CN Train Location Updates - May 2023

Daily whereabouts of train locations along with sightings for heads ups to other railfans.
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bluewonderrails wrote:
Fri May 26, 2023 7:25 am
Maybe one day we'll see a Sprite train... (I know, I'm probably not the first to likely joke that)
That’s the first time I’ve heard sprite :lol:
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EB Q116 with CN 8830/CN 2647 thru Potterville at 09:52

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251 by the fort St cam at 11:08 CN x2

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Delray wrote:
Fri May 26, 2023 11:49 am
251 by the fort St cam at 11:08 CN x2
251 has CN 8880 and 8943. Going by Wyandotte at 1200.

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LansingRailFan wrote:
Fri May 26, 2023 10:17 am
EB Q116 with CN 8830/CN 2647 thru Potterville at 09:52
Just went past MP 22.5 on the Holly. No containers today.

NB 515 went past a little while ago.

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116 is waiting for Amtrak at Milwaukee Junction.

They met 251 just south of Ford Junction.

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Delray wrote:
Fri May 26, 2023 11:49 am
251 by the fort St cam at 11:08 CN x2
Past MP 22.5 on the Holly at 2:05 pm.

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Here’s the reason why we saw the BNSF GP38-2’s a few weeks back, pretty interesting
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507 going by Royal Oak. CN 5673 and 2252.

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Eastbound by Trowbridge at 1909

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A Saturday SB 515 went SB past MP 22.5 around 8 am with 5430.

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Eastbound autorack train just cleared Valparaiso with IC 2721, CN 2612, CN 2812, and IC 9567
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251 by the fort St cam at 12:10 CN x4

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Q116 east clear mp225 East Lansing at 12:55. CN duo #5800 + #2283

Among the intermodal consist as pictured is a camouflage container. Well timed, too.
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EB stopped at east Durand. 2 CNs and mixed freight, plus 6 flatcars with intermodal containers on them on the end of the train.

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EB M356 with IC 2721/CN 2612/CN 2812/IC 9567 Stopped at South Bend rn

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LansingRailFan wrote:
Sat May 27, 2023 1:39 pm
EB M356 with IC 2721/CN 2612/CN 2812/IC 9567 Stopped at South Bend rn
Flat Rock bound?
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I thought M356 was Winnipeg to Homewood?
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116 by MP 22.5 on the Holly at 3 pm. I saw that camouflage container on it.

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NB 515 just went by right after 116 passed MP 22.5 at 3:04 pm.

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