CSX Train Location Updates - February 2021

[Tom49801]

Amtrak P370-12 @ 9:49:42pm eastward Bangor's Division St crossing mp CG60.93 with IDTX engine #4631 & 3 SuperLiner cars (2 passengers off at the station mp CG60.5)

[Tom49801]

Amtrak P370-12 @ 10:45pm eastward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 16 axles & 304 feet long. IDTX engine #4631 & 3 SuperLiner cars.

E800-09 @ 10:45pm copied their EC1 at Hiawatha mp CGP1.0 with BNSF engines #6429 + #6412 & 130 empty coal cars.

E800-09 on 2/13/2021 @ 12:43:21am westward Bangor W. Monroe St crossing mp CG60.7 with BNSF engines #6429 + #6412 & 129 empty coal cars. The DD's at mp CG44.2 & CG66.2 both had reported 128 axles which equals 2 engines & 129 cars.

[Tom49801]

D801-12 @ 03:44am westward reported from the west end of Grand Junction siding mp CG55.6 with BNSF engines #989 + #579 lite. They'll be the rear DPU's for the N801-09 loaded coal train that had tied down there on Feb. 11th with BNSF engines #6255 + #8778 & 130 cars.

[donnieland]

d801, 327, and 371 saturday
327
3362 lead and 5497 trail - elephant style
522a - slow clear lamar
530a - app med ivanrest
533a - med clear grandville
548a - clear pair hudsonville
558a - app med zeeland
559a - 19.1 - 272 axles, 3526'
607a - app slow 112th ave - main yo siding
3362 lead, 5497 trail, 65 cars and fred
615a - all stop in the siding waverly
645a - slow app waverly - siding to main
649a - med app east wye
655a - looks like yellow over green on the was at holland
659a - head end 327 os holland
no work at waverly today
701a - fred clears holland os
711a - clear pair east saugatuck
725a - clear fennville ( 39 )
731a - clear pair wells
734a - 44.2 - 272 axles, 3534'
3362 lead, 5497 trail with 65 cars
747a - clear pair grand junction
759a - clear pair gross

d801 - from grand junction siding
bnsf 6255 lead, bnsf 8778 trail with 989 and 579 rear csx helpers
521a - clear pair wells
539a - d801 cresting the hill at 3 mph per crew to driver
544a - clear pair east saugatuck
550a - app slow 28
559a - app slow holland - viewed from holland web cam
604a - slow clear north wye - entering fremont sub

371
600a - depart grand rapids
604a - slow clear pleasant st - wb
609a - restricting plaster creek
612a - clear lamar
617a - clear grandville - 2 tk to main
625a/629a - clear ee/we hudsonville
634a - 19.1 - 16 axles, 305'
639a - clear 112th ave
640a - clear waverly
644a/649a - arr/depart holland - waited for a runner crossing in front of the engine to board
704a - clear 39
710a - clear wells
712a - 44.2 - 16 axles, 303'
4631 with 3 supers
720a - clear pair grand junction
727a/731a - arr/depart bangor - 1 passenger boarded
732a - clear pair gross
738a - hartford detector - 16 axles, 310'
4631 with 3 supers
742a/744a - clear ee/we kirk
755a - clear riverside - main to 2 tk
757a - clear gray
801a - med clear benton harbor - 2 tk to the main
804a - clear st joe bridge, arr st joseph station

[Tom49801]

Amtrak P371-13 @ 07:26:56am westward Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 with IDTX engine #4631 & 3 SuperLiner cars.
Q327-13 @ 07:56:19 westward Bangor's Center St crossing mp CG60.35 with CSXT engines #3362 + 5497 & 65 cars.
Amtrak P371-13 @ 08:16am westward reported by DD mp CG91.9 with 16 axles & 308 feet long.

[Tom49801]

Q327-13 @ 09:03am westward reported by DD mp CG91.9 w/ 272 axles & 3,589 ft long. CSXT engines #3362 + #5497 & 65 cars.

[Tom49801]

D705-13 @ 09:48am westward reported by the DD mp CH104.3 with 697 axles (+1 error) & 10,317 feet long. CSXT engines #738 + #3211 (mid or rear DPU) & 171 cars.

D801-12 @ 10:15am heard prepping an empty coal train at the Consumers Power Plant with CSXT engines #989 + #579 on the head end & BNSF engines #8778 + #6255.

D705-13 @ 10:28am westward reported by the DD mp CH126.3 with 696 axles (this DD doesn't give footage details). They will tie down their train at the west end of Fox mp CH143.3

[BL2-1843]

Tom49801 Says: D705-13[/b] @ 09:48am westward reported by the DD mp CH104.3 with 697 axles (+1 error) & 10,317 feet long. CSXT engines #738 + #3211 (mid or rear DPU) & 171 cars[/quote]

When D705 went by Howell at 04:38, it had 160 cars (652 axles at Fowlerville) DPU was a good 80-90 cars deep at that time. There were 58 cars on Main 2 Lansing to pick up if they got them. If so, they would have set off 47 cars that were in the consist out of Detroit.

[Tom49801]

Q326-13 @ 1:48pm eastward reported by DD mp CG91.9 w/ 364 axles & 5,294 ft long. CSXT engines #5406 + #850 & 88 cars.

D905-13 (D705-13) @ 1:59pm reported from the west end of Fox mp CH143.3 with CSXT engines #738 + #3211 (mid DPU) & 171 cars.
D905-13 (D705-13) @ 2:16pm reported from Seymour mp CH148.1

[Tom49801]

E800-10 @ 2:24pm copying their EC1 at Consumers Power Plant mp CGP 1.0 with CSXT engines #989 + #579 & BNSF engines #6255 + #8778 & 130 empty coal cars. He's to take the CSX engines to the west end of Wells siding mp CG43.3 & couple them to N800-11 that's tied down there. E800-10 is to wait in Holland until Q326 passes by.

Q326-13 @ 2:52pm eastward Bangor's Division St crossing mp CG60.93 with CSXT engines #5406 + #850 & 88 cars. Q326 will be getting re-crewed by D801-13 at the east end of Wells siding mp CG41.4

Q326-13 @ 3:26pm eastward reported by DD mp CG44.2 with 364 axles & 5,339 ft long.

[BL2-1843]

Heads UP, east of Howell. Empty Fertilizer train K83109 with CP 8012+8071 running long end first, by Howell at 15:30.

[SW]

NB Q150 just turned east at Plymouth about 10 minutes ago. CSX 764 + 41 double stacks, 25 singles, and 38 empty flats.

[trnwatcher]

15:48 EST JUST HEARD ROUGE TOWER TELL D705 CREW THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE 3 TRACKS OF CARS FROM WYOMING EAST AND PARK IT WHERE THEY GO ON HOS. WILL KEEP AN EAR ON THE SCANNER TO SEE HOW FAR THEY MAKE IT.

[Tom49801]

D801-13 (Q326-13 re-crewed) @ 4:05pm has his signal at the east end Wells mp CG41.4 to proceed eastward with CSXT engines #5406 + #850 & 88 cars.
E800-10 is still waiting in Holland mp CG25.3 until D801-03/Q326 passes by there.

[BL2-1843]

AndrewsTrains Says: GLC left the wye open at AP and cant find glc in howell, any locations on glc on the plymouth sub update glc is going north power light switch is still open on the plymouth sub most likely getting cars [/quote]

This is a normal situation now when GLC comes to Howell with cars for CSX, and the cars they have to pick up from CSX are on the main line. When there is no other traffic around (and when is this not the case most of the time) the CSX set out is left north of Howell on GLC, they come to Howell power light to push the cars off the main line by running around the cars thru the Howell siding first, take them south to Beck Road on GLC, and then comes back to north of Howell to get the CSX cars. GLC gets permission from CSX to leave the switch and derail open, because they will be returning within an hour to make their set off.

[SW]

WB lone CSX 515 just turned south at Plymouth. Might have been Q214.

[SW]

Heads UP, east of Howell. Empty Fertilizer train K83109 with CP 8012+8071 running long end first, by Howell at 15:30.

It's at Sheldon Rd. Didn't understand the whole conversation with the dispatcher, but sounds like they're pausing for a bit. Crew change maybe? Looks like a hammerhead leading, LOL.

[Tom49801]

D801-13 (Q326-13) @ 5:02pm eastward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 364 axles & 5,259 ft long. CSXT engines #5406 + #850 & 88 cars.

E800-10 @ 5:05pm cleared the Holland Station mp CG25.25 with CSXT engines #989 + #579 & BNSF engines #6255 + #8778 & 130 empty coal cars. He will be dropping off the 2 CSXT engines into the west end of Wells Siding mp CG43.3

[Saturnalia]

D801-13 (Q326-13) @ 5:02pm eastward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 364 axles & 5,259 ft long. CSXT engines #5406 + #850 & 88 cars.

E800-10 @ 5:05pm cleared the Holland Station mp CG25.25 with CSXT engines #989 + #579 & BNSF engines #6255 + #8778 & 130 empty coal cars. He will be dropping off the 2 CSXT engines into the west end of Wells Siding mp CG43.3

All by Culvers in Jenison at 17:19. Nice entertainment while waiting on drive thru!

[Talk]

Heads UP, east of Howell. Empty Fertilizer train K83109 with CP 8012+8071 running long end first, by Howell at 15:30.

It's at Sheldon Rd. Didn't understand the whole conversation with the dispatcher, but sounds like they're pausing for a bit. Crew change maybe? Looks like a hammerhead leading, LOL.

EB or WB?