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approx 340a
herzog ballast train spreading ballast past the tower at east waverly
350a - clear holland westbound

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315pm - tie gang working between the hudsonville os's, both main and siding
large pile of used ties west of meijer's in jenison
mow truck and trailer picking up used ties between dewent and hudsonville

326 AND 370 SATURDAY 1041p - 326 clear east waverly - power working hard on the .8 % grad eastbound into zeeland. 370 running right behind 326 with an app at 28, approching holland 1047p - 370 departing holland, 1050p - 19.1 - 326 with 264 axles and 3835' 1052p - app for 370 at east waverly - it wil...

w034 sunday
758pm - clear east waverly
tie gang equipment train enroute wyoming, will be replacing ties grandville to at least holland depot,
w082 ballast train will spread new ballest along the same trackage.

tie laying mow crew sunday at east waverly mow crew ( at 220p ) returned east on the main to start placing ties along the tracks. started at the tower going wb toward waverly. cleared 112th ave at 241p. mow truck for power, 5 gons with a crane riding the top of side walls of the gons, unloadiing the...

hi tom went by the mow crew spreading ties yesterday stopped just east of the 1st road east of the 19.1 detector. power was a mow truck pulling the gons spreading ties as the crew went west. i believe this is the same crew that dumped ties by me today. there wasn't the sound of a freight engine, jus...

d802 running in stealth mode sunday
refer to tom's report of d802 passing 44.2 above

931a - slow app holland
939a - hill engines clear holland
still in stealth mode, no report from head end entering fremont sub at north wye os

327 sunday bnsf 4191 and 5762 trail with 86 cars 707a - 19.1 - 356 axles, 5050' 714a - slow app east wy - all stop at the tower 722a - slow app east waverly - main to siding with 63 car setoff places set off on waverly siding , waverly siding to main at waverly, back on their consist main to main 80...

hi tom
326 did pickup from holland, 702 must have been max tonnage for the grade eb from 112th ave to zeeland.
looks like they picked up more loaded covered gons from waverly today. 702 (met 326 ) in the waverly pass with
326 on the main getting back their air on the consist

hi tom
don't know what 326 would be picking up at waverly',
702 went east to wyoming with 1 lumber for grandville , approx 10 to 14 covered gons
and aprrox 25 to 29 cars of tanks, ccovered hoppers, 2 mt blkhd flats,and a box car or two.
327 picked up the westbound cars

327 sunday 594 lead, 5964 trail with 20 cars 4 tanks, 1 gon, 1 hopper, 1 covered hopper, 4 tk, 5 mt lumber, 1 tk, 2 gons, and1 ch - 20 cars 713a - clear dewent 719a.724a - clear ee/we hudsonville 727a - clear vriesland 731a - clear zeeland 733a - 19.1 - 92 axles, 1448' 737a - clear east wy 739a - cl...

d802 saturday
bnsf 6028 with a bnsf trail with loads and csx 16 and 7010 dpu from grand junction per crew
624a - slow app holland
626a - slow clear west wye
630a - clear north wye - enter fremont sub
631a - dpu's clear holland depot

rn to d802 - you might have time to get another train before hos

severe thunderstorm warning 620a to 725a approx ottowa, allegan, and kent heavy sky ighting and thunder with much needed rain ending approx 700a , rain till approx 810a the storm played havoc with the signal system and ptc 371, 327 and 702 friday 371 4606 with 3 supers 638a - clearing dewent 642a - ...

327 thursday 348 lead, 3473 trail with 136 cars 731a - clear dewent 743a - clear pair hudsonville 748a - clear vriesland 753a - clear zeeland 757a 19.1 - 556 axles, 7304' - 136 cars 800a - clear east waverly 802a - clear waverly 810a - all stop - cutting away from their consist, headend power is jus...

327 and 702 wednesday 5315 lead, ns 3632 trail ( elephant style ) and 94 cars 704a - clear vriesland 710a - 19.1 - 388 axles, 5478' 94 cars 715a - clear east waverly 717a - clear waverly 734a - clear holland 736a - restricting holland - main to old holland siding picked up - 1 tank, 4 gons of scrap,...

702 monday
848a - clear east waverly
1 load of lumber, approx 15 cars of covered hoppers, tankers, and 2 mt blkhd flats and
approx 16 to 18 covered gons. the ch's, tks, and flats would normally be picked for barr yd
by 327. if 327 runs today, it will be a later call time, if it does run today?

327, 371, and hill engines sunday 5243 lead, 5406? trail with 51 cars no work waverly 558a - 19.1 - 216 axles, 2912' 604a - clear east waverly 606a - clear waverly 609a - clear holland 622a - clear pair east saugatuck 634a - clear new richmond 638a - clear fennville 644a - clear pair wells 649a - 44...

327 saturday 5482 lead, 3222 trail with 175 cars 713a - clear dewent 728a - clear pair hudsonville 745a - 19.1 - 712 axles, 9944' 754a - app slow east waverly - main to siding set off in waverly siding: 3 box, 1 ld blkhd flat, 2 tk, 8 covered gons, 2 sc, 1 lumber, 1 sc .................................

327 and 702 thursday 702 850a - dropped 327's conductor off at head end of 327 and then proceeded southbound on the hamilton sub with 1 ch and 2 loaded bulkhd flat cars 327 327 lead with 5409 trail and 95 cars 724a - 19.1 - 392 axles, 5702' 725a - clear zeeland 728a - clear east waverly 730a - clear...

327 sunday 1000a - app med ivanrest ave - 1 track 1003a - med clear grandville - 1 track to the main 1024a - clear vriesland 1030a - 19.1 - 264 axles, 3768' 909 lead, 5303 trail ( elephant style ) with 63 cars 1032a - clear zeeland 1035a - clear 112th ave 1038a - clear waverly 1044a - clear holland ...