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M trains Grand Rapids Sub

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Starting this morning (June 4th, 2022) on CSX's Grand Rapids sub-division the Q trains are now designated as being M trains starting with the M327-04 (formally known as the Q327-04).
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CSX must have a department dedicated to changing train symbols :roll:
Like many big companies, they change what can easily be changed, the stuff that really needs to be changed being obfuscated... they hope.

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How about some deferred maintenance on the tracks?

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DaveO wrote:
Sat Jun 04, 2022 7:26 am
CSX must have a department dedicated to changing train symbols :roll:
Like many big companies, they change what can easily be changed, the stuff that really needs to be changed being obfuscated... they hope.
EXACTLY! My god, the stuff they used to put up around the system to RALLY THE TROOPS were asinine at best and juvenile at worst. OY!
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SHEPUF! Used to be a billboard and on every train bulletin. Start Helping Everyone Put UNBELIVEABLE First. Well no, something else but it was absurd. If I find the framed pic I purloined from the engine house....
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At least they didn't make the WB train even and the EB train odd. :-)
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J T wrote:
Sun Jun 05, 2022 1:00 am
At least they didn't make the WB train even and the EB train odd. :-)
Man I would’ve lost it then! I poke fun at all the grousing about symbol changes but the D to L changes w new numbers, even/odd switch was a pain in the arse for sure.

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