Shortline Updates - September 2024

[kd_1014]

GRE east thru Ada at 12:46. If you want to see them in Lowell, there’s your opportunity.

[Plannerdad]

GRE east thru Ada at 12:46. If you want to see them in Lowell, there’s your opportunity.

I think this is their second trip east. We heard them go east around 9:00a.

[~Z~]

Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 2:30pm. WAMX4209, 4125, and 5 cars.

Back south at 5:31pm. WAMX 4209 LHF solo with 15 cars, covered hoppers and tank cars.

[Plannerdad]

GRE east thru Ada at 12:46. If you want to see them in Lowell, there’s your opportunity.

I think this is their second trip east. We heard them go east around 9:00a.

WB over the River around 4:30 with 9 cars.

[Plannerdad]

CSX Y297 was at Ann St. around 6:15. Looks like more hoppers for King and the yard still has more in it.

[LansingRailFan]

JAIL NB into Ensel Yard at 10:20 with 822/825 and 47 cars.

CSX L304 left them with over 40 cars last night and they’ve got a full interchange track of +20 to pickup at New Hollow Yard from CN today.

At 11:50 they are working in Saginaw Yard with some tank cars over Saginaw hwy

16:50 - SB Z646-24 with 825 LHF up front and 823 ff on the rear with 8 tank cars for the ZFS transload.
- day crew bypassed work in Ensel for just CN and Saginaw Yard. CN brought more cars after jail picked up the interchange.
- JAIL Z646 was NB out of Mason around 22:00 with a fresh crew. More work at CN as a friend heard them blowing for W. Michigan Ave crossing around 23:00. I did see an empty flat car staged at Alro yesterday when I was driving around so that might have been picked up as well.

Should be another day run to work those cars at Ensel and whatever else. 825/823 seem to be favored units right now on the JAIL.

[kd_1014]

GRE east thru Ada 10:15

[kd_1014]

GRE east thru Ada 10:15

They were back west thru Ada at 12:19

[Plannerdad]

MQT NB at Turner around 12:50. 4 engines, 20 cars approximately.

[~Z~]

Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 1:22pm, WAMX 4209 solo with 12ish cars.

[Talk]

MS Z627-25 os Grand Haven 13:49 northbound mmrr 2170 leading

[Andy24]

Grand Elk 303 SB @ 4:30 pm ready to depart Hughart Yard with WAMX engines #4125 + #4209 + #4190 and 37 cars

Grand Elk @ 4:42 pm passing 36th St with a visual and paced train side by side

Grand Elk SB @ 4:52 pm at 54th St with WAMX engines #4125 + #4209 + #4190 (Wisconsin and Southern) and 37 cars with a visual video and trackside

[Plannerdad]

Grand Elk 303 SB @ 4:30 pm ready to depart Hughart Yard with WAMX engines #4125 + #4209 + #4190 and 37 cars

Grand Elk @ 4:42 pm passing 36th St with a visual and paced train side by side

Grand Elk SB @ 4:52 pm at 54th St with WAMX engines #4125 + #4209 + #4190 (Wisconsin and Southern) and 37 cars with a visual video and trackside
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76th Street around 5:15

[Andy24]

Marquette Rail Z151 @ 9:30am SB passing Turner St Yard with BPRR #3343, MQT #3408 and MQT #3413 & ??? cars (awaiting car count from crew to tower)

Grand Elk Z439 @ 10:30am reported 19 cars to tower. WAMX #3534 and WAMX #3531 for power

[Jim_c]

Elk should be NB at this point. About 10:45 they were working Otsego. When we got back home a few minutes ago, no scanner chatter nor EOT telemetry.

[~Z~]

Grand elk north through Byron Center at 1:07pm. Wamx 4209, 4125 and 21 cars.

Back south at 6:38pm with 4125, 4209 and 29 cars. Mostly covered hoppers and tank cars.

[GP30M4216]

Short MQT northbound tied down just below the Grant Depot tonight, with 3413, 3408, 3343 and maybe 12-15 cars. Assume they will go north on Sunday as usual.

A whole line of MofW track equipment in one of the tracks in the MAC yard in Newaygo. It looks like they’ve been busy.

[Plannerdad]

GRE in Lowell on Saturday! I visual yet. Yard was full yesterday in GR.

[kd_1014]

GRE in Lowell on Saturday! I visual yet. Yard was full yesterday in GR.

I don’t think they ran either Thursday or Friday for whatever reason

[kd_1014]

GRE westbound thru Ada at 11:18