CSX Train Location Updates - May 2021

[Tom49801]

E800-24 @ 16:24 westward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 528 axles & 6,957 feet long. BNSF engines #6226 + #8997 & 129 empty coal cars.

[LansingRailFan]

D708 crossing WB at Trowbridge now. Picked up 58 from GLC today.

That was a very short lived D708 today

Efficient, not short lived. I bet the regular crew is going up north tonight so they hustled to get done.

[amessmann]

Sounds like something blowing thru town right now, westbound, maybe the empty grain train that came from Toledo? Too loud to be GLC. 17:56.

[Doktor No]

D708? Works Friday and Monday. As does everything else.

[BL2-1843]

There's a empty grainer en route to Grand Ledge ADM. 82/416 are the units. Was in Toledo at 1:30. So if we see one show up to Plymouth, this should be it.

By Howell at 18:10 on this Thursday afternoon. Running as V097-27 with 90 cars. G097 is now often a generic name for grain empties and loads when operated by a Lansing crew and not the name the traveled hundreds of miles to get to Plymouth. As I suspected, power was 82+417, not 82-416 because this was the power that went east and south on the last Grand Ledge grain train.

GLC Z62427 with 398 on the lead now on CSX setting off and picking up cars left by D708.

[Steve B]

Westbound by Trowbridge at 1904

[PyrodronProd]

Just saw v097 at the i-496 i-96 interchange. He should be in Grand Ledge in a few minutes

[PyrodronProd]

V097 pulled into Grand Ledge at 1953 EDT
Currently performing a run around their train to shove into ADM

[Tom49801]

amessmann wrote D705 passed in Brighton about 25 minutes ago. 08:40.

That was D70627 not D705. Train had 87 cars east of Lansing. 901 leading 987 trailing D70527 went west through Howell at 04:12 with only 39 cars. 938 leading. Could not read the 2nd unit number. 6013 was trailing returning from its trip to Detroit on Thursday. What ever was back to back with 938 will be on the lead of D706 on Friday.

Thank you for this clarification, I had been searching the scanner archives for the wrong time frames in hopes of finding D705-27. The CSXT #938 has a terrible radio, not a single mile post call out was heard from him, nor, was the DD Report from mp CH104.3 heard. At 08:29 he was heard, in very low volume, calling out mile post CH137.

D705-27 was reported the DD mp CH126.3 @ 08:12 with 76 axles for the above power (including the 4 axle CSXT #6013) & 15 cars.

D705-27 @ 09:04 calls Rouge for yarding instructions: "leave the cars towards the east end of 35 & all 3 engines go to the Mouse".

I was hoping D705 would be asked for their fuel readings to learn what his 2nd engine # was, but, that didn't happen.

[Tom49801]

Amtrak P370-27 @ 21:12 eastward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 16 axles & 306 ft. IDTX engine #4607 & 3 SuperLiners.

[Tom49801]

Amtrak P370-27 @ 21:51:36 eastward Bangor's Division St crossing mp CG60.93 with IDTX engine #4607 & 3 SuperLiners (8 passengers Off at the station mp CG60.5)

[Schteinkuh]

To the 297 engineer who called approach slow at Watson I appreciates youse

[Tom49801]

[Note: D700 did not run by Bangor overnight]

D801-27 @ 01:54 eastward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 540 axles & 7,160 ft. BNSF engines #5987 + #9259 & 129 loaded coal cars & rear CSXT dpu's #530 + #7010. This was N800-26 that had tied down in Grand Jct mp CG54 yesterday.

[Tom49801]

Amtrak P371-28 @ 06:37 westward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 16 axles & 305 ft. IDTX engine #4607 & 3 SuperLiners.

[Tom49801]

Amtrak P371-28 @ 07:29:29 westward Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 with IDTX engine #4607 & 3 SuperLiners (1 passenger On at the station mp CG60.5)

[Tom49801]

Q327-28 @ 08:17 westward reported from Grandville mp CG6 with CSXT engines #774 + #339. He has 35 cars to pick up from Holland this morning. His radio is not very good & couldn't clearly hear his train mark up to the RN Dispatcher.

Amtrak P371-28 @ 08:19 westward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 16 axles & 307 ft. IDTX engine #4607 & 3 SuperLiners.

D705-28 @ 08:29 westward reported by the DD mp CH104.3 with 484 axles & 6,970 ft. CSXT engine #982 & 118 cars & rear dpu CSXT #901.

D702-28 @ 08:36 Holland train mark up to RN Dispatcher: CSXT engines #2502 + #2349 & 11 loaded cars + 0 empties. He will proceed east when Q327-28 passes by him.

[PyrodronProd]

D705 clear MP 114 at 0845 EDT

[Tom49801]

Q327-28 @ 08:45 westward reported by DD mp CG19.1 with 384 axles & 5,095 ft long. CSXT engines #754 + #339 & 93 cars. He has 35 cars (may now be 39) to pick up from Holland this morning.

[Tom49801]

D702-28 @ 09:07 eastward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 52 axles & 744 ft long. CSXT engines #2502 + #2349 + & 11 cars.

D705-28 @ 09:11 westward reported by DD mp CH126.3 w/ 484 axles. CSXT engine #982 & 118 cars & rear dpu CSXT #901.

[LansingRailFan]

D708? Works Friday and Monday. As does everything else.

Uhh yah. Prolly relief crew. Prolly...