CN Updates August 2016

[Robertrains]

GLC 393 is leading the Howell Melon Festival Train south with PM 1225 on the rear, in Durand Yard now waiting for clearance south after Amtrak.

"DDDDDAAAAARRRRRNNNNNIIIIITTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!" Why is the "Fresh" GP35 on this train with 1225 and not the "Hamburg" train in June? I was there with my friend "Mazon" to ride and "Specifically" wanted to photograph GLC 393!!!! I even talked to the company before and "Requested" that loco! Now, when I can't even make it—and didn't even try to contact them—THEY HAVE THIS LOCO!!!! Man I hope to get it in the new paint one of these days!!!!

[penn central]

GLC 393 is leading the Howell Melon Festival Train south with PM 1225 on the rear, in Durand Yard now waiting for clearance south after Amtrak.

"DDDDDAAAAARRRRRNNNNNIIIIITTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!" Why is the "Fresh" GP35 on this train with 1225 and not the "Hamburg" train in June? I was there with my friend "Mazon" to ride and "Specifically" wanted to photograph GLC 393!!!! I even talked to the company before and "Requested" that loco! Now, when I can't even make it—and didn't even try to contact them—THEY HAVE THIS LOCO!!!! Man I hope to get it one of these days!!!!

[/quote Don't get to worked up because its posted that the 399 is leading the train in another thread so im not sure whats on the train. lol.

[SD70ACe Fan]

GLC 393 is leading the Howell Melon Festival Train south with PM 1225 on the rear, in Durand Yard now waiting for clearance south after Amtrak.

"DDDDDAAAAARRRRRNNNNNIIIIITTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!" Why is the "Fresh" GP35 on this train with 1225 and not the "Hamburg" train in June? I was there with my friend "Mazon" to ride and "Specifically" wanted to photograph GLC 393!!!! I even talked to the company before and "Requested" that loco! Now, when I can't even make it—and didn't even try to contact them—THEY HAVE THIS LOCO!!!! Man I hope to get it one of these days!!!!

[/quote Don't get to worked up because its posted that the 399 is leading the train in another thread so im not sure whats on the train. lol.

CMON GLC!!! Of all the events I can't make, GLC 393 has to be on this train!! They better "Pay me back" and have this loco on the "75 Birthday Excursion or the Polar Express" trains.

[Robertrains]

» Sat Aug 20, 2016 7:54 am GLC 393 is leading the Howell Melon Festival Train south with PM 1225 on the rear, in Durand Yard now waiting for clearance south after Amtrak.

» Sat Aug 20, 2016 7:55 am.GLC 399 is leading the Howell Melon Festival Train south with PM 1225 on the rear, in Durand Yard now waiting for clearance south after Amtrak.

» Sat Aug 20, 2016 10:58 am Don't get to worked up because its posted that the 399 is leading the train in another thread so im not sure whats on the train. lol.

OK, "strugglin" posted both locos—one minute apart!!!! Which one is it! I'm actually hoping that GLC GP38-2 #399 is on this excursion! Can anyone verify? I can't make it!

[strugglin]

CN 9524 very ratty draper taper just came in light from Flint west, pulled in Durand Yard and left with a cut of cars to take east back to Flint 3:20pm.

CN 8844 & CN 2326 on L502 just cut off train, pulled east past the station, backing into Durand Yard now at 3:45pm.

CN 2879 & CN 3083, the power off yesterday's L502, now leading A451 north on the Holly Sub west around the Chicago Wye 3:50pm.

[Robertrains]

Southbound train 533 at the M.T.M. station, Mt. Clemens, 2:38 p.m. CN SD60 #5479 with 16 "Well Car" sets!!!!

[strugglin]

» Sat Aug 20, 2016 7:54 am GLC 393 is leading the Howell Melon Festival Train south with PM 1225 on the rear, in Durand Yard now waiting for clearance south after Amtrak.

» Sat Aug 20, 2016 7:55 am.GLC 399 is leading the Howell Melon Festival Train south with PM 1225 on the rear, in Durand Yard now waiting for clearance south after Amtrak.

