CSX (MI) Train Location Updates: 11/03/10

[Jochs]

CSXT 110 is currently leading Q327-02 westward onto #1 one track at Riverside, leaving the Coloma Block and entering the River1 Block.

edit: At DD91.9 at 12:35am: no defects, 3261ft. 310 axles.
edit:12:44am: released River1 and Live blocks....had released Hartford and Coloma blocks around midnight, when they entered the River1 block.
edit: 12:53am: E949-30 at Hartford, given authority in River1 and Live Blocks.

[C&OGP75745]

Q39903 5119 by Plymouth @ 04:43
Q28902 5404 4845 by Plymouth @ 04:57 engines lite
Q39203 505 8559 by Plymouth @ 05:29 with 72 cars
Q216 8536 8331(both YN3) by Plymouth @ 06:37 with 10 cars

[Raildudes dad]

No change at the GRE. (Glad those are not my cars sitting there for days - end of rant ) 371 will be running today.

[cnw8835]

D700, CSXT 2705, eastbound through Hudsonville, 0727. P371 just pulling down towards the station.

[cnw8835]

G010 departing east from Wyoming Yard. CSXT 7653.

[~Z~]

Heard something heading east at Fox around 8:45am, think it was Q33403.
Heard that G01002 mosing through wyoming yard to go east as cnw8835 mentioned. Amtrak P37103 was clear Wells at 8:52am.

[amtrak1007]

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[C&OGP75745]

Q19503 7652 7530 (both YN3) departed Rougemere @ 12:01

Heads up Bob M

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2:15pm update
q19503 howell
q33403 wick rd cc93
33503 plymouth
d70803 williamston
q24103 sibley rd cc103
q21603 walbridge union station
q32103 south kearsley near flint
q32203 erie
n95401 walbridge parked
n95403 hasn't left chicago
e94902, e94903 hasn't left west olive
k93129 got to carey OH yesterday

[BL2-1843]

Q19503 7652 7530 (both YN3) departed Rougemere @ 12:01

Heads up Bob M

Q195 by Howell at 2pm but now has come to a screeching halt at Fowlerville waiting for D708 who has been hogging up the main line for two hours already. 708 after a LONG LONG time of getting all their work done everyday has now regressed starting with last Friday. A two many crew and not a regular ground man working, it took four hours to switch Thermofil. While they did make it to Howell, they had to by bypass Pinckney Plastics to get the other work done. Monday, having to wait for trains to procede east from Fowlerville, plus bad power which made them a 20mph train, they wound up turning at Fowlerville. And now today, with 136 axels over the DD coming east, and won't even begin to start switching Thermofil until long after 2:30, you can kiss east of Fowlerville work goodby again today (unless they skip Thermofil)

Meanwhile, another grain Empty for Webberville, G81926, CSX 232 162 was by Howell @ 10:43am, but sat at Fowlerville for 90 minutes waiting for Q33403 with some odd power today, (two four axels) 6083 2680. No problem on that though, because because there has to be a load pulled out of Webberville before they can spot the empties. Late last night, they ran an S335 out of Toledo, CSX 7653 6358 for power and was instructed to stop at Webberville and start the power there because a crew was on its way out of GRP to put the train together. This was before midnight, and the crew has only now just arrived.

[Rick in TC]

This is not CSXT, but there is a train in Traverse City. Well, probably in Williamsburg by now. Only heard it coming into TC from the south. That is all.

[BL2-1843]

Q195 departed Fowlerville at 302pm after taking a 45 minute hit by D708 at Fowlerville. Q33503 by Howell @ 15:18 with 87 cars. CSX 7575 8086.

[conrailmike]

Q32203 clearing South Clyde @ 16:30 CSXT 5376 90 cars

[amtrak1007]

Z15103 GLLX 4433, 3001, 3002, GMTX 2648 sb picking up @ sparta. PTTX 250723 has a steel beam for csx.

[C&OGP75745]

D73803 2509 departed Plymouth @ 16:43 with 8 cars
Q32103 7635 7303(CR) by PLymouth @ 16:59 with 94 cars

[Raildudes dad]

The REASON for the no GRE PICKED UP is the GRE has a broken switch that is redtagged OOS. When they get off their behind and fix the switch the pickup can be made.
I have a different way of making that pickup but I'm not on the job and the guy that is is less then motivated to use the brain/ambition when it comes to work being done. I'd do it on the way up, run around past the broken switch and go onto the GRE to do it and shove it out but they seem to feel you can't go onto their railroad o do the work.

Well that explains why things seem to be operating different on those 2 tracks. It will be a long wait for the GRE to fix it. Those tracks are ex PRR, PC and Conrail. The west side rail consolidation removed the old PRR main line track and gave Conrail track rights over the CSX main and CSX track rights over the PRR interchange tracks. I'm afraid GDLK gets to fix the tracks and switches. They may not know it's theirs to fix

[amtrak1007]

Z15103 meeting Y22103 @ turner st.

[PlymouthStationGuy]

D71703 cleared West end of east yard@ 18:04 with 2806 and 32 cars

[trnwatcher]

Q19503 cleared Seymour at 1810EDT.
Z15103 was working Vans at 1805EDT with the 4433. Saw them from the ramp from I 196 to SB 131. Thought the GT came back to town.

[amtrak1007]

Y221 sb across fuller 1843 Z151 up next to get a light.