CN Updates May 2016

[detroitbench]

385 CN 5672 leading 8964 and 2658 south at Nolan.

[MtClemensRailFan]

383, CN 2343, is approaching Milwaukee Jct.

[ConrailDetr​oit]

451 is at Birmingham

[GTWChris]

451 is at Birmingham

CN 8964 and CN 5672

[Robertrains]

» Tue May 17, 2016 5:04 pm

» Tue May 17, 2016 4:33 pm CN test train s.b. on the Holly sub, OS Milwaukee Jct in Detroit, MI @ 1620 on May 17, 2016. Went around Sugar House wye heading to East Yard. Anybody know if they are going to tie down or go to Pt. Huron? Are they going to go to Toledo?

GTW 5951 is okay from Nolan to South Haven at 1703.

MANN I MISSED IT(again)!!!! Does this train come by once a year? It seems like I miss it every time (only caught in 1997)! Where did this train go now? I assume it's long gone!!!!

[blackjack1518]

» Tue May 17, 2016 5:04 pm

» Tue May 17, 2016 4:33 pm CN test train s.b. on the Holly sub, OS Milwaukee Jct in Detroit, MI @ 1620 on May 17, 2016. Went around Sugar House wye heading to East Yard. Anybody know if they are going to tie down or go to Pt. Huron? Are they going to go to Toledo?

GTW 5951 is okay from Nolan to South Haven at 1703.

MANN I MISSED IT(again)!!!! Does this train come by once a year? It seems like I miss it every time (only caught in 1997)! Where did this train go now? I assume it's long gone!!!!

Back to Port Huron that day.

[detroitbench]

Caught 5951 twice.

[MtClemensRailFan]

533, CN 8005, through New Haven with 66 well cars.

[MtClemensRailFan]

385, CN 2816 & CN 3015, is at New Haven with 572 axles.

[GTWChris]

533 is departing Moterm

[Robertrains]

MANN I MISSED IT(again)!!!! Does this train come by once a year? It seems like I miss it every time (only caught in 1997)! Where did this train go now? I assume it's long gone!!!!

Back to Port Huron that day.

Where is CN "Test Train" train kept? Did they go to Canada or Homewood, Ill? It would be nice if they kept it in Port Huron! Good photos detroitbench, you were lucky!!!! Those ex KCS/CN units are awesome!!!! They are "GTW" but some of the units had their "Markings" painted over! Some also had "CN Re-applied!" There was a time that they went into "Storage" for a while—and came back!!!! I saw GTW 5942 in Battle Creek, February 20, 2016!!!! It still had "CN" and "GTW" markings!!!!

This photo shows three former KCS/CN SD40-3s (photo by Steven McKay, 4/14/2006 at Durand):

[MtClemensRailFan]

384, CN 2585, is okay from Nolan to Tappan at 2146. Radio blocking behind 533 b/w North Haven to Tappan.

[CN_Okemos]

Westbound through Haslett 229 Flint Sub. CN 5689, 2178 and a short train mainly autoracks. I'm thinking it's train no 451 because it came North off the Holly Sub.

[CN_Okemos]

Another westbound through Haslett. CN 2846, 8803, 2199. Much longer mixed freight this time.

[Evan]

Another westbound through Haslett. CN 2846, 8803, 2199. Much longer mixed freight this time.

2846 is M397.

[MtClemensRailFan]

524, GTW 4623, is okay from South Haven to MP 20. 382, CN 2909, is at Nolan.

[MtClemensRailFan]

382 had CN 2909 & CN 2802 with 556 axles. 382 and 524 are both at New Haven, waiting for 385 I'm assuming.

[MtClemensRailFan]

231, CN 8820 & CN 2643 south through Haven with 408 axles.

[Robertrains]

Today, 5-22, at the MTM® station, Mt. Clemens—I caught southbound train 533!!!! It came at 4:00 p.m. with CN SD70M-2 #8804 and eight loaded "Well Car" sets!!!!
Also, on 3rd track (west), there is a "Tractor Thing" with claw parked! It's near "The Up Place" ramp off Mary Street! A guy at the museum said they "Sprayed and Clawed!!!!"

[ConrailDetr​oit]

384, CN 3015 is at Nolan.

533, CN 8804 is at Milwaukee Jct.

385 is waiting for 533 to go around the Sugarhouse Wye.