Shortline Train Location Updates - September 2022
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12:50 - JAIL and 1751 solo is NB across the Grand River with six cars headed back to Ensel Yard. There are 5-6 cars there as well. Unknown if they will pick them up or wait until tomorrow.
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IIRC the corn oil originates at Anderson's ethanol plant in Albion which has a spur directly connected to NS. Yet, they chose to truck it to transloads for loading onto to railcars.LansingRailFan wrote: ↑Thu Sep 15, 2022 12:36 pm...one empty tankcar for The Andersons.
Yea, the tank cars are the corn oil transfer. Formerly on INER now on ADBF/JAIL. Cars going to all three connections.
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Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 2:42pm. WAMX 4206, WAMX 4209, and 15 cars. (2 steel coil, 2 boxcars, and 11 covered hoppers)
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Cool. They must prefer having connections to all three RRs. The video of the train was cool but I don’t think I can upload it.AARR wrote: ↑Thu Sep 15, 2022 2:31 pmIIRC the corn oil originates at Anderson's ethanol plant in Albion which has a spur directly connected to NS. Yet, they chose to truck it to transloads for loading onto to railcars.LansingRailFan wrote: ↑Thu Sep 15, 2022 12:36 pm...one empty tankcar for The Andersons.
Yea, the tank cars are the corn oil transfer. Formerly on INER now on ADBF/JAIL. Cars going to all three connections.
It had one of the brand new CSX coil cars on it too.
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Grand elk south through Byron Center at 5:51pm. Wamx 4209, 4009 and 4124 with 15ish cars.
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Another northbound JAIL run to CN and CSX today. Should be a good setoff at CSX as Tuesday night they picked up 31 cars from CSX. Will have cars to pickup from CN as well.
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GRE WB over the Grand River with ~15 empty hoppers from Lowell; around 1:10pm. I think MQT my have headed north about 30 minutes ago, no visual.
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A couple more gondolas sitting with about 5 covered hoppers in the yard in bad axe to go south this week, usually has been on Tuesday afternoon/ evening as of late.
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JAIL arrived at Ensel Yard at noon with 19 cars, all but three were coils. Coils are a mix between CN and CSX.
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Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 3:07pm. WAMX4124 and WAMX 4209 both long hood forward with 19ish cars. Almost all tank cars with a couple covered hoppers in the middle and a boxcar on the end.
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Saw a line of freight, possibly for the southbound GDLK Job 303. About 20 covered hoppers at 4:10pm
I also saw the northbound line of freight sitting on the farthest track from the main.
I did not see any engines from US 131 freeway
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Re: Shortline Train Location Updates - September 2022
GRE returned west late around 5:00pm with 20 or so hoppers. At 6:00p they had the CSX diamond blocked and the yard looked full. Still 10 or 12 on the AMWAY siding and Lowell is mostly full.
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Grand Elk @ 7:20pm south at Wyoming 54th St with WAMX 4209 + WAMX 4124 (elephant style) and 28 cars (mix of boxcars, 2 covered steel coil cars, couple of covered hoppers and lots of tankers). 2 of the boxcars were Canadian Pacific Railway high top boxcars
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LSRC 6431/LSRC 6432 were at Standish yesterday loading a CSX system grain train. Unknown when it will head south.
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Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 4:42pm. WAMX 4124, WAMX 4209(both long hood forward), and 5 boxcars. Running north into the storms.
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Confirmed, definitely running north. Arriving to 68th st at 4:45pm and 54th st at 4:48pm
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The Star of the West Gera is loading covered hoppers again on the track on the south side of the bean plant. It’s a long story how they lost this business but it appears they got it (or something) back.
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HESR Vassar Yard. 3036, 3866 and 3867 at station. Covered hoppers and tank cars in yard.
Nothing at Either Star of the West (fertilizer terminal and grain elevator) in Richville.
Nothing at Either Star of the West (fertilizer terminal and grain elevator) in Richville.
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Currently heading south. Just heard them blowing at 44th, I believe (and now their horn is more faint).
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