Great Lakes Central Updates August 2022

Daily whereabouts of train locations along with sightings for heads ups to other railfans.
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Is there a story that it originally called Perrington but the railroad wrote on the station sign Perrinton so rather than ask the railroad to change the sign the town changed their name?
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Your right lol, Corrected.
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Anything is possible I guess,2nd run into Middleton this week also.

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Looks like GLC is sitting on the Holly with A CSX unit grain train,waiting for a CN freight to clear the Diamond to continue to Owosso. Durand is tied up with both trains blocking several rail crossings this morning.

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railroader and son wrote:
Thu Aug 11, 2022 7:07 am
Looks like GLC is sitting on the Holly with A CSX unit grain train, waiting for a CN freight to clear the Diamond to continue to Owosso. Durand is tied up with both trains blocking several rail crossings this morning.
OSTN NB across Durand with GLC 382 solo and an empty CSX grain train for Oakley

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01:14 this morning - GLC Z624 finishing up their work in Howell, unsure if this was the northbound or southbound OSTN. They left 60 cars.
Post copied from CSX 08/22 locations.

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396 and 399 leaving Cadillac for Clare at 1410.

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OSTN leaving Durand now heading south 386 leading 4:04 pm

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railroader and son wrote:
Thu Aug 11, 2022 4:05 pm
OSTN leaving Durand now heading south 386 leading 4:04 pm
386 leading a pair of SD-35s with a unit grain train out of Oakley for CSX via AARR. I guess they were really smoking coming out of Oakley. It’s all up hill from there to Owosso

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Saturday extra job working on the Middleton branch, pulling a 90 car grain train in three separate cuts.

HESR running a loaded grain train from Marlette to Saginaw today as well.

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Hearing them leave Cadillac towards Clare at 1110.

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ONTN SB working at ZFS at 15:05 w four units, three of which are GP-35s. 385/392/390/395 GOBBLESS THE ANNIE BORTHER

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Appears to have been a TC run this evening, no visual on engines.
Consistently confused

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KingsleyRailFan wrote:
Mon Aug 15, 2022 7:00 pm
Appears to have been a TC run this evening, no visual on engines.
396/399. One empty gon for beacon and two loads of lumber for Amerihart

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I went by Letherer Truss in Clare today there are 2 center beam bulkhead lumber cars in there.

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LansingRailFan wrote:
Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:07 pm
396/399. One empty gon for beacon and two loads of lumber for Amerihart
Returned from McBain approximately 1400, left for TC shortly before 1500.

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GLC brought his entire train over onto CSX at Howell overnight, 383+386+382 while doing set out and pick up, to let another train go north towards Owosso. Sounded like light power, probably the 385/390/392/395 set that went south yesterday. A rarity for two trains to meet in Howell.

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Hearing them leave Cadillac for Clare at 1040.

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Leaving Cadillac towards Clare at 1115.

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GLC arrived at Ann Pere at 7:15pm with 66 cars and 386+383 on the head end. Most all, if not all 66 were set out onto CSX by 8pm.

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Leaving Cadillac for Clare approximately 1045.

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