They picked up the MoW equipment in East Yard in Plymouth. Took about 2 hours to make the pickup.
They have 114 cars before setting off in Williamston and Lansing. (MoW cars (16) get set off in Williamston) Some of the MoW cars are 8 axle.
29 cars for Lansing.
I wanted to confirm this but counted 120 in my video as well. I did not remember seeing any 8-axle cars in the consist, only some very long flat cars in addition to boxcars with human-sized doors inlaid on the side.
I think your count is more accurate than what I heard during L302’s job briefing. I thought I heard 68 loads by 32 empties, which only equals 100 cars. It could have been 88 loads by 32 empties. Oh well
It sounds like your count was correct, Andy. There were exactly 20 cars in the MoW block, between the weird boxcars, a few gons, and the flat cars. Given they had picked those up at Plymouth, it makes sense that they had left Detroit with/stated on their briefing as having 100 cars.
The equipment flat cars are drawbar-connected, 2-4 axle flats permanently hooked together. 6 of those in the work train.
I think your count is more accurate than what I heard during L302’s job briefing. I thought I heard 68 loads by 32 empties, which only equals 100 cars. It could have been 88 loads by 32 empties. Oh well
They were 68 x 30 out of Det, 98 cars. Picked up the 16 car MoW train at East Yard. 114 cars that total out to 120 car axle count.
R597-30 @ 23:44 copied their EC1 to depart Wells siding mp CG41.5 to head eastward to the power plant in West Olive, Mi with BNSF engine #8565 & CSX engines #846 + #3133 & 126 loaded coal cars & rear dpu BNSF engine #6411. This was C800-30 that had tied down there on 06/29.
