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One of the two engines from the grain train spotted at Webberville the other night is at Ensel. The crew didn't have a cab and had to take an engine back to the yard office to go home. RN was talking to D706 that the crew pulling the grain train out of Webberville is OD at 15:30. They will go engin...

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Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:01 am

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Thu Jan 20, 2022 9:19 am

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Wed Jan 19, 2022 1:46 pm

YN3c Repaint List (As of 1/19/2022)
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how is the YN3c paint any different from the YN3b paint?

YN3c has removed the brackets "[ ]" from the logo AND added the csx web address underneath the X on the long hood

I see, thank you for the clarification

For some reason I have this vague memory of reading on michiganrailroads.com a long time ago (2010/2011) that there was a short lived car ferry across a lake in Jackson County. I remember it being specifically mentioned as a topic for a then upcoming meeting of the Michigan Railroad Club. There was...

YN3c Repaint List (As of 1/19/2022) - #37 CW44AC - #67 CW44AC - #82 CW44AC - #87 CW44AC - #90 CW44AC - #155 CW44AC (First YN3c Unit) - #314 CW44AC - #407 CW44AC - #442 CW44AC - #451 CW44AC - #4533 SD70AC - #4534 SD70AC - #4537 SD70AC - #4541 SD70AC - #4542 SD70AC - #4543 SD70AC - #4545 SD70AC - #45...

How do you keep those auto racks from derailing when negotiating those tight radii? As the owner of the Southern Pacific and CP Rail autoracks shown in the picture, allow me to explain. I had Micah modify the couplers so that they could move back and forth more. This allows them to stay coupled to ...

CSXT #3399 + 439 (elephant style) with 144 cars and 8,847 ft. He’s going fast Fast enough to get the second unit wrong. It was 485 which has been running both units facing forward with 3399 on Tuesdays D706-04 and Mondays D705-03. They took a 15 minute delay at Ann Pere because GLC still had the di...

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Wed Jan 05, 2022 7:15 pm

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Wed Jan 05, 2022 7:01 pm

D705 westbound clear CH34 at 19:01.

CSXT #3399 + 439 (elephant style) with 144 cars and 8,847 ft. He’s going fast

Clear US23

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Wed Jan 05, 2022 7:01 pm

D705 westbound clear CH34 at 19:01.

CSXT #3399 + 439 (elephant style) with 144 cars and 8,847 ft. He’s going fast

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Tue Dec 28, 2021 11:56 am

NB-EB mixed freight + double stacks through Plymouth at 11:55. 2 UPRR engines in the lead, 8564 and 6425.

That would be I132

G829-22 grain load from Grand Ledge by Howell at 07:40. 3062+4561+8823 on the head end. All units pulling hard. 3062 was the unit I missed and no one else reported on the empty. Think they had quite a few more cars than the 73 that went west on the empty per the DD at Fowlerville, in case any of th...

EDIT on D706: Conductor to walk his entire train back to the end, which should take an hour, back the train to the west end signal at Howell, walk back to Lucy Road to make a cut and head east with no EOT, if they can even make the hill with that. They will not be returning to get the rest of their...

D706-30 @ 15:15 eastward was reported by the DD mp CH104.3 with 468 axles & 7,293 feet long. CSX engines #828 + #5290 & 114 cars. He has 52 cars to set off & pick up from "MO 2" (didn't say how many). Second unit behind 828 was 5294, as it was on yesterday's D705. By Howell at 7:43 PM with 125 cars...

I132 clear Haggerty rd east @14:30, pair of UP gevos

D717 clear Plymouth @13:32 w/ CSXT#6558, WB to NB

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Thu Nov 18, 2021 2:58 pm

NB N803 just cleared Plymouth diamond. BNSF 5732 + 9225.

Last time they came around, they stopped in Wixom/Milford just south of Buno Road. They were blocking one of the crossings to the AM radio tower

K831-06 SB in Plymouth at 2:30 V713-04 with 5422/99 is in Williamston siding. Crew will be back to put it away tomorrow. D736 SB thru Plymouth around 13:15 E803 with bnsf 9764 sd70mac executive ugly paint scheme leader is od around 16:00 9764 is NOT ugly, lowkey one of the coolest paint jobs of all...

D705 clear South Lyon @19:09

D706 @06:50a blew through south Lyon with an amazing horn. Heard it from my house a mile away

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Sat Sep 11, 2021 6:38 pm

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Sat Sep 11, 2021 6:28 pm

D705 has 15 cars to pick up Lansing, any reason D705 and D706 are on the same day today?

Just be blessed. They’ve been running “normal” operations because they have the crews. They are planned to each run daily. Stay blessed.

Thank you for the blessing, may you be blessed as well

D705 has 15 cars to pick up Lansing, any reason D705 and D706 are on the same day today?