Shortline Train Location Updates - October 2022

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Re: Shortline Train Location Updates - October 2022

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~Z~ wrote:
Tue Oct 18, 2022 4:06 pm
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.
Dang it! I missed the shot! I was at 28th St and heading south, was hoping I catch it at 54th St or 44th St.
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GRE heard through Fuller Jct. @ 10:48 AM
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Z151 heading into the yard. MQT #3391 leading + 2 and 60 cars at 11:15am
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Re: Shortline Train Location Updates - October 2022

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MQT NB at Ann St. 4 tanks, 2 boxcars, 3 engines, around 12:30pm. GRE is parked in the yard next to the engine house.

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MS Z627-19 os Grand Haven 13:42 MMRR 2019 leading MMRR 2170 Northbound

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Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 3:21pm. WAMX 4125, WAMX 4124, and 22 cars. Tank cars, then boxcars and covered hoppers.
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Wed Oct 19, 2022 3:23 pm
Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 3:21pm. WAMX 4125, WAMX 4124, and 22 cars. Tank cars, then boxcars and covered hoppers.
Grand Elk south through Wyoming 54th St at 6:43pm. Assumed WAMX 4124 and WAMX 4125 as their engines
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Z739 @ 10:33 reported westbound at Pleasant St. WAMX #4209 with 15 ish cars doing Hughart Runner into Wyoming Yard
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I was just standing outside my house (about 1 mile as the crow flies from the Kalamazoo Raceway) up on the 6th/7th st hill and could hear the horn of the GDLK. It was either heading north through Plainwell or more realistically heading to the paper plant in Otsego to do some switching. Heads up to the Grand Rapids guys that the GDLk is probably heading your way soon.

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GRE @ 12:55pm heard heading westbound at Fuller

GRE @ 1:30pm still switching cars around at Fuller Junction

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Hughart Yard Job @ 2:00pm seen with WAMX #4209 switching covered hoppers around in Hughart Yard in Grand Rapids. Possibly setting up for Job 303 Grand Elk to pull southbound later today?

They arrived into Hughart Yard after doing a Z739 Hughart Runner into CSX Wyoming yard to interchange cars around.
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Dowagiac Train Dude wrote:
Thu Oct 20, 2022 1:24 pm
I was just standing outside my house (about 1 mile as the crow flies from the Kalamazoo Raceway) up on the 6th/7th st hill and could hear the horn of the GDLK. It was either heading north through Plainwell or more realistically heading to the paper plant in Otsego to do some switching. Heads up to the Grand Rapids guys that the GDLk is probably heading your way soon.
Thx for the headsup. North through Byron Center at 3:12pm, WAMX 4125, WAMX 4124, and only about 10 cars.
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GDLK north across 44th St in Grand Rapids at 15:28 10/20/2022 with 4125, 4124, and 3 cars.

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mjotrainbrain wrote:
Thu Oct 20, 2022 3:30 pm
GDLK north across 44th St in Grand Rapids at 15:28 10/20/2022 with 4125, 4124, and 3 cars.
GDLK horn heard on the distance at 44th St ish at 6:50. Presuming southbound and WAMX 4124 and WAMX 4125 leading

GDLK stronger horn heard at 6:54

No horn heard after 7:00
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Correcto Andy, was south through Byron Center at 7:15ish, same power and 15 cars.
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In Plainwell at 8:40.
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Great sunlight for a southbound run before 6pm yesterday. I hung around near 36th St. for about 45 min hoping they'd come south. No luck.
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MQT southbound at 0900 between Kent City and Sparta with a big train, passing fine fall colors at Fruit Ridge and Sparta Road crossings. 3391, 3389, 3408, 45 Ludington traffic up front (tanks and mostly covered hoppers, lots of OCCX stuff), and 36 boxcars behind.

6 covered hoppers at Packaging Personified, about 5 tanks at QLF, about 6 boxcars in the Comstock Park siding at 7 mile, Weekes Forest products is empty.

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ADBF 1752 working interchange with NS then going east to Blissfield @11:12AM

Lapeer Industrial is running today

DCON ran yesterday.

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ADBF 1752 EB at US 223 at 12:48 in Blissfield

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