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Update for August 17, 2019 INSPECTIONS: Several locomotive inspections are being conducted by the KCC&E at both the Atlanta and Chicago shops. This is to ensure that the locomotives are safe and up to code for operation. If any locomotives fail their inspections, they will either have the issues rep...

- ELST annulled today for unknown reasons. - STEL to depart Sterling at 20:00 tonight with CR SD70M 5657 leading CR ET44AC 6002. - ML-433 scheduled into Sterling at 19:05 tonight with CR SD50-2 6738 leading BNSF ES44C4 7107. - GLM-01 (steel for Portage, IN) due out of Detroit at 18:00 tonight with C...

Q326-01 through Michigan City at 8:02 ET

CSXT 8060 (SD40-2) on the point

How about, instead of replying by quoting every time, you can just click the "Post Reply" button on the bottom.

Also, he was talking about intermodal well cars, not Wells Siding.

N800 got on the Grand Rapids Sub @ Porter Junction, IN, 16:16 ET.

BNSF 8469 leading, SD70ACe.

N800 EB through Porter, IN @ 17:10 ET. On Grand Rapids Sub now.

CSX N801 through Porter 18:49 ET. On the Grand Rapids Sub now.

BNSF 9064 leading

Decided to make a KCC&E roster spreadsheet. It will be updated as needed whenever changes come up

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... p=drivesdk

Update for July 16, 2019 RETIREMENTS: Ten SD50u locomotives in the 3400 series, 3400-3409, have been sold to K&K Recycling for scrapping. As well, bad-ordered SD40-2 2117 has been retired due to an engine failure that was deemed "unrepairable". 2117 has also been sold to K&K Recycling for scrapping....

N800 through Porter Jct., IN at 21:26. On Grand Rapids Sub now

BNSF GEVO leader, 5779 I believe I heard

Amtrak 350 through Porter at 8:17 CT/9:17 ET.

28 axles and no defects at the CP 482 high car detector.

X148 EB through Durand at 20:13 with CN 3221 (100 CN) and EMDX 1605.

502 was working Durand at 17:15 with CN 5734 leading and PRLX 211 second

Update for July 8, 2019 DERAILMENT IN VIRGINIA: KCC&E coal train C-SOCF (Shire Oaks, PA - Chesterfield Power Station, VA) derailed just five miles north of Richmond, VA today at 11:16 AM. A total of 7 cars derailed, along with both locomotives powering the train, SD70MAC 2 and ES44AC 996. Thankfully...

Apparently there is a CN E27331 out in Ontario bound for Flat Rock with GMTX 2274 and GTW 6420 for power, per the On Sheet Southern Ontario FB group (I'm not joking, that's what I read), but it was in emergency at Peel, Ontario, as of 30 minutes ago due to one of the engines breaking down.

B&LE 878 was seen as the second unit on a local at Durand at around 11:30. Don't have an ID. Ex-Oakway SD60 leading

NS 34A, an Allentown-to-Conway manifest train, derailed this evening at the world-famous Horseshoe Curve in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

Thankfully, nobody was injured or killed in this accident. Very happy about that.

11 cars derailed, and all three mains through there were shut down.

Q326-01 through Bangor at 12:33

8357 (SD40-2) leading 4377 (SD40-3)

Update for June 29, 2019: STORAGE UPDATE: 12 more engines were placed in storage, but the KCC&E will not be putting anymore engines in storage unless it is "absolutely necessary". Eight of them are SD50ds and the other four are SD70ACe-T4s going in for fixes at Progress Rail. PHILADELPHIA REFINERY C...

The KCC&E is making a few changes to their train symbol system: For unit trains, the KCC&E will be adding a letter at the end of the symbol to simplify things: E- Ethanol G- Gypsum I- Iron Ore L- Limestone O - Crude Oil P - Phosphate/Potash or Pipe S - Steel or Sulfur W - Windmill For foreign run-th...