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WB mixed freight just turned south at Plymouth. CSX 4067 + 4001 + 100 cars. Looks like K597.

Q326-15 @ 7:02pm eastward reported by DD mp CG19.1 with 132 axles & 1,726 ft long. CSXT engines #5406 + #850 & 30 cars.

D705-13 @ 8:28pm westward reported by the DD mp CH104.3 with 496 axles & 7,485 feet long. CSXT engine #738 + mid CSXT engine #3211 & 121 total cars.
D705-13 @ 9:09pm westward reported by the DD mp CH126.3 with 496 axles (this DD doesn't report train length).

D705 west at McCords. East end of Fox was showing an approach for them about an hour ago.

SD80MAC wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 15, 2021 9:23 pm

D705 west at McCords. East end of Fox was showing an approach for them about an hour ago.

D705-13 @ 9:29pm advised they're to tie at the west end of Fox mp CH143.3 at Craft Road. Crew told Dispatch "we may need to come up with a Plan B in case the cab company isn't running due to the weather. Dispatch advised D705 the cabs are running & the meeting location is to be East Paris St.

Amtrak P370-15 @ 10:22pm eastward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 16 axles & 305 feet long. IDTX engine #4631 & 3 SuperLiner cars.

Amtrak P370-15 @ 11:01:51pm eastward Bangor's Division St crossing mp CG60.93 with IDTX engine #4631 & 3 SuperLiner cars (4 passengers off & 1 passenger boarded at the station mp CG60.5)
Amtrak P370-15 @ 11:23pm eastward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 16 axles & 312 feet long.
Amtrak P370-15 @ 11:58pm eastward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 16 axles & 306 feet long.

D700-15 @ 12:20am westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 56 axles & 853 feet long. CSXT engines #2742 + #6244 & 12 cars (7 loaded + 5 empties).

D700-15 @ 12:38:36am westward Bangor Station mp CG60.5 His 12 cars were: 7 Tanks + 2 Hi Tops + 3 Reefers.

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 15, 2021 9:34 pm

SD80MAC wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 15, 2021 9:23 pm

D705 west at McCords. East end of Fox was showing an approach for them about an hour ago.

D705-13 @ 9:29pm advised they're to tie at the west end of Fox mp CH143.3 at Craft Road. Crew told Dispatch "we may need to come up with a Plan B in case the cab company isn't running due to the weather. Dispatch advised D705 the cabs are running & the meeting location is to be East Paris St.

Crew cab is here and train is getting ready to go. Solo GE on point with a big cut of gons on the top side. Can't see a number.

0255 Edit: Hearing them blow for Burton St in GR now. Gevo was on lead.

371 tuesday
600a - depart grand rapids - eb
604a - slow app pleasant -wb
611a - restricting plaster creek
616a - clear lamar
old main to 2 track
620a - clear ivanrest
623a - clear grandville
2 track to main track
626a - clear dewent
629a - clear ee hudsonville
633a - clear we hudsonville
636a - clear vriesland
640a - 19.1 - 16 axles, 305'
4631 with 3 supers
640a - clear zeeland
643a - clear east waverly
644a - clear waverly
645a - clear pair legs
646a - arr holland
652a - depart holland
655a - clear 28
658a - clear 30
700a - clear ee east saugatuck
707a - clear 36
711a - clear 39
713a - clear pair wells
716a - 44.2 - 16 axles, 302'
4631 with 2 supers
716a - clear 46
718a - clear 49
720a - clear 51
725a - clear pair grand junction
729a - clear 58
732a - arr bangor
733a - depart bangor
736a - clear pair gross


d707
655a - working grand ledge
will go east back to ensel when finished
rn will have a couple of ec1's for them, due to a car stuck on track at airport road

Tom49801 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 16, 2021 12:21 am

D700-15 @ 12:20am westward reported by the DD mp CG44.2 with 56 axles & 853 feet long. CSXT engines #2742 + #6244 & 12 cars (7 loaded + 5 empties).

D700-15 @ 12:38:36am westward Bangor Station mp CG60.5 His 12 cars were: 7 Tanks + 2 Hi Tops + 3 Reefers.

D700-15 @ 03:12:35am eastward Bangor mp CG60.72 with CSXT engines #6244 + #2742 & 21 cars (11 Tanks + 6 CH + 4 gons).