» Sat Aug 20, 2016 10:58 am Don't get to worked up because its posted that the 399 is leading the train in another thread so im not sure whats on the train. lol.

OK, "strugglin" posted both locos—one minute apart!!!! Which one is it! I'm actually hoping that GLC GP38-2 #399 is on this excursion! Can anyone verify? I can't make it!

Sorry about that guys! It was indeed GLC 399 on the train, I think it was wishful thinking on my part it was GLC 393 & I mistyped it in the post!

BNSF x 2 on C764 loaded coal for the Huron & Eastern in Durand now, BNSF 9020 SD70ACe as a rear DPU, very rare, curious how they use it to break up the coal train in the yard, should take an hour or so.

Amtrak Bluewater P364 running late, just now deparated Durand 30 mins late, running alongside the C764 east out of town.

[SD70ACe Fan]

My worst nightmare has just spawn upon me!!. I am watching ATCS and am listening to the Durand CN scanner and just heard EJ&E 667 call in.... They just said they're on Main 2, stopped and is an eastbound. Also there's a train between HBD 257.1 and the Durand station and looks like is stopped for a following northbound coming up the holly sub. Also green lights at Delta Siding in Dimondale (aka Cory Yard) and at East Lansing Trowbridge. 667 just hit HBD 257.1, EB, 48mph, 18 axels, NO defects!!!

[strugglin]

M391 north on the Holly Sub to west on the Chicago Wye 12:10am, we just missed the power.

EJ&E 667 leading a local from Flint west taking the High Wye & down the Holly Sub at 12:25am, I knew it was EJ&E 667 from the horn, we lit up the crossing by the station, and I still butchered the shot. Of course, CN left it parked behind the office in Flint Yard all day, totally unshootable, while CN 4924 & CN 9524 were out front in plain view.

[kc8bdr]

Just sitting down at computer turned on the Durand scanner feed on phone and hear EJ&E 667 southbound on the Holly. This is a bit of a guess but believe this is train 515, They had 122 axels at MP 59.9 12:41 AM.

[SD70ACe Fan]

Just sitting down at computer turned on the Durand scanner feed on phone and hear EJ&E 667 southbound on the Holly. This is a bit of a guess but believe this is train 515, They had 122 axels at MP 59.9 12:41 AM.

OK, I'm VERY confused here and I want someone to help me explain this! I was watching ATCS and saw EJ&E 667 going east, coming off the GLC, had between 14-18 axels, 48mph, no defects past MP HBD 257.1, idk how going east at 48mph if it stopped and went BACK to Durand and went down the holly sub. I JUST checked ATCS and is showing something in the block where MP HBD 59.9 is, idk if that's 667 or not, checked earlier and something was heading north on the Holly as well (bout half hour or so ago) and if it DID go down the holly sub, someone report it down there or so cause I REALLY WANNA SEE EJ&E 667!!!!!

[GTW6401]

OK, I'm VERY confused here and I want someone to help me explain this! I was watching ATCS and saw EJ&E 667 going east, coming off the GLC, had between 14-18 axels, 48mph, no defects past MP HBD 257.1, idk how going east at 48mph if it stopped and went BACK to Durand and went down the holly sub. I JUST checked ATCS and is showing something in the block where MP HBD 59.9 is, idk if that's 667 or not, checked earlier and something was heading north on the Holly as well (bout half hour or so ago) and if it DID go down the holly sub, someone report it down there or so cause I REALLY WANNA SEE EJ&E 667!!!!!

The eastbound with 18 axles was the engines off the coal train running light to Flint.

The northbound off the Holly Subdivision was 391.

EJE 667 is on L514, which works between Flint and Pontiac during the overnight hours.

[strugglin]

OK, I'm VERY confused here and I want someone to help me explain this! I was watching ATCS and saw EJ&E 667 going east, coming off the GLC, had between 14-18 axels, 48mph, no defects past MP HBD 257.1, idk how going east at 48mph if it stopped and went BACK to Durand and went down the holly sub. I JUST checked ATCS and is showing something in the block where MP HBD 59.9 is, idk if that's 667 or not, checked earlier and something was heading north on the Holly as well (bout half hour or so ago) and if it DID go down the holly sub, someone report it down there or so cause I REALLY WANNA SEE EJ&E 667!!!!!

