Shortline Train Location Updates - November 2022

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Grand Elk southbound at 54th St. WAMX 4206 and WAMX 4125 and unknown set of cars. Hearing their horns at Wyoming
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Andy24 wrote:
Fri Nov 04, 2022 2:57 pm
Grand Elk southbound at 54th St. WAMX 4206 and WAMX 4125 and unknown set of cars. Hearing their horns at Wyoming
South through Byron Center at 3:00pm with 19ish cars, mostly boxcars.
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I sit on my deck with a beer and hear them blowing off in the distance. It must be nice to be able to sit on your deck and actually see them passing by.
Mostly surely is. Here's the northbound run today from the back deck - getting easier to see again as the leaves are falling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihdpywCS5iQ
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Re: Shortline Train Location Updates - November 2022

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X702 arrived to Durand around 15:15. 3414 + gray 2028 which will lead going back as X701
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10:45
AARR is inbound at Osmer with three units.

4215 will lead south when they depart.

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Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 1:40pm. WAMX 4125, WAMX 4206 and 14 cars, mostly box cars.
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MQT SB parked N.O. Turner around 1:30. 3391 leading 2 other units and ~65 cars.

Update; sounds like it is at Ann St. now.

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Plannerdad wrote:
Mon Nov 07, 2022 1:55 pm
MQT SB parked N.O. Turner around 1:30. 3391 leading 2 other units and ~65 cars.

Update; sounds like it is at Ann St. now.
At 2:00, z151-07 southbound at Fulton St with MQT 3391, 3408, 3406 and 55 cars. Completely stopped at Fulton St with their 40th car blocking and last 55th car stopped after the Lake Michigan Drive with gates activated.

At 2:20, Z151-07 got the green signal to proceed into the CSX Wyoming Yard and completely cleared Fulton St with their entire back end
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Z151-07 MQT NB Fulton St with MQT 3406, 3408, 3391 and xx cars at 3:45pm
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~Z~ wrote:
Mon Nov 07, 2022 1:41 pm
Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 1:40pm. WAMX 4125, WAMX 4206 and 14 cars, mostly box cars.
Grand Elk south Wyoming 44th St at 6:35pm. Horn heard in the distance. Assumed WAMX 4206 and WAMX 4125 are the power
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The Detroit Connecting RR is working today.

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Michigan Shore -> CSXT Z627 os Grand Haven, Michigan at 9:14 AM. MMRR GP38-2 2170 leading, No Visual to confirm MMRR GP38 2019 trailing. Train is moving Southbound to Waverly Yard

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JAIL Z646 running today. NB at Cavanaugh Rd, Lansing at 10:15

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Z151-08 @ 10:24 southbound at Turner Ave with MQT 3391 3408 3406 and 44 cars
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JAIL Z646 NB at Clare Street departing the CN interchange w ADBF 822/2 cars/ADBF 821. Will stop and work Padnos

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LansingRailFan wrote:
Tue Nov 08, 2022 11:05 am
JAIL Z646 NB at Clare Street departing the CN interchange w ADBF 822/2 cars/ADBF 821. Will stop and work Padnos
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Dan Cluley wrote:
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LansingRailFan wrote:
Tue Nov 08, 2022 11:05 am
JAIL Z646 NB at Clare Street departing the CN interchange w ADBF 822/2 cars/ADBF 821. Will stop and work Padnos
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They r back in holt.

Picked up one boxcar, nine coils from CSX. Had the tank car from CN and two loaded gondolas from NS that they were going to take to Ambassador Steel.

They are at RSDC as of 13:15

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GDLK working in Wayland now with WAMX 4017 and WAMX 4125. Dropped off 1 car at Endeavor Ag and now heading north to Bay Valley with 1 car.
Rest of their train is sitting at mp 81, unknown number of cars.

11:06 reconnected to their train. Heading north with 40 cars

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Wed Nov 09, 2022 10:33 am
GDLK working in Wayland now with WAMX 4017 and WAMX 4125. Dropped off 1 car at Endeavor Ag and now heading north to Bay Valley with 1 car.
Rest of their train is sitting at mp 81, unknown number of cars.

11:06 reconnected to their train. Heading north with 40 cars
Righto, both locos faced north and through Byron Center at 11:39am. Thx for posting the consist as I was making lunch.
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HESR arrived to Durand around 14:10. #3414 + #3865 + #2028
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~Z~ wrote:
Wed Nov 09, 2022 11:41 am
Tankcar123 wrote:
Wed Nov 09, 2022 10:33 am
GDLK working in Wayland now with WAMX 4017 and WAMX 4125.
11:06 reconnected to their train. Heading north with 40 cars
Righto, both locos faced north and through Byron Center at 11:39am. Thx for posting the consist as I was making lunch.
Grand Elk south Wyoming 54th St at 3:13pm. Very clear horn blasts heard from my home. WAMX 4125 and WAMX 4017 assumed engines
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