Great Lakes Central Updates January 2024

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LansingRailFan wrote:
Wed Jan 10, 2024 10:51 pm
TC Man wrote:
Tue Jan 09, 2024 5:11 pm
GLC in Williamsburg as of 4:45pm
396/399 picked up three empty lumber cars and delivered one load. unknown on the scrap gons.
Dropped one empty at Beacon, zero picked up.

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391/382/393/385 are NB out of Durand with that 100-car train of empty hoppers for ZFS. Unknown if they added any additional cars to the train.

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10:40 - "ONTN" with 391/385 are NB out of Owosso with a train. Saw a block for ZFS, a couple for Ashley on the head end.

382/393 are working in Owosso and will build a SB "OSTN"

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385,391 south through durand 13:02 with 28 cars. 4 hoppers, 1 tankcar, 3 hoppers, 2 tankcars, 13 hoppers, and 5 tankcars.
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393,382 north out of Owosso 14:35 with 22 cars. 1 tankcar, 16 hoppers, 1 tankcar, 3 Gondolas, and 1 tankcar

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OSTN and CSX working Ann Pere


4:10 Thru Zukey Lake

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OSTN-15 391,385 North 20:12 at Lakeland

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Sb stopped north of m46 at 0817. Not sure if it's tied down or just stopped

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ONTN 382,393 into owosso 13:28 with 57 cars. 12 hoppers, 2 gondolas, 10 hoppers, 14 tankcars, 3 empty centerbeams, 11 tankcars, 3 gondolas, and 2 hoppers.

383 got spun around on the turntable earlier and is now facing north outside the shop

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Is it planned for ONTN to go back north or would that be for tomorrow?
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16:16 - "OSTN" is SB thru Durand with 382/393/391 and six cars

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Yesterday/ This morning

ONTN-16 383,385 out of Owosso around 18:00
ONTN-17 385,383 into Owosso 04:06 with 25 cars. 2 tankcars, 12 loaded centerbeams, 7 empty pole cars, 3 loaded centerbeams, and 1 tankcar

OSTN-17 391,393,382 into Durand 01:15 with 72 cars. 4 gondolas, 1 tankcar, 3 loaded pole cars, 1 hopper, 1 loaded pole car, 2 gondolas, 1 hopper, 7 gondolas, 1 tankcar, 13 hoppers, 5 gondolas, 1 tankcar, 3 gondolas, 10 hoppers, 7 gondolas, 11 hoppers, and 1 gondola

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ONTN 391,383,382 out of Owosso 11:01 with 45 cars. 1 tankcar, 1 hopper, 11 tankcars, 3 hoppers, 1 tankcar, 4 hoppers, 7 tankcars, 5 hoppers, 1 tankcar, and 11 hoppers

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ONTN 382,383,391 into owosso 15:38 with 100 hoppers

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OSTN 385,393 through Durand 19:07 with 22 cars. 5 hoppers, 1 tank car, 6 loaded centerbeams, 7 empty bulkheads(polecars), 2 loaded centerbeams, and 1 tank car. Should/Hopefully be going to osmer as they only went to Ann pere last night and they have a empty unit grain train that was brought up by Ann Arbor last night per LRF on the short line locations/heads up

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GLC is in TC as of 12:45pm. No visual.
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Last night/ This morning

OSTN-17 385,393 South 22:33 past Lakeland with 12 cars. 5 hoppers, 1 tank car, and 6 loaded centerbeams.

OSTN-18 393,385 North 00:53 past Lakeland, I woke up to the horns but did not go look. Sounded like a longer train.

OSTN-18 393,385 North 05:55 at Durand with 101 cars. 3 hoppers, 11 CSX gondolas, and 87 CSX hoppers.

ONTN-18 393,385 North 09:34 out of Owosso with 126 cars. 21 hoppers, 5 tank cars, 13 hoppers, and 87 CSX hoppers.

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GLC@ZLT wrote:
Wed Jan 17, 2024 3:48 pm
ONTN 382,383,391 into owosso 15:38 with 100 hoppers
CN just picked up this train and is taking it west to Chicago as of 13:06

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Can currently hear GLC blowing their horn in Petoskey from my hotel room
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06:07 385,393 lite engines into owosso from the north and went down to the yard

08:22 383,382 pulled out and headed down to the yard

09:02 383,382 lite engines north out of owosso to pick up the train left at Delaney

10:14 382,383 into Owosso with 53 cars. 4 hoppers, 12 tank cars, 9 hoppers, 6 tank cars, 1 empty centerbeam, 7 hoppers, 5 tank cars, and 9 hoppers

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