CSX Train Location Updates: October, 2020.

[DriverJon]

So D906 is heading East from Lansing? And D708 and is heading west from Howell? That doesn’t make any sense, they’re gonna hit each other.

Uhhhh... that’s not a good thing but ok

[LansingRailFan]

So D906 is heading East from Lansing? And D708 and is heading west from Howell? That doesn’t make any sense, they’re gonna hit each other.

Here here I second this!

[LansingRailFan]

DriverJon/Micah. There is no D708 today. Bob was reporting on the one yesterday.

[J T]

D802 with CSXT 817, BNSF 5761, BNSF 8565, and 63 coal cars clear East Saugatuck at 1:10pm.

[Micah_D]

DriverJon/Micah. There is no D708 today. Bob was reporting on the one yesterday.

Ok, at 12:10 there was and westbound going to the Trowbridge diamond. What do you think that was?

[Tom49801]

D802 with CSXT 817, BNSF 5761, BNSF 8565, and 63 coal cars clear East Saugatuck at 1:10pm.

These were the loaded coal cars D801-22 had left tied down on the main at Wells yesterday.
Q326-24 @ 1:14pm eastward was reported by the DD at mp CG44.2 with 272 axles & 3,671 feet long. CSX engines #523 + #4016 & 65 cars.
Q326-24 @ 1:19pm reported stopped at the east end of Wells mp CG 41.4 Sounds like D802-23 is having some issues and is stopped ahead of Q326.

[bluewonderrails]

DriverJon/Micah. There is no D708 today. Bob was reporting on the one yesterday.

Ok, at 12:10 there was and westbound going to the Trowbridge diamond. What do you think that was?

That was D906 eastbound. I was in person there to see it. It was stopped ahead of the diamonds near a couple hours for a crew change

[Micah_D]

DriverJon/Micah. There is no D708 today. Bob was reporting on the one yesterday.

Ok, at 12:10 there was and westbound going to the Trowbridge diamond. What do you think that was?

That was D906 eastbound. I was in person there to see it. It was stopped ahead of the diamonds near a couple hours for a crew change

No, it was a westbound

[bluewonderrails]

Ok, at 12:10 there was and westbound going to the Trowbridge diamond. What do you think that was?

That was D906 eastbound. I was in person there to see it. It was stopped ahead of the diamonds near a couple hours for a crew change

No, it was a westbound

He did backup a couple times but not far. Forgot about that part. He stayed in sight the whole time though

[Micah_D]

That was D906 eastbound. I was in person there to see it. It was stopped ahead of the diamonds near a couple hours for a crew change

No, it was a westbound

He did backup a couple times but not far. Forgot about that part. He stayed in sight the whole time though

Ohhhh ok

[Tom49801]

D802 with CSXT 817, BNSF 5761, BNSF 8565, and 63 coal cars clear East Saugatuck at 1:10pm.

These were the loaded coal cars D801-22 had left tied down on the main at Wells yesterday.
Q326-24 @ 1:14pm eastward was reported by the DD at mp CG44.2 with 272 axles & 3,671 feet long. CSX engines #523 + #4016 & 65 cars.
Q326-24 @ 1:19pm reported stopped at the east end of Wells mp CG 41.4 Sounds like D802-23 is having some issues.

Q326-24 @ 2:00pm eastward has his signal to get on the move again from the east end of Wells.

[BL2-1843]

Amazing how much the younger generation gets so confused over so many things. So as not to get everybody uptight, I will make it more clear and edit the original post. Anybody at South Lyon, get a car count. 706 by Howell at 14:25 Was out on bike about four blocks away from view of the tracks when I heard D706 honking for Michigan Ave. When I got into view of the tracks, still three blocks away, started counting and got to 58 cars when I saw the DPU and then counted around 80 more before the end of the train. Even with 197 reported cars and counting 123, seems to me like there should have been more than 74 cars before I finally got into view of the train.

[J T]

Q326-24 @ 1:14pm eastward was reported by the DD at mp CG44.2 with 272 axles & 3,671 feet long. CSX engines #523 + #4016 & 65 cars.
Q326-24 @ 1:19pm reported stopped at the east end of Wells mp CG 41.4 Sounds like D802-23 is having some issues and is stopped ahead of Q326.

I wondered what was going on. I was at the 55th St crossing north of New Richmond when I heard the 44.1 detector go off. About 30 min later, I still couldn’t hear a horn from 326, but I did hear one at East Saugatuck. Thought maybe D802 had stopped at East Saugatuck to drop the coal cars and then go back down the hill to push 326, but then those horns got further away. Not long after hearing those horns I finally started hearing 326 off in the distance.

I had been using my phone to control my camera via WiFi, so I wasn’t able to listen to the scanner for quite a while.

[DriverJon]

Amazing how much the younger generation gets so confused over so many things. So as not to get everybody uptight, I will make it more clear and edit the original post. Anybody at South Lyon, get a car count. 706 by Howell at 14:25 Was out on bike about four blocks away from view of the tracks when I heard D706 honking for Michigan Ave. When I got into view of the tracks, still three blocks away, started counting and got to 58 cars when I saw the DPU and then counted around 80 more before the end of the train. Even with 197 reported cars and counting 123, seems to me like there should have been more than 74 cars before I finally got into view of the train.

We’ll keep a lookout. Currently at the tracks waiting.

[Tom49801]

Q326-24 @ 1:14pm eastward was reported by the DD at mp CG44.2 with 272 axles & 3,671 feet long. CSX engines #523 + #4016 & 65 cars.
Q326-24 @ 1:19pm reported stopped at the east end of Wells mp CG 41.4 Sounds like D802-23 is having some issues and is stopped ahead of Q326.

I wondered what was going on. I was at the 55th St crossing north of New Richmond when I heard the 44.1 detector go off. About 30 min later, I still couldn’t hear a horn from 326, but I did hear one at East Saugatuck. Thought maybe D802 had stopped at East Saugatuck to drop the coal cars and then go back down the hill to push 326, but then those horns got further away. Not long after hearing those horns I finally started hearing 326 off in the distance.

I had been using my phone to control my camera via WiFi, so I wasn’t able to listen to the scanner for quite a while.

Q326-24 @ 2:50pm eastward reported by the DD mp CG19.1 with 272 axles & 3,599 feet long. CSX engines #523 + #4016 & 65 cars. No work at Waverly/Holland today.

[DriverJon]

D906 through south Lyon @ 14:58, 2 lead units, 1 DPU, 141 cars before DPU, 74 cars after DPU, total 215 cars, 3 units.

Unit #s 751, 543, 3280 DPU

[CR900945]

Saw it pass South Lyon. Didn't count it, but with a reported 215 cars, it would be the longest train I have seen in person anywhere.

[Tom49801]

Amtrak P370-24 @ 9:09pm eastward reported by the DD mp CG91.9 with 20 axles & 392 feet long. IDTX engine #4615 & 4 cars.
Amtrak P370-24 @ 9:17pm eastward reported clear of the St Joseph Bridge.
Amtrak P370-24 @ 9:49:13pm Bangor's Division Street crossing mp CG60.93 (3 passengers off at the station).

[georgehmanning]

@03:26:22am EDT westbound empty coal train with 2 BNSF engines, BNSF #8564 & #5761 and 127 empty coal cars arriving Bangor Michigan MP 60.72

[georgehmanning]

@06:15am EDT DD 66.2 reporting eastbound N800 with 2 BNSF engines having 528 axles and being 7007 feet long, that would be 2 engines and 129 loaded coal cars