Shortline Train Location Update - July 2022

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Re: Shortline Train Location Update - July 2022

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GDLK Grand Elk @ 8:23 southbound at 44th St with WAMX #4124, #4125 and #3807 with 49 manifest cars

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Andy24 wrote:
Tue Jul 12, 2022 8:28 pm
GDLK Grand Elk @ 8:23 southbound with WAMX #4124, #4125 and #3807 with 49 manifest cars
Counted 50, but might have been off by one as counting through the trees :) South at 8:41pm.
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~Z~ wrote:
Tue Jul 12, 2022 8:43 pm
Andy24 wrote:
Tue Jul 12, 2022 8:28 pm
GDLK Grand Elk @ 8:23 southbound with WAMX #4124, #4125 and #3807 with 49 manifest cars
Counted 50, but might have been off by one as counting through the trees :) South at 8:41pm.
Sounds like they're in the Plainwel area now
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JAIL out of Mason northbound at 22:40

821, 1760 light. Don't know if they are going to Lansing or just RSDC?

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MQT Z151 south at Fuller with 4 EMDs and 87 cars

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ADBF 821/1760 SB onto CSX tracks at EE Turner St as Z646 with two coil cars.

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Grand elk North through Byron Center at 6:45pm, wamx 4125, 4124 and 21 cars.
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~Z~ wrote:
Wed Jul 13, 2022 6:50 pm
Grand elk North through Byron Center at 6:45pm, wamx 4125, 4124 and 21 cars.
I haven’t heard them pass 68th St or 54th or 44th yet.
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GRE 2104 parked S.O. Lowell, with the headlight off, pointed W with about 20 cars behind it. Made 2 trips east today, late: 1 to Amway and one to Lowell. 30 or so loads in Lowell tonight on multiple tracks.

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Think you missed them going north Andy. They are back south through Byron Center at 9:31pm with 20 cars, same power.
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~Z~ wrote:
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Think you missed them going north Andy. They are back south through Byron Center at 9:31pm with 20 cars, same power.
I probably did, I was at 68th St crossing for about 75 minutes and hear nothing
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AARR is SB across the Huron River in Ann Arbor after going to Osmer. 12:15

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Grand elk North through Byron Center at 5:25pm. Wamx 4125, 4124 and 21 cars.
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GRE tied down in Lowell tonight, expect a morning westbound tomorrow.

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Grand elk back south through Byron Center at 8:35pm. Wamx 4124, 4125 and 8 cars.
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HESR 702 job today was 102 cars inbound. Durand Yard looks pretty jammed up.

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kd_1014 wrote:
Thu Jul 14, 2022 8:21 pm
GRE tied down in Lowell tonight, expect a morning westbound tomorrow.
2 nights in a row in Lowell. A lot of cars in the Ann St. yard.

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Did they head east two times on Wednesday? Saw them WB heading back to Ann street around 1:30pm on Wednesday.

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Z151 southbound approaching Turner @10:17.
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Grand Elk north through Byron Center in the rain (Water my Lawn!) at 3:09pm. WAMX 4125, WAMX 4124 and 12ish cars.
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