D707 worked last night. Yard, JAIL interchange, Hart Truss and Lowe’s in Grand Ledge.

Amtrak P371-16 @ 07:31:57am westward Bangor Station mp CG60.5 (1 passenger boarded at the station mp CG60.5) IDTX engine #4631 & 3 SuperLiners.

327 tuesday
850 lead and 5406 trail
627a - app ivanrest - 1 track
631a - med clear grandville - 1 track to the main
641a - clear dewent
643a - clear ee hudsonville
648a - clear we hudsonville
654a - clear vriesland
702a - 19.1 - 300 axles, 4235'
703a - clear zeeland
706a - clear east waverly
850 lead, 5406 trail, with 72 cars and fred
710a - clear waverly
will work waverly off main at holland
pick up only at waverly today
732a - clear holland - wb, lite power
736a - restricting holland - eb, main to old siding
834a - clear holland - main to main wb
850 lead, 5406 trail and ( iicc ) 92 cars and fred ( hard to count cars with a north wind blowing the steam from the power plant
south across the cam lens. will see how i did counting at 44,2 )
20 ? car pick up at waverly
850a/852a - clear ee/we east saugatuck
900a - clear new richmond -bottom of the hill at the kalamazoo river bridge
approx 1 mile west of new richmond was helper. helper was a call on east and west abs
with the storage track for the hill engines to wait at for the next push up the hill. from
the chicago sub ds sheets from the mid 70's there were two crews that daily worked the hill jobs.
helper was removed ( storage track and call on signals ) when the new darth vader signals were
installed to replace the old signals
905a - clear fennville
909a/912a - clear ee/we wells
bad timing for the scanner to be steppeed on hard
921a - clear 49
923a - clear 51
928a - clear ee grand junction
939a - by bangor cam with 93 cars - off by 1 car on my count at holland, should have been 21 car pick up

Amtrak P371-16 @ 08:19am westward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 16 axles & 309 feet long. IDTX engine #4631 & 3 SuperLiner cars.

donnieland wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 16, 2021 7:52 am

900a - clear new richmond -bottom of the hill at the kalamazoo river bridge
approx 1 mile west of new richmond was helper. helper was a call on east and west abs
with the storage track for the hill engines to wait at for the next push up the hill. from
the chicago sub ds sheets from the mid 70's there were two crews that daily worked the hill jobs.
helper was removed ( storage track and call on signals ) when the new darth vader signals were
installed to replace the old signals

Did someone mentioned Helper? Don, I think the siding at Helper was removed sometime in the late 60s or early 70s.

01/30/10


05/02/20 Remnants of the old siding are visible in this shot.

hi jt
it was still in use in the mid 70's. i think the chicago sub dispatcher sheets i have are from 1976.
they show two crews working the hill jobs daily. i would guess it was the early 80's when the
daily trains dropped down to two each way ( 326 and 327, soo 500 and 501 ) and bigger motors came on line.
but i don't remember the approx timing, they moved alot of the traffic that went thru wyoming east and west
to the new dt thru northern indiana to help pay for the upgrades
take care and be safe
donnie
ps - i have your picture of the call ons signal you snapped at helper saved and backed up on my external drives.
pss - that would be the one with the coal on the move passing helper.

Q327-16 @ 9:38:50am westward Bangor Station mp CG60.5 with CSXT engines #850 + #5406 & 93 cars. He had picked up 21 cars from Holland. (The DD mp CG44.2 report was completely stepped on by radio interference).

D905-15 @ 10:10am eastward reported by the DD mp CH126.3 with 312 axles. CSXT engines #3211 + #738 (mid DPU?) & 75 cars. I don't know why he's calling out D905/D705. Thought I had heard him earlier in Grand Rapids as being D905. Also had heard earlier he's to tie down near the east end of Lake Odessa mp CH120.4

D905 is what they are using on the radio. Looks like they're trying to find a good spot to tie down. None of the roads seem plowed out there based on radio traffic. They came out of GR this AM.

amtrak1007 wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 16, 2021 10:20 am

D905 is what they are using on the radio. Looks like they're trying to find a good spot to tie down. None of the roads seem plowed out there based on radio traffic. They came out of GR this AM.

Just heard him on the scanner saying "D705 D905". No idea why.