Shortline Train Location Updates - September 2022

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Shortline Train Location Updates - September 2022

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LSRC OCS running today spotted SB en route to Flint at 08:35.

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What is OCS?
LansingRailFan wrote:
Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:10 am
LSRC OCS running today spotted SB en route to Flint at 08:35.
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AARR wrote:
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What is OCS?
LansingRailFan wrote:
Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:10 am
LSRC OCS running today spotted SB en route to Flint at 08:35.
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Thank you.
SD80MAC wrote:
Thu Sep 01, 2022 11:43 am
AARR wrote:
Thu Sep 01, 2022 10:18 am
What is OCS?
LansingRailFan wrote:
Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:10 am
LSRC OCS running today spotted SB en route to Flint at 08:35.
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MQT NB and GRE WB at Fuller between 12N and 1P. 16 cars on GRE. MQT was switching north of Turner and later blocked N Park as well. 4 engines, 3406 leading; could not get a good car count but it looked fairly long.

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Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 2:10pm. WAMX 4125, WAMX 4124 and 9 cars.

Back south at 5:18pm with same power and 16 cars - covered hoppers and tank cars.
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Hearing a non CSX horn near Fuller Jct, possibly the Elk?

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Grand Elk northbound in Wayland at 12:12. WAMX 4125, WAMX 4124 and 29 cars.

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Tankcar123 wrote:
Fri Sep 02, 2022 12:15 pm
Grand Elk northbound in Wayland at 12:12. WAMX 4125, WAMX 4124 and 29 cars.
Thanks for the heads up. Same power north through Byron Center at 1:45pm with an even 30 cars. Maybe switched at Bay Valley Foods to change the car count.

Quick turnaround - WAMX 4124, WAMX 4125 and 16 cars south through Byron Center at 3:55pm.
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GDLK 4124 and 4125 were parked just north of the M-89 crossing at 5:40PM. As of this writing at 6:33PM they are probably still there as the EOT telemetry is still quite strong. It did look like they had already picked up any Otsego cars. I didn't get a good count due to trees. but clearly over 8.
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Jim_c wrote:
Fri Sep 02, 2022 6:36 pm
GDLK 4124 and 4125 were parked just north of the M-89 crossing at 5:40PM. As of this writing at 6:33PM they are probably still there as the EOT telemetry is still quite strong. It did look like they had already picked up any Otsego cars. I didn't get a good count due to trees. but clearly over 8.
When I went through Plainwell at 7:30 they were crossing north of town with 6 box cars heading back to the mainline. The rest of their train was still sitting on the mainline next to Old Mill Brew Pub.

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Dowagiac Train Dude wrote:
Fri Sep 02, 2022 8:50 pm
Jim_c wrote:
Fri Sep 02, 2022 6:36 pm
GDLK 4124 and 4125 were parked just north of the M-89 crossing at 5:40PM. As of this writing at 6:33PM they are probably still there as the EOT telemetry is still quite strong. It did look like they had already picked up any Otsego cars. I didn't get a good count due to trees. but clearly over 8.
When I went through Plainwell at 7:30 they were crossing north of town with 6 box cars heading back to the mainline. The rest of their train was still sitting on the mainline next to Old Mill Brew Pub.
If they were crossing North Main then they were working Otsego late in the day. No wonder I didn't see any cars on the Otsego sub.
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MQT northbound road freight laying over for the weekend in the siding at Sparta, 3406, 3391 and 3389 with a train tucked in between Gardner and Martindale, almost all covered hoppers and tankcars, with a single empty bulkhead flat right behind the power.

7 covered hoppers at Packaging Personified, and about the same number of tankcars at QLF.
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AARR south thru Ann Arbor at 08:35 with a loaded grain train off of GLC. This is a CSX-system grain train from The Andersons in Oakley. An NS one off of the MMRR/Breckenridge is the one that derailed in San Yard Wednesday afternoon.

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Kinda late report but my parents reported to me a loaded grain train off the MMRR at Paines Saturday afternoon at 15:30 with two units a SD40 and SD70M this is on LSRC my parents still live in the house i grew up in near Frutchey Bean in Saginaw.

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ADBF has 2 GP9s and the switcher shoving an empty NS grain train to MAC Blissfield. Departed Adrian at 11:43

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Grand ELk north through Byron Center at 12:19pm. WAMX 4125, WAMX 4124, and 12 cars. Boxcars mainly and a couple covered hoppers.
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~Z~ wrote:
Tue Sep 06, 2022 12:20 pm
Grand ELk north through Byron Center at 12:19pm. WAMX 4125, WAMX 4124, and 12 cars. Boxcars mainly and a couple covered hoppers.
Did Grand Elk south pass you yet? I don’t usually hear a horn for GDLK south every time they run

Edit: Grand Elk south at Wyoming 54th St at 8:20pm assumed they have WAMX 4124 and WAMX 4125. Unknown number of cars
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Righto Andy, south through Byron Center at 8:28pm. Wamx 4124, a second motor and 29ish cars.
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Last night's hesr run south out of bad axe had roughly 12 covered hoppers and two of the g/w orange units for power.

They brought back 7 gondolas from somewhere south of bad axe, can't see anything in them from the road. Train parked in the yard waiting for this evenings run west. Would they bring ties in the gondolas for track maintenance? Still can't figure out where these head south of bad axe or what they carry.

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