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Re: Michigan Short Line Updates: May 2020
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 10:37 am
by Patriot
GRE - EB Leonard at 10:36 with 7 CHs (6 for King)
Re: Michigan Short Line Updates: May 2020
Posted: Wed May 13, 2020 2:50 pm
by Patriot
GRE - WB Leonard at 2:50 with 13 CHs from King (mostly BNSF), three non-King CHs, one tank and one scale test car.
Re: Michigan Short Line Updates: May 2020
Posted: Fri May 15, 2020 6:01 pm
by ~Z~
Sounds like GDLK is southbound at 44th in Grand rapids, 6pm.
Re: Michigan Short Line Updates: May 2020
Posted: Fri May 15, 2020 7:58 pm
by GP30M4216
It seems like as of late MQT works the south end in the daylight - they start somewhere in the Turner/Comstock/Sparta neighborhood and head south to work the interchange at Wyoming, then they head north - how far? Just cruising and switching along the way and get as far as they get? Then a night crew takes it to Baldwin, swaps cars and heads back south. Yes? Do they do any of this on a Sunday, or just strictly M-F? Thanks!
Re: Michigan Short Line Updates: May 2020
Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 1:45 am
by MQT1223
GP30M4216 wrote:It seems like as of late MQT works the south end in the daylight - they start somewhere in the Turner/Comstock/Sparta neighborhood and head south to work the interchange at Wyoming, then they head north - how far? Just cruising and switching along the way and get as far as they get? Then a night crew takes it to Baldwin, swaps cars and heads back south. Yes? Do they do any of this on a Sunday, or just strictly M-F? Thanks!
Lately they tend to sit just north of Fuller Jct around 3-4 am, come south around 9 am to work Wyoming and then back north about 30-60 minutes later depending on how much work there is to do. They take their sweet time coming up, the line is plagued with slow orders most of the way north. The train does not work Sunday but will come down on a Saturday.
Re: Michigan Short Line Updates: May 2020
Posted: Sat May 16, 2020 11:11 pm
by kd_1014
MQT1223 wrote:GP30M4216 wrote:It seems like as of late MQT works the south end in the daylight - they start somewhere in the Turner/Comstock/Sparta neighborhood and head south to work the interchange at Wyoming, then they head north - how far? Just cruising and switching along the way and get as far as they get? Then a night crew takes it to Baldwin, swaps cars and heads back south. Yes? Do they do any of this on a Sunday, or just strictly M-F? Thanks!
Lately they tend to sit just north of Fuller Jct around 3-4 am, come south around 9 am to work Wyoming and then back north about 30-60 minutes later depending on how much work there is to do. They take their sweet time coming up, the line is plagued with slow orders most of the way north. The train does not work Sunday but will come down on a Saturday.
Most of the times MQT will come down and tie down at 3.6 on Sunday night around 11 pm or so. I know they do this because I always listen to the scanner when I hear a horn at my house about a mile from the MQT tracks. Whenever the 3406 is in the lead, it always seems the crew is complaining about it
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Re: Michigan Short Line Updates: May 2020
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 10:17 am
by Patriot
GRE - EB Leonard at 10:15 with 10 CHs and 1 tank
Re: Michigan Short Line Updates: May 2020
Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 1:40 pm
by Patriot
GRE - WB Leonard at 1:40 with 3 CHs from King
Re: Michigan Short Line Updates: May 2020
Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 8:33 am
by Patriot
GRE - EB Leonard at 8:25 with 16 CHs
Re: Michigan Short Line Updates: May 2020
Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 11:14 am
by Patriot
GRE - WB Leonard at 11:13 lite
Re: Michigan Short Line Updates: May 2020
Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 12:21 pm
by Patriot
GRE Round #2 - EB Leonard at 12:20 with 16 CHs for King
Re: Michigan Short Line Updates: May 2020
Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 2:44 pm
by Patriot
GRE - WB Leonard at 2:40 with 5 CHs
Re: Michigan Short Line Updates: May 2020
Posted: Tue May 19, 2020 9:03 pm
by Dan Cluley
An Amtrak ballast hopper showed up on JAIL in Mason today. It is sitting by the shops. I'm assuming they brought it up from Jackson overnight.
Re: Michigan Short Line Updates: May 2020
Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 9:41 am
by Patriot
GRE - EB Leonard at 9:42 with 7 CHs (5 for King)
Re: Michigan Short Line Updates: May 2020
Posted: Wed May 20, 2020 9:43 pm
by Plannerdad
Those cars may be the ones I saw south of the river in Lowell today. Roads around there are starting to flood. Probably at least 30 hoppers around King, mostly UP's.
Re: Michigan Short Line Updates: May 2020
Posted: Thu May 21, 2020 7:44 am
by Patriot
GRE - EB Leonard at 7:43 lite
Re: Michigan Short Line Updates: May 2020
Posted: Thu May 21, 2020 10:58 am
by Patriot
GRE - WB Leonard at 10:57 with 10 CHs from King
Re: Michigan Short Line Updates: May 2020
Posted: Thu May 21, 2020 11:03 am
by SD80MAC
MQT southbound at Van's with 3408, 2041, 3389 and 3406 with 70 cars. Dropping 1 at Van's.
Re: Michigan Short Line Updates: May 2020
Posted: Thu May 21, 2020 7:11 pm
by Plannerdad
The hoppers south of the river in Lowell were moved. Still 20 or so cars in town.
Re: Michigan Short Line Updates: May 2020
Posted: Fri May 22, 2020 11:11 am
by Patriot
GRE - EB Leonard at 11:10 with five CHs