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Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:10 am

D702-26 @ 09:06am eastward with 56 axles & 786 feet long. CSXT engines #2742 + #6244 & 12 cars.

D702-26 BLOWING THROUHGH GRANDVILLE AS I TYPE THIS. 09:33 EDT.

11:05 EDT Q327-20 CLEAR NEW RICHMOND. CSXT 404 LEADING.

10:30 EDT Q327-20 ON THE MOVE CLEAR HOLLAND. WILL BE MEETING Q326 AT WELLS PER THE RN.

09:40 EDT Q327-20 HAS THEIR AIR ISSUES WORKED OUT AND IS PUMPING UP. SHOULD BE DEPARTING HOLLAND IN 12 TO 15 MINUTES FROM WHAT HE HOLD THE DISPATCHER.

Thanks for the info so far guys, great stuff! On a related note, does anyone know what kind of traffic moved on the ferries? Did they only go to Milwaukee? I would imagine that it would've been MILW and maybe CNW traffic? Until 1933 the GTW car ferries ran from Grand Haven to Milwaukee. They then m...

Plannerdad wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 13, 2021 12:48 pm

Looks like 20 hoppers in Lowell today, that weren’t there yesterday.

They got back to the Ann St yard around 1:30pm. Didn't get a car count but they had at least 12-15 empty CH's with them. Mostly DJJX renumbered cars.

I've bee watching eBay for these shells, but is there any other online websites where you can find used model railroad items for sale? Facebook Marketplace is starting to be a spot where people are selling stuff on. With no train shows in the last 15 months people are finding any site they can to s...

12:29 EST D702-10 CSXT 2742 WB CLEAR GRANDVILLE.

01:07 EST D801 WB NINER. CSXT 99 LEADING.

11:25 EST Y106-04 WAS TOLD BY THE RN THEY CAN PROCEED EAST AS FAR AS MP 150.1 (DIVISION AVE). GRPD REPORTED A PANEL STICKING UP OUT OF THE RADE CROSSING. RN IS TRYING TO FIND A MOW EMPLOYEE TO GO OUT AND TAKE A LOOK. Y106 WIL STOP SHORT AND INSPECT THE CROSSING BEFORE PROCEEDING EAST.

17:08 EST Q326-03 CSXT 5203 EB AT MP 28. ANYONE KNOW IS THIS A RE-CREW ON THIS TRAIN?

D706-3 #3211 leading at milepost 148 16:51 Has a 5 unit string of empty wells and 4 reefers on it. #738 is a mid train DPU. Those well cars where on 326 yesterday. They had a BO DO NOT LOAD Sticker on the west most car. I'm wondering if they are headed to a scrapper somewhere. Those are old the old...

D706-3 #3211 leading at milepost 148 16:51 Has a 5 unit string of empty wells and 4 reefers on it. #738 is a mid train DPU. Those well cars where on 326 yesterday. They had a BO DO NOT LOAD Sticker on the west most car. I'm wondering if they are headed to a scrapper somewhere. Those are old the old...

16:25 EST D706-03 EB CLEARN GODFREY. DIDNT CATCH THE LOCO NUMBER AS THEY GOT STEPPED ON BY THE MOW CREWS WORKING AROUND GRAND RAPIDS TODAY.

Q326-24 @ 3:24pm eastward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 w/ 372 axles & 5,164 ft long. CSXT engines #5120 + #4758 & 90 cars. 15:51 EST Q326-24 CHATTING WITH THE ROUGE TOWER ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE EAST END AND DO ALL THE MOVES THAT THEY WANT THEM TO DO WITH THEIR POWER. SOUNDS LIKE THE...

15:00 EST D702-24 WORKING GRANDVILLE. SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE WORKING BUZZI.

When the Freedom Train was in that yard back in the 70's I bet there was 30-40 cars sitting in the various tracks out there. They used to ship a lot by rail back them.