Durand train line up, 6am-3:30pm, and TSB yard observations. Posted by Don Simon on 8/28/2004, 8:07 pm 68.61.78.6 Here it goes. I'll leave it wide open for anyone who wants to add details. * 6:50am #149 westbound 5744 (SD75I) & 5434 (SD50F) 118 intermodal cars * 6:55am #148 eastbound 5324 (SD40-2W) & 2520 (Dash 9-44CWL) 154 intermodal cars NOTE: The tail end of 149 went by the crossing just as the engines of 148 arrived at the crossing * 7:10am #243 westbound Flat Rock-Flint 5357 & 5277 (both SD40-2W's) 101 cars * 7:55am #276 eastbound 2615, 2617 (both Dash 9-44CWL's) & UP 4980 (SD70M) 71 cars NOTE: #149 & #276 swapped crews west of Durand * 8am Amtrak westbound 30 & 27 (???) 4 cars NOTE: 43 minutes late * 8:30am #251 eastbound of Holly Sub UP 4342 & 4491 (both SD70M's) 56 mostly loaded auto racks * 10:20am #397 westbound 5253 (SD40-2W) & 2526 (Dash 9-44CWL) 67-90 cars (detector box axle count conflicted with our count) * 10:55am #398 eastbound 5778 & 5681 (both SD75I's) 73 cars * 11:45am #449 westbound of Holly Sub 4624 & 4615 (both GP9r's) 71 cars (this is the new "jack of all trades" train that combines auto stuff, mixed, and intermodal) * 12:05pm-1:50pm #391 westbound 2685 & 2614 (both Dash 9-44CWL's) 104 cars which included a Durand pick up of 45-50 cars * 1:30pm-1:45pm #702 (???) 9712 (GP40-2W) & 2014 (GP38-2) 68 cars NOTE: CMGN train that went ACROSS the crossing rather than use the Port Huron Wye track before backing in the yard * 534 eastbound CP 9590 & 9530 (both AC4400CW's) 56 cars NOTE: Went by the same time 391 was leaving * 2:10pm #752 eastbound on the holly Sub UP 7092 & ???? (both AC4400CW's) 122 loaded coal cars TSB Yard: 5 asphalt cars, 5 plastic cars, and 1 TSB cov hop on the east end. 30 or so TSB cov hop, 4 cement cars on the main, and a handful of box/cov hop on the west end. TSB Engine Yard: 10 or so TSB cov hop here and there. A TSB box and BAR reefer. Didn't get the pair of engine numbers. NOTE: This place is really cleaned up and looking tidy! x535 CP 9725 448 AXLES 108 CRS AT 5:46 CP 8728 CN 456 CN 5705 109 CRS AT 600 5340 CN ???? 5948 76 CRS 615 UP THE HOLLY IC 1012 1008 GTW 4618 4902 4626 CN 399 5326 146 CRS AT 6:51 6016 5732 CN 500 5277 34 CRS 8:45 5357 TOOK THIS TRAIN 2 TIMES TO GET INTO THE YARD CAUSE THE HEADED INTO THE WRONG TRACK THE FIRST TIME..... AMTK 126 5 CRS 9:40 32 LEFT FOR HOME AFTER THIS........ IT WAS GREAT TO GET TO SEE YOU GUYS AND I THINK WE ALL REALLY HAD A GOOD TIME...........AND FOR THE GUYS I TALKED WITH LATER IN THE EVENING......KIM & ALAN.....THANKS......YOUR 2 VERY FUNNY BUT DESCUSTING GUYS.........LMAO ZACK...THANKS IT WAS NICE TO BE ABLE TO HANG OUT WITH SOMEONE MY OWN AGE THATS ACTUALLY INTO TRAINS........ THANKS TO EVERYONE........IM OUT 4 NOW On CN, the CP trains are known as H53531 (That's H for haulage, 535 for the symbol, 3 for the region code, and 1 for the section). No X on those trains up here. The train at 1800 was 454 not 456. The train at 1815 that you say went "up the holly"... was Southbound 448 (to me that's down the holly... but why parse words).