Shortline Train Location Updates - December 2022

[Talk]

My mother is Reporting Z627-29 os Grand Haven @ 11:25

[Plannerdad]

MQT NB at Turner around 12:15p. Managed to switch Van’s without blocking Turner. ~25 grain hoppers, 13 sand hoppers, 2 for Vans, most of the others were tanks, around 70 total and 3 engines.

PCA must be shut down this week?

[Dowagiac Train Dude]

At 7:38am the Grand Elk went by the Elkhart cam towards Kalamazoo with WAMX 4209 and WAMX 4206 leading 21 cars. A mix of box cars, covered hoppers and tank cars.

[Chip]

IORY ran to Flat Rock today. Heard their horn blowing for Huron River Dr. around 1:00

[~Z~]

Grand elk North through Byron Center at 2:22pm, polishing the rust off from no run yesterday. Wamx 4125, 4189, and 3531, 5 tankcars, 1 centerbeam, 4 boxcar, 3 tank, 3 covered hoppers, 3 boxcars, 1 tank, and 3 covered hoppers.

[LansingRailFan]

DCON ran today along with two crews working on the ADBF - another unit grain train from NS for Blissfield MAC.

[GRHC]

12/30/2022 @ 16:23 The Hamilton Northwestern is inactive.

GLLX engines #1397 + #1410 are tied up inside the Endeavor facility in Hamilton Michigan.
There are 0 cars inside the Endeavor facility in Hamilton Michigan and 0 cars stored on the siding in Fillmore Michigan.

Note: from the snow piled on the tracks at the grade crossings and the heavy rust on the rails it looks as though the Hamilton Northwestern hasn’t run in quite some time.

[~Z~]

Grand elk south through Byron Center at 6:30pm. Was driving back from culver's and saw the gates down in the distance, dunno consist.

[LansingRailFan]

ADBF 822 running as Z646-31 on CSX tracks at Michigan Ave in Lansing at 13:20

They’ve got an EB and a WB CN meeting at CP Cedar.

Picked up:
4 tank cars from CN
3 cars from CSX

Dropped off:
6 cars to CN
4 to CSX