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Went by Michigan city 15 min ago.
We’re does this train go?

extra board wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 02, 2022 5:19 pm

Went by Michigan city 15 min ago.
We’re does this train go?

Grain train for Decatur.

As of 18:15 ET, he’s stopped in the siding at Dowagiac, as #352 developed a problem and has been stopped on the main just east of the siding for over an hour troubleshooting whatever it is. This also means Dowagiac is presently cut in half.

As of 18:42, it sounds like they plan to steal #364’s rear unit. I’m otta here, this circus is gonna be going on for too long lol

Saturnalia wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 02, 2022 6:16 pm

extra board wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 02, 2022 5:19 pm

Went by Michigan city 15 min ago.
We’re does this train go?

Grain train for Decatur.

As of 18:15 ET, he’s stopped in the siding at Dowagiac, as #352 developed a problem and has been stopped on the main just east of the siding for over an hour troubleshooting whatever it is. This also means Dowagiac is presently cut in half.

As of 18:42, it sounds like they plan to steal #364’s rear unit. I’m otta here, this circus is gonna be going on for too long lol

If they steal the loco off of P364, will it have enough axles to run on CN

Saturnalia wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 02, 2022 6:16 pm

extra board wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 02, 2022 5:19 pm

Went by Michigan city 15 min ago.
We’re does this train go?

Grain train for Decatur.

As of 18:15 ET, he’s stopped in the siding at Dowagiac, as #352 developed a problem and has been stopped on the main just east of the siding for over an hour troubleshooting whatever it is. This also means Dowagiac is presently cut in half.

As of 18:42, it sounds like they plan to steal #364’s rear unit. I’m otta here, this circus is gonna be going on for too long lol

My step-dad told me that the Amtrak finally went through Dowagiac at 8:05pm and the NS grain train left shortly afterwards. There were two crossings in Dowagiac that weren’t blocked by the grain train as it waited. They were the two crossings on the south side of town.

LansingRailFan wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 02, 2022 9:23 pm

Saturnalia wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 02, 2022 6:16 pm

extra board wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 02, 2022 5:19 pm

Went by Michigan city 15 min ago.
We’re does this train go?

Grain train for Decatur.

As of 18:15 ET, he’s stopped in the siding at Dowagiac, as #352 developed a problem and has been stopped on the main just east of the siding for over an hour troubleshooting whatever it is. This also means Dowagiac is presently cut in half.

As of 18:42, it sounds like they plan to steal #364’s rear unit. I’m otta here, this circus is gonna be going on for too long lol

If they steal the loco off of P364, will it have enough axles to run on CN

It looks like they may have ultimately combined 352 and 354…

P352/P354 at Birmingham at 6:15

GTWChris wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 03, 2022 6:19 am

P352/P354 at Birmingham at 6:15

Arrived at Pontiac at 6:32 ET, which is about 9 hours late for 352, and 5 hours late for the 354. And, it’s already behind the departure time for 351. Hopefully they have that spare engine so they can still run both 351 and 353, even though I doubt 351 will get out much before 353’s departure time!

Meanwhile, 355 is also running over 8 hours late and still has not made it to Chicago, so it is likely that 350 will be massively delayed as well.

Finally, 364 arrived at Port Huron about 2.5 hours down, so 365 was able to depart on time today, at least.

Since there are no turning facilities I am aware of at Dowagiac, I believe the rear unit from 364 shoved 352 to Battle Creek - am I correct?
At Battle Creek 354 was combined with 352, presumably 354 leading.
One mystery - why was 355 held in Kalamazoo after 364 left Dowagiac as there should have been a track where 355 could have passed 352 and the grain train, which I presume was B02.
Andy

19:36 CT: #354 by Michigan City with an all-Horizon consist. #364 is right behind him.

Amtrak 350 did not have the new coaches on it today, maybe the first time since they appeared a month or so ago.

They can't be used for getting on/off. Something about the handrails coming loose.

DaveO wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 15, 2022 5:57 pm

They can't be used for getting on/off. Something about the handrails coming loose.

The hand rails were removed when I rode 355 on Monday. It was dumb to detrain out of one door in Chicago. Really made the process take forever compared to what it should be. The holes for attaching the handrails are visible on the yellow trap door cover.

355 is at Detroit with a Baggage Car up front.

B25 clear 33W (WB) 8:33PM with NS 6076 on the lead

EB Amtrak MOW train w 518/519 and some AMTK gondolas…ties perhaps? Clear Dexter at 21:03

4602 on the Pontiac station track facing south with no consist

Trains 350 and return 355 again have three new coaches and one old one and one old snack car this week.

No Train 351 out of Pontiac this morning.

Amtrak Service Alerts said that both 350 and 351 are canceled today. An earlier Alert said 351 was delayed leaving Pontiac due to "ongoing signal issues in the area." Wonder what that means?

Manistique wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 22, 2022 6:20 am

No Train 351 out of Pontiac this morning.

Amtrak Service Alerts said that both 350 and 351 are canceled today. An earlier Alert said 351 was delayed leaving Pontiac due to "ongoing signal issues in the area." Wonder what that means?

Train 354 was stopped in Kalamazoo for 8 hours last night and didn’t head east until 6:40am this morning due to the signal issues.

Dowagiac Train Dude wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 22, 2022 9:55 am

Manistique wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 22, 2022 6:20 am

No Train 351 out of Pontiac this morning.

Amtrak Service Alerts said that both 350 and 351 are canceled today. An earlier Alert said 351 was delayed leaving Pontiac due to "ongoing signal issues in the area." Wonder what that means?

Train 354 was stopped in Kalamazoo for 8 hours last night and didn’t head east until 6:40am this morning due to the signal issues.

Thanks. So they had one less train set in Pontiac for this morning and thus canceled 351, I guess. 353 left on time this morning. I guess we will be seeing yesterday's 354 go by here soon and that will probably be the trainset for 355 this afternoon.