Shortline Train Location Updates - August 2022

[LansingRailFan]

JAIL
Sunday night/Monday AM: south to NS/Jackson, working Greif and transloads.
Monday Day: Detroit
Monday night: ran NB into Lansing. Interchanged cars with CN, CSX where they picked up 15 from CSX.
Tuesday day: another NB run into Lansing. NB at Mt. Hope Avenue in Lansing at 09:30

[LansingRailFan]

IORY NB into Flat Rock w 3472 LHF and 5021. 3472 will lead SB as 5021 does not have PTC

[LansingRailFan]

Asplundh weed sprayer truck SB on JAIL across Kalamazoo Street at 12:56 PM

[Andy24]

Grand Elk horn heard in the distance around 54th St. assumed WAMX 4124 and WAMX 4125 heading southbound

[~Z~]

Grand Elk horn heard in the distance around 54th St. assumed WAMX 4124 and WAMX 4125 heading southbound

Thanks much. Tried to get a decent photo of them, but one giant cloud popped up and had other plans
WAMX 4189, WAMX 4225, WAMX 4124, and WAMX 4125 with probably 40 cars. Based on that power, can only guess 4189 and 4225 went north yesterday and just parked it near GR. 2nd train went north today, switched, and took the whole consist back south.

[Talk]

Z627-23 os Grand Haven 15:08 Northbound MMRR 2019 leading

[Andy24]

Grand Elk horn heard in the distance around 54th St. assumed WAMX 4124 and WAMX 4125 heading southbound

Thanks much. Tried to get a decent photo of them, but one giant cloud popped up and had other plans
WAMX 4189, WAMX 4225, WAMX 4124, and WAMX 4125 with probably 40 cars. Based on that power, can only guess 4189 and 4225 went north yesterday and just parked it near GR. 2nd train went north today, switched, and took the whole consist back south.

Your welcome. Your posts helps me estimate their trip back south on most days. WAMX 4189 and WAMX 4225 are two engines I haven’t seen before. When I was at Hugart Yard, seen 5 engines scatters about with the WAMX 4190 (red version) facing north doing Z739 tasks.

[~Z~]

Grand elk North through Byron Center at 8:31pm. Wamx 4125, 4124 and approx 25 cars.

[Andy24]

Grand elk North through Byron Center at 8:31pm. Wamx 4125, 4124 and approx 25 cars.

Grand Elk at 10:34pm south through Wyoming 54th St. assumed WAMX 4124 leads and WAMX 4125 trails and unknown number of cars

Bryon Center 68th St at 10:38pm

[~Z~]

Grand elk North through Byron Center at 8:31pm. Wamx 4125, 4124 and approx 25 cars.

Grand Elk at 10:34pm south through Wyoming 54th St. assumed WAMX 4124 leads and WAMX 4125 trails and unknown number of cars

Bryon Center 68th St at 10:38pm

Righto, south by the house at 10:45pm. WAMX 4124 and 4125 trailing indeed. Too dark to see how many cars but still rumbling by 90 secs later.

[Steamlogger]

Marquette rail northbound is switching QLF near 7 mile road in Comstock Park. They switched here southbound around 9:00 this morning also.
Three SDs and more than 77 cars out of Wyoming.

[LansingRailFan]

2 NB runs to Osmer by AARR today:
1. This morning, with three engines, bringing a unit train
2. NB across Warner Road at 16:20 with another unit train.

One is a loaded potash train, presumably for HESR and the other is an empty grain train off of CSX.

[~Z~]

Grand elk North through Byron Center at 6:45pm. Wamx 4125, wamx 4124 and just 2 covered hoppers.

[Andy24]

Grand Elk south Wyoming 32nd St at 9:47pm WAMX 4124 and WAMX 4125 and 21 mixed cars (usual stuff, few hoppers, 1 boxcars, 2 NS gondolas and rest tankers) Recorded the train at 32nd St.

South 36th St at 9:50
South 44th St at 9:54
South 54th St at 9:58
South 68th St at 10:04

[Plannerdad]

GRE just headed east from GR. Looks like 12 cars all for King.

[Talk]

Z627-26 os Grand Haven? 13:10 Northbound?

[Plannerdad]

GRE just headed east from GR. Looks like 12 cars all for King.

Returned WB at 1:40pm with 17, looks like all from King.

[LansingRailFan]

HESR 702 is inbound to Durand with 6 locos: 3866 (rail America)/black/orange/orange/orange/black.

They will have both 701 and the loaded potash train off of GLC to take back today.

[AARR]

Video credit to Michael Caden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmhwgznUAvg

HESR 702 is inbound to Durand with 6 locos: 3866 (rail America)/black/orange/orange/orange/black.

They will have both 701 and the loaded potash train off of GLC to take back today.

[Andy24]

Grand Elk horn heard around the Cutlerville 68th area at 9:10. Assumed WAMX 4125 leads and WAMX 4124 trail heading north. Unknown number of cars

North at 68th St at 9:14pm. Maybe they tied down train or ran out of duty time? No horns heard