Short Line Train Location Updates - November 2024

[Andy24]

Grand Elk Z439 @ 10:42 eastward Plaster Creek with WAMX #3534 and WAMX #3531 & ?? cars. He’s heading back to Hughart Yard

MS Z627 @ 10:44 SB Riley St in Holland with MMRR #2019 leading and #2170 trailing & 11 cars. Set off cars in track 1 and pick up in track 2

[LansingRailFan]

10:55 - HESR 702 with 3486/3393 lined onto the CN Port Huron Wye in Durand

10:55 - EB>SB Q116 with CN 5676/CN 2533/CN 5419 lined onto the Chicago Wye in Durand

[Andy24]

Marquette Rail reported 50 loaded grain cars of the 90 cars brought back to Wyoming Yard @ 11:31am. BPRR 3345, MQT 3408, BPRR 3343, MQT 3406 for SB power

Marquette Rail NB @ 1:17pm passing Leonard Ave on the north side of Grand Rapids with MQT 3406, BPRR 3343, MQT 3408 and BPRR 3345 and 54 cars

[kd_1014]

GRE west thru Ada 14:05

[GP30M4216]

Marquette Rail reported 50 loaded grain cars of the 90 cars brought back to Wyoming Yard @ 11:31am. BPRR 3345, MQT 3408, BPRR 3343, MQT 3406 for SB power

Marquette Rail NB @ 1:17pm passing Leonard Ave on the north side of Grand Rapids with MQT 3406, BPRR 3343, MQT 3408 and BPRR 3345 and 54 cars

As of 16:00 Friday, the 54 northbound mixed freight cars were with BPRR 3345 south of the crossing at Nelson’s Farm MKT in Grant. On the north side of the crossing were the other 3 SD40-2s. The rest of the CSX grain train is staged at MAC in Newaygo in the yard.

[LansingRailFan]

JAIL NB out of Mason today at 09:00 with 822/825 and 13 cars for CN.

10:30 - NB at South Pennsylvania en route to CP Cedar. Jail ran NB last night to CSX so this is just a run to CN.

[LansingRailFan]

GDLK took a grain train north from Elkhart with NS run thru power to The Andersons in White Pigeon this morning.

[Mikeyt2004]

Marquette Rail NB into Baldwin at 3:10 PM

Marquette Rail SB out of Baldwin 3:30 pm

[Andy24]

Marquette Rail Z151-18 @ 1:03pm SB 2nd NW Ave CGE1.2 with MQT 3413, MQT 3567, MQT 3406, BPRR 3345 and MQT 3408 & 107 cars (40 CSX grain loads + 67 normal consist), estimated and with a visual that almost 87 cars were loaded and about 20 empties.

[Plannerdad]

GRE WB over the Grand River with MQT engine and 20 or so hoppers, at 1:00pm.

[amessmann]

Marquette Rail Z151-18 @ 1:03pm SB 2nd NW Ave CGE1.2 with MQT 3413, MQT 3567, MQT 3406, BPRR 3345 and MQT 3408 & 107 cars (40 CSX grain loads + 67 normal consist), estimated and with a visual that almost 87 cars were loaded and about 20 empties.

Are these CSX loads the return of G090? Or will that be brought down as one train?

[Andy24]

Marquette Rail Z151-18 @ 1:03pm SB 2nd NW Ave CGE1.2 with MQT 3413, MQT 3567, MQT 3406, BPRR 3345 and MQT 3408 & 107 cars (40 CSX grain loads + 67 normal consist), estimated and with a visual that almost 87 cars were loaded and about 20 empties.

Are these CSX loads the return of G090? Or will that be brought down as one train?

Yes, these are the same cars from G090 (G126) that came to Grand Rapids last week ish.

Marquette Rail on Friday brought down 50 CSX grain loads of of the 90

Today was the remaining 40 CSX grain loads, with a total of 90 cars sitting for power to move them

[~Z~]

Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 4:53pm. WAMX 4209, WAMX 4206(both facing north) with 24 cars.

[Mikeyt2004]

Marquette @ 12:20 clear W 76th st (southern edge of Baldwin) northbound lite power.

Marquette @ 01:15 in Baldwin starting to build their westward Luddington/Manistee train.

Marquette @ 03:46 departing Baldwin. Cleared Jenks rd west for Walhalla with MQT~2041 MQT~3567 on the head end with mid “DPU’s” MQT~2040 MQT~2044 MQT~2042 (all yellow and non G&W) with 89 cars total.

Marquette @ 04:25 train split and the now separate front train with its 2 engines and 41 cars through the switch and continued west to Luddington, MI.

Marquette @ 4:33 the now split second train with its 3 engines and 48 cars threw the switch the other way then continued north across US-10 and up to Manistee, MI.

[kd_1014]

GRE west thru Ada at 13:07. Long train and slowwwww

[LansingRailFan]

11:08 - HESR 702 inbound to Durand with HESR 3414/HESR 2145

[amessmann]

Today was the remaining 40 CSX grain loads, with a total of 90 cars sitting for power to move them

Thank you Andy, hopefully that will come back my way tonight.

Marquette @ 03:46 departing Baldwin. Cleared Jenks rd west for Walhalla with MQT~2041 MQT~3567 on the head end with mid “DPU’s” MQT~2040 MQT~2044 MQT~2042 (all yellow and non G&W) with 89 cars total.

When you say "DPU's", were these manned helpers or DIT?

[Andy24]

Today was the remaining 40 CSX grain loads, with a total of 90 cars sitting for power to move them

Thank you Andy, hopefully that will come back my way tonight.

Marquette @ 03:46 departing Baldwin. Cleared Jenks rd west for Walhalla with MQT~2041 MQT~3567 on the head end with mid “DPU’s” MQT~2040 MQT~2044 MQT~2042 (all yellow and non G&W) with 89 cars total.

When you say "DPU's", were these manned helpers or DIT?

You’re welcome . Hopefully M326 / L302 brings extra power for the loaded grain train. We will see what happens this week. The 90 CSX grain loads were spotted sitting in Wyoming Yard earlier today as I drove by the yard this morning

I have not seen Marquette do “DPU” mode since all their power are SD/GP EMDs. I have seen Marquette pull 130-150 cars with just 3 EMDs going uphill

[~Z~]

Grand Elk was south through Byron Center around 4pm with WAMX 4206 and WAMX 4209 LHF with 3 covered hoppers.

[Mikeyt2004]

Today was the remaining 40 CSX grain loads, with a total of 90 cars sitting for power to move them

Thank you Andy, hopefully that will come back my way tonight.

Marquette @ 03:46 departing Baldwin. Cleared Jenks rd west for Walhalla with MQT~2041 MQT~3567 on the head end with mid “DPU’s” MQT~2040 MQT~2044 MQT~2042 (all yellow and non G&W) with 89 cars total.

When you say "DPU's", were these manned helpers or DIT?

I was using DPU’s in parentheses because it wasn’t technically. They were manned and as mentioned they broke off the front engines and cars in Walhalla with either going to Luddington or Manistee. Used DPU more as an umbrella term though they were manned.