan wrote:
Tue May 10, 2022 9:31 am
The Andersons, Inc. - Hemlock
(989) 642-5291
https://goo.gl/maps/CPGKegk74jVoVhHw7

Hemlock looks like a difficult facility to drop a unit train at.
I have wondered how they load unit trains. It doesn't look like they can load more than 10-15 cars at a time.
I did math w another operations-centric foamer. There’s a couple of sidings they can stash cars in. And I think they can take 25 at a time? It’ll take some effort but Blissfield MAC is the same way.

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Grand Elk train #? Putting away its train in Grand Rapids. WAMX 4125 leading WAMX 4124

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JAIL ran overnight last night to Lansing last night w 1751/1760. They worked CSX, CN. Brought back about a dozen cars.

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GRE went east today. Looks like around 15 mostly CP hoppers in Lowell.

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Talk wrote:
Tue May 10, 2022 8:22 pm
Grand Elk train #? Putting away its train in Grand Rapids. WAMX 4125 leading WAMX 4124
Back south through Byron Center at 10:38pm. Looked like same power and about 20ish cars.
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JAIL departed Mason NB this morning at 08:00 with 1751/1760 and about 20 cars:
- one loaded NS gon of rebar for Ambassador Steel
- 6-8 boxcars, empties from Michigan Packaging, for CSX and CN
- 10 NS coil cars for RSDC

They will most likely work RSDC first, spotting the NS coils and picking up the CN/CSX coils. Then they will head north

10:04 - they are working Ambassador Steel which is usually a SB pick. I think they put the gon in between the power once it was at RSDC. They are currently blocking Jolly Rd. so spotter on scene can't see where power.

10:29 - JAIL is NB at CP Cedar across CN

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11:27 - 1760/1751 power lite thru MLK/Grand River headed to CN.

They brought a half dozen boxcars and 20-ish coil cars for CSX. No cars for CN today.

Last night the crew went south to Jackson after working all around Mason.

11:52 - grabbing two empty scrap gons from the CN interchange and will take them to Padnos.

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Thank you for your detailed posts LRF!
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AARR wrote:
Wed May 11, 2022 12:27 pm
Thank you for your detailed posts LRF!
Welcome. They were spotting gons at Padnos before heading back to Ensel to pickup cars and head back.

13:10 - JAIL is SB on CSX with 1751/1760 and 3 cars.

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Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 4pm. Different power today, believe 3 locos and 4206 was in the mix. Only 15ish cars.

Quick turn around tonight for GDLK. Back south through Byron Center, seen from Douglas Walker park at 6:04pm. WAMX 4209, WAMX 4206, WAMX 4009 and 26 cars - all covered hoppers and tank cars.
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19:12 - HESR 701 job backs up on the Port Huron Wye before going NB out of Durand 3414/3484

Last night, the 805 job took most of a P&H empty grain train from Durand all the way to Auburn (The Andersons).

Tonights 701 is bringing up the rest of the train to Saginaw.

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