CSX Train Location Updates - March 2022

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L301-03 (former D700) @ 18:16 eastward Holland Depot mp 25.3 Main Track to Pass Track with CSX engine #4384 & 13 cars.

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L303-03 arrived in the Howell siding with 117 cars with the west end of town blocked because they will not fit to meet the G802 grain empty.
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L301-03 (former D700) @ 18:57 eastward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 62 axles & 854 feet long. CSX engine #4384 & 14 cars.

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G802-27 grain empty for Grand Ledge cleared Howell at 19:22 with 90 all CSX cars. 3058 + 802 on the head end. Trailing unit same as the train number.

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BL2-1843 wrote:
Thu Mar 03, 2022 7:28 pm
G802-27 grain empty for Grand Ledge cleared Howell at 19:22 with 90 all CSX cars. 3058 + 802 on the head end. Trailing unit same as the train number.
He had called mp CH95 @ 20:34 Are those cars stored there?
Called Restricting at east end Grandville mp CH97.8 @ 20:44

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Tom49801 wrote:
Thu Mar 03, 2022 8:39 pm
BL2-1843 wrote:
Thu Mar 03, 2022 7:28 pm
G802-27 grain empty for Grand Ledge cleared Howell at 19:22 with 90 all CSX cars. 3058 + 802 on the head end. Trailing unit same as the train number.
He had called mp CH95 @ 20:34 Are those cars stored there?
Called Restricting at east end Grandville mp CH97.8 @ 20:44
I'm guessing you mean Grand Ledge. The train is going there to be loaded. They have to run around the train, put the power on the east end, then shove the train into the elevator.
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Amtrak P370-03 @ 21:52 eastward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 16 axles & 306 feet long. IDTX #4610 & 3 SuperLiners.
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SD80MAC wrote:
Thu Mar 03, 2022 9:07 pm
Tom49801 wrote:
Thu Mar 03, 2022 8:39 pm
BL2-1843 wrote:
Thu Mar 03, 2022 7:28 pm
G802-27 grain empty for Grand Ledge cleared Howell at 19:22 with 90 all CSX cars. 3058 + 802 on the head end. Trailing unit same as the train number.
He had called mp CH95 @ 20:34 Are those cars stored there?
Called Restricting at east end Grandville mp CH97.8 @ 20:44
I'm guessing you mean Grand Ledge. The train is going there to be loaded. They have to run around the train, put the power on the east end, then shove the train into the elevator.
Thanks for the info about Grand Ledge, I wasn't aware there was a grain elevator there.

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Amtrak P370-03 @ 22:34:30 eastward Bangor’s Division St crossing cam mp CG60.93 with IDTX #4610 & 3 cars (2 passengers Off at the station mp CG60.5)

Amtrak P370-03 @ 22:55 westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 16 axles & 318 feet long.

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Amtrak P371-04 @ 06:37 westward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 16 axles & 307 feet long. IDTX #4610 & 3 cars.

L304-04 (former D707) @ 06:58 westward reported by the DD mp CH104.3 with 62 axles & 1,049 feet long. CSX engine #8849 & 14 cars.
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Where can I find where these mileposts are?

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Amtrak P371-04 @ 07:14 westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 16 axles & 299 feet long. IDTX #4610 & 3 SuperLiners.

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CullenT1225 wrote:
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Where can I find where these mileposts are?
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L304-04 (former D707) @ 07:24 westward, main to siding, Lake Odessa mp CH120.4 with CSX engine #8849 & 14 cars.

​Amtrak P371-04 @ 07:27:58 westward Bangor’s Center St cam crossing mp CG60.35 with IDTX #4610 & 3 SuperLiners (2 passengers On at the station mp CG60.5)

Q327-04 @ 07:39 Grand Rapids to the RN Dispatcher: CN #3220 “100th Anniversary” unit & CSX engines #3392 + #5469 & 139 cars (76 loads + 63 empties). The CSX engine #3392 was found having a water leak & they added the #5469.
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L304-04 (former D707) @ 08:05 eastward, siding to main, Lake Odessa mp CH120.4 with CSX engine #8849 & ?? cars. Sounds like they may be running around their train there at this time.

Amtrak P371-04 @ 08:14 eastward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 16 axles & 309 feet long. IDTX #4610 & 3 SuperLiners.

Q327-04 @ 08:14 westward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 574 axles & 8,290 feet long. CN #3220 “100th Anniversary” & CSX engines #3392 (bad unit) + #5469 & 139 cars.

Amtrak P371-04 @ 08:32 eastward reported by the DD mp CG108.9 with 16 axles & 309 feet long.

L304-04 (former D707) @ 08:39 eastward reported from mp CH116 with CSX engine #8849 & ?? cars.

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L304-04 (former D707) @ 09:02 eastward reported by the DD mp CH104.3 with 34 axles & 500 feet long. CSX engine #8849 & 7 cars.

R597-04 (former D803) @ 09:05 westward Holland Depot mp CG25.3 with BNSF #6196 & 130(?) empty coal cars & rear BNSF #6190 & CSX engines #797 + #3138 headed for Wells siding mp CG41.4 to tie down.

Q327-04 @ 09:07 westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 574 axles & 8,091 feet long. CN #3220 “100th Anniversary” & CSX engines #3392 (bad unit) + #5469 & 139 cars.

Q327-04 @ 09:30:44 westward Bangor's W. Center St crossing cam mp CG60.35
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Tom49801 wrote:
Thu Mar 03, 2022 9:58 pm
SD80MAC wrote:
Thu Mar 03, 2022 9:07 pm
Tom49801 wrote:
Thu Mar 03, 2022 8:39 pm

He had called mp CH95 @ 20:34 Are those cars stored there?
Called Restricting at east end Grandville mp CH97.8 @ 20:44
I'm guessing you mean Grand Ledge. The train is going there to be loaded. They have to run around the train, put the power on the east end, then shove the train into the elevator.
Thanks for the info about Grand Ledge, I wasn't aware there was a grain elevator there.
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Q327 is stopped by Kirk, a car has sticking brakes. Q326 has a clear signal awaiting at Benton Harbor, lined to track 1.

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Michigan Shore (D627) north at Riley St. Holland 10:58 AM.

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Q326 east at Vine 11:00.

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