The eastbound with 18 axles was the engines off the coal train running light to Flint.

The northbound off the Holly Subdivision was 391.

EJE 667 is on L514, which works between Flint and Pontiac during the overnight hours.

Exactly. We left on a food & beer run at the Iron Horse from 11pm-12am, and right after we left, we heard the BNSF engines heading east towards Flint, I just didn't post it, it was 18 axles because they picked up the SD70ACe DPU before leaving the yard.

CN 2203 leading 4 CN SD70M-2's on M394 east through Durand 1:05am, its lined all the way through Flint.

More green signals on ATCS from Lansing all the way to Flint, not sure if its just one train lined through, or multiple trains on the board, now showing looks like 2 EB's coming our way, we still got beer left.

[kc8bdr]

OK, I'm VERY confused here and I want someone to help me explain this! I was watching ATCS and saw EJ&E 667 going east, coming off the GLC, had between 14-18 axels, 48mph, no defects past MP HBD 257.1, idk how going east at 48mph if it stopped and went BACK to Durand and went down the holly sub. I JUST checked ATCS and is showing something in the block where MP HBD 59.9 is, idk if that's 667 or not, checked earlier and something was heading north on the Holly as well (bout half hour or so ago) and if it DID go down the holly sub, someone report it down there or so cause I REALLY WANNA SEE EJ&E 667!!!!!

I have been working on a few things here at home and have not had the chance to be near my scanner here at home, but did catch EJ&E 667 call out at MP35 on the Holly this was about 15 or 20 minutes ago.

[strugglin]

CN 2025 leading BCOL 4653 on Q116 around the Chicago Wye south down the Holly Sub at 2:40am.

CN SD70M-2 x 2 on a WB mixed freight lined around the High Wye south down the Holly Sub 2:55am.

Missed the power on Q148 flying through Durand east at 3:00am, blocked by the mixed freight.

Huron & Eastern 3391, 2661 & 2668 on an empty coal train waiting just north of Durand at 3:15am, they will drop the empty coal cars off in Durand Yard for a C765, probably the same BNSF power that ran to Flint will take back west to the Powder River Basin, then depart with the loads they dropped off on C764 earlier tonight in Durand Yard.

Durand is truly for night owls like me, if only all these good train movements happened in daylight hours...

[strugglin]

Amtrak Bluewater P365 departed Durand west on time 8:04am.

CN 2572 & 2592 leading an EB mostly auto mixed freight at 8:20am, cleared the single track at Bancroft just in time as to not delay the Amtrak.

[Robertrains]

Today I saw two southbound trains in Fraser! 533 had CN SD60 #5476 with eight loaded "Well Car" sets!!!! It came across Masonic at 2:25 p.m. Later, at 4:02 p.m., train 385 came with CN ES44AC #2937, CN SD75I #5645 and CN C40-8W #21XX! It had 131 cars!!!!

I REALLY WANNA SEE EJ&E 667!!!!!

I'm hoping you catch EJE SD38-2 #667 soon (since I caught it three times recently)!!!!

[Dan Cluley]

Amtrak 364 departed East Lansing 5 min late at 20:59. 28, 6 cars, 32

116 through EL at 21:18 - 8949 & ? mostly stacks
116 around the corner at Durand at 22:07

[Dan Cluley]

391 around the corner at Durand at 23:25
Through East Lansing at 00:13

514 CN9524 dp Flint at 23:30
Working at Durand at 00:30

505 CN 2592 arrive Flint at 23:50

394 CN 2879 through East Lansing at 00:16
By Durand at 01:06

514 south at mp59 at 01:30

[Dan Cluley]

505 met 148, CN 8878 at Bancroft at 03:25

CN 2835 & 3084 west through East Lansing at 03:31 - probably 399