Shortline Train Location Updates - October 2022

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MBD&T GE 65 tonner #4491 was spotting cars for loading on the east side of the Holland MI Louis Padnos complex (between River and Pine Ave.) @ 15:32

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Grand Elk @ 6:34pm horn heard in the distance around 44th St. Assumed southbound and WAMX 4124 and WAMX 4125 as the engines

Approaches 50th St at 6:37pm, extremely loud horn heard. I can hear their engines from my house 🙀

6:41pm, approaches 68th St, horn is getting fainter
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Thanks for the heads up Andy. One of my nephews (3 year old)is over and was playing with our wooden train set upstairs. Told him a real train was coming soon, so he ran outside and waited for GDLK to pass south at 6:49pm, 4124, 4125 and maybe 20ish cars.
He was most happy and excited.
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~Z~ wrote:
Wed Oct 12, 2022 6:52 pm
Thanks for the heads up Andy. One of my nephews (3 year old)is over and was playing with our wooden train set upstairs. Told him a real train was coming soon, so he ran outside and waited for GDLK to pass south at 6:49pm, 4124, 4125 and maybe 20ish cars.
He was most happy and excited.
Your welcome 😇. Hope he didn’t get too wet while it was raining earlier
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Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 12:45pm. WAMX 4125, WAMX 4124 and 9 cars (boxcars and covered hoppers)

Back south at 4:18pm, 4124 and 4125 with 14 cars (tank cars, boxcars and covered hoppers. Approx car 9 or 10, covered hopper, pretty decent flat spot on the wheel as it rumbled past.
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GDLK north through Byron Center at 2:23pm, WAMX 4125, WAMX 4124, with less than 10 cars.

Back south approx 6:50pm with 4124, 4125 and 3831 with 9 cars.
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Hamilton and Northwestern power tied down at Hamilton with at least a dozen covered hoppers staged at Endeavor and on the sidings out front, as of 19:00 tonight.

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Sat Oct 15, 2022 7:24 pm
Hamilton and Northwestern power tied down at Hamilton with at least a dozen covered hoppers staged at Endeavor and on the sidings out front, as of 19:00 tonight.
Did you see any of the fire?
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SD80MAC wrote:
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GP30M4216 wrote:
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Hamilton and Northwestern power tied down at Hamilton with at least a dozen covered hoppers staged at Endeavor and on the sidings out front, as of 19:00 tonight.
Did you see any of the fire?
Nope, what was alight?

In unrelated news, there are two empty centerbeams at the lumber place on Fruit Ridge Ave awaiting pickup from the Coop and Marne. In semi-related news to that, for anyone who gets Standard and Standale Lumbers confused, there is but a single empty centerbeam awaiting L301 pickup in Grandville.

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GP30M4216 wrote:
Sun Oct 16, 2022 4:58 pm
SD80MAC wrote:
Sun Oct 16, 2022 9:50 am
GP30M4216 wrote:
Sat Oct 15, 2022 7:24 pm
Hamilton and Northwestern power tied down at Hamilton with at least a dozen covered hoppers staged at Endeavor and on the sidings out front, as of 19:00 tonight.
Did you see any of the fire?
Nope, what was alight?

In unrelated news, there are two empty centerbeams at the lumber place on Fruit Ridge Ave awaiting pickup from the Coop and Marne. In semi-related news to that, for anyone who gets Standard and Standale Lumbers confused, there is but a single empty centerbeam awaiting L301 pickup in Grandville.
One of the corn dryers at Endeavour caught fire last night.
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Z627-17 os Grand Haven 09:19 Southbound. MMRR 2170 leading no visual

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Z151-17 @ 10:55 southbound Fuller Junction with MQT 3391 + 3389+ 3408 with 52 cars
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Z627-17 os West Olive 12:17 Northbound MMRR 2170 leading MMRR 2019 18 Cars

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Z151-17 @ 10:55 southbound Fuller Junction with MQT 3391 + 3389+ 3408 with about 40 cars
Z151-17 @ 12:40 northbound Lake Michigan Drive in Grand Rapids with MQT 3408 + 3389 + 3391 and 90 cars
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Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 1:45pm. WAMX 4125, WAMX 4124, and maybe 15-20 cars. Heard the rumble outside, then my nephew running across the kitchen floor above to watch the train go by from the deck.
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~Z~ wrote:
Mon Oct 17, 2022 1:47 pm
Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 1:45pm. WAMX 4125, WAMX 4124, and maybe 15-20 cars. Heard the rumble outside, then my nephew running across the kitchen floor above to watch the train go by from the deck.
Grand Elk south through Wyoming 50th St area at 6:58pm. WAMX 4124 and WAMX 4125 at head end. Don’t know amount of cars, assumes 5-20 cars.

Update: 8:05pm, I am hearing another Grand Elk horn in the distance.
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Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 12:32pm. WAMX 4125, WAMX 4124, WAMX 4225, and approx 35 cars. Nephew so excited watching it go by, ran out to watch them trackside. He's looking forward to the southbound run.
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ADBF 821/822 worked Michigan Packaging and RSDC before heading north to CSX. At 11:00 they were still at Ensel

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IORY inbound to CN Flat Rock @ 3:00

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GDLK back south through Byron Center at 4:04pm. WAMX 4124, 4125, and 20 cars. Boxcars, loaded lumber centerbeams, covered hoppers and tank cars. Nephew was happy to watch, heading back to FL tomorrow.